Modernist Art in EthiopiaIf modernism initially came to Africa through colonial contact, what does Ethiopias inimitable historical conditionits independence save for five years under Italian occupationmean for its own modernist tradition? In Modernist Art in Ethiopiathe first book length study of the topicElizabeth W. Giorgis recognizes that her home countrys supposed singularity, particularly as it pertains to its history from 1900 to the present, cannot be conceived outside