Addis Ababa in the Cold War

The atlas holds 7 people and 18 moments here, from 1951 to 1987. The most recorded lives are Abebe Bikila, Haile Selassie and Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Abebe Bikila
from 1951 to 1973
6 moments here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1963 to 1966
2 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Haile Selassie
from 1961 to 1975
5 moments here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Julius Nyerere
in 1960
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Nelson Mandela
in 1962
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Olav V
in 1966
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Thomas Sankara
from 1984 to 1987
2 moments here
Burkinabé army officer and revolutionary political leader who became president of Upper Volta after the 4 August 1983 coup and led Burkina Faso until…