The great Ethiopian victory against European colonialists in 1896 over Italian expansion plans from Somalialand is a great victory and blue print for Amerindian resistance to these same forces that overwhelmed the independence of natives in North America. King Menelick improbable victory over Italians and their Akari African turncoats is the most underappreciated and misunderstood moment of World history and was in actuality the first decolonization. The massive victory by a large and well-disciplined Ethiopian army temporary halted European expansion and would serve as a role model for the struggle of African nations to gain what native Americans have yet achieved and that is complete independence from the White man.
. Raymond Jonas also details the emasculation through castration which was a favorite Ethiopian rite in warfare and plundering of corpses as the more balls these warriors had on their shields the more manhood they felt and endeavored. The quick campaign to end the Italian settlements of the Ethiopian highlands and the mass of mobilization the Ethiopian army was able to muster back in 1896. This book so details the battle of Adwa because it was such a crucial defeat and embarrassment to Italian prestige that Benito Mussolini would continually mobilize the fascists with tales of tand need to avenge the humiliation of the Italian soldiery.
of course, the Italians would not have even thought about invading from Eritrea into Ethiopia if they were not confident and didn't have tremendous technological advantages even back then. King Melenick's maneuverability and courage shocked the Italians and he outwitted all sorts of Italian generals whose main concern was how large their retirement estates would be in East Africa. 
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