From Warriors to Urban Dwellers

From Warriors to Urban Dwellers

This episode of the Eritrawi Podcast examines how Italian colonial rule reshaped Eritrea through military-driven urban planning between 1890 and 1941. Cities were not built for organic growth, but for control, designed around fortifications, surveillance, and strategic dominance.

At the center of this system were the askaris, indigenous soldiers positioned as a buffer class between a small European elite and the wider colonized population. Through spatial segregation, racial zoning, and controlled urban design, colonial authorities transformed Eritrea into a laboratory of social engineering.

This episode explores how power was embedded into the physical structure of cities, how loyalty was manufactured through military and economic incentives, and how these systems contributed to the long-term formation of Eritrean identity.


Uoldelul Chelati Dirar's

From Warriors to Urban Dwellers

Ascari and the Military Factor in the Urban

Development of Colonial Eritrea

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