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WIESŁAWA BOLIMOWSKA'S PHOTOGRAPHS AS A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SOURCES FOR THE DERG PERIOD [Abstract ID: 0509-02]
The aim of the presentation is to discuss a collection of photographs on Ethiopia by Polish journalist Wiesława Bolimowska. Wiesława Bolimowska visited Ethiopia on a number of occasions between 1973 and 1989. She represented the Polish Press Agency and covered important political events, including OAU meetings. Her main task was to provide the Polish Press Agency with information on events as well as on the political and social situation in the country. Wiesława Bolimowska also authored a number of texts on Ethiopia published in Polish periodicals. On her numerous visits to Ethiopia she took photographs. Only a small number of them, and only those showing the Ethiopian landscape and Ethiopian people, were used as illustrations in the Polish press at the time. The archives of Wiesława Bolimowska, apart from many photos from other parts of Africa and from the Middle East, hold several dozens of pictures from Ethiopia of high historical value. Among others, details of parades from the Derg's period, political posters and other examples of propaganda of the time were captured. These rare images were preserved in the eye of the Polish reporter's camera. This collection seems to merit presentation to the international audience of scholars of Ethiopian studies.