<italic>Our struggle and its goals</italic>: a controversial Eritrean manifesto

Written in 1971 in one of Eritrea's languages, <italic>Our struggle and its goals</italic> is a controversial manifesto in Eritrea's political history. For some Eritreans, it is a malevolent document that has produced an unexpected sectarian project with disastrous consequences. For others, it is one of the best political documents ever written in the history of the Eritrean struggle. In any case, it is significant to scholarship especially to those who care about nation-building in ethnically and politically diverse societies. To make it easily available to researchers, an English translation is provided, following a short explanatory note.