Word: nassibu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This put the Ethiopian commander facing General Graziani, Dedjazmatch Nassibu, in a towering rage. His lion's mane headdress trembling with emotion, that chieftain roared...
Naked and sweating, Dedjazmatch Nassibu's men were digging like terriers in the foothills near Jijiga, preparing for a pitched battle to protect the country's only railway. Sinking huge anti-tank pits, their bottoms filled with spiked stakes, many big enough to hold an entire platoon, the Ethiopians sang a new song as they worked: "Shanko ingiillar leba! The white men are the thieves of the ages...