Thursday 5 March 2026
Khalid Yohannes is a writer and a student of sociology and philosophy, passionate about Ethiopian literature, social evolution, the life of ideas and thought processes.
Articles by the Author
Thoughts
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Eguale Gebre Yohannes championed a modernity grounded in Ethiopia’s own traditions, rejecting both ignorance and imitation through his decolonizing vision of selṭané, an authentic fusion of philosophy, education, and culture. …
Eguale Gebre Yohannes championed a modernity grounded in Ethiopia’s own traditions, rejecting both ignorance and imitation through his decolonizing vision of selṭané, an authentic fusion of philosophy, education, and culture. …
Opinion
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Returning to childhood neighbourhood, Lideta, Khalid Yohannes finds Addis Ababa transformed by glass towers and bulldozers. What does the city lose – and gain – in its march towards modernity? …
Returning to childhood neighbourhood, Lideta, Khalid Yohannes finds Addis Ababa transformed by glass towers and bulldozers. What does the city lose – and gain – in its march towards modernity? …
Culture
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Alemayehu Gelagay write through rupture—colonial and internal—to imagine new African selves, from post-colonial and post-imperial vantage points.…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Alemayehu Gelagay write through rupture—colonial and internal—to imagine new African selves, from post-colonial and post-imperial vantage points.…
Art
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From a fragmented novel to the smoky echoes of Ethio-jazz, Khalid‘s journey into jazz gave him no answers, but instead unraveled fixed identities and linear narratives. …
From a fragmented novel to the smoky echoes of Ethio-jazz, Khalid‘s journey into jazz gave him no answers, but instead unraveled fixed identities and linear narratives. …