Italo-Ethiopian War

The 1935-1936 conflict in which Italy, under Mussolini, invaded and conquered Ethiopia (then Abyssinia). The war had significant global racial and political repercussions, particularly inflaming racial consciousness and antagonism in the West Indies and influencing anti-colonial thinkers.

Claims that use this term

• The Italo-Ethiopian War triggered militant racial consciousness in the West Indies.
• The Italo-Ethiopian War inflamed racial antagonism across the West Indies
• The Italo-Ethiopian War ended James’s tutorship under European radical thought.