n Coptic Christians, who believe her to be not only the mother ofJesus Christ but also of God the Father.
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"Revolutionary Ethiopia or death" was the choice offered to Ethiopians their chief of state, Mengistu Haile Mariam, last September, on the 10th anniversary of the revolution that ended the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Such rhetoric is not unusual in postcolonial Africa, known for its cycles of coups and countercoups. But Ethiopia is different....