Black Lions

For other uses, see Black Lion.

The Black Lions (Amharic: ጥቁር አንበሳ; Tikur Anbessa) were an anti-fascist World War II resistance movement formed to fight against Fascist Italy during the occupation of the Ethiopian Empire as part of the greater Arbegnoch resistance.

Named after the genetically distinct long and dark maned lions of the Ethiopian Highlands commonly known as Ethiopian Lions, Black-Maned Lions, or simply Tikur Ambessa which had long served as a symbol of the empire, Bahru Zewde notes that in spite of its "marginal impact on the Resistance" the Black Lions made "eloquent attempts to give the struggle coherent ideological and political direction." This influence lingers in the Ethiopian national psyche with them as a common topic of historical pride remembered in the Black Lion Hospital, Tikur Anbessa High School, and more.

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