Ethiopia

A large Ethiopian bronze processional cross (qäqwami mäsqäl) from the Amhara or Tigrinya tradition, 15th–16th century, used in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church — among the most distinctive sacred objects of African Christianity.

In 1896 Ethiopia decisively defeated the Italian army at Adwa, becoming the only African nation to repel a European colonial invasion during the Scramble for Africa.