How Pan-African Dreams Turned Dystopic

Art of Julie Mehretu

Julie Mehretu (CHCI)

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The families of both Dagmawi Woubshet and Julie Mehretu fled Ethiopia because of the Red Terror - the brutal Communist regime that overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie. They say the violence and corruption in the post-colonial era decimated the hope and idealism of many Africans.