Friday 13 February 2026
Ethiopian Literature
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. …
Culture
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From the hill of Ayteyef, the memory of a vision lingers - an Ethiopia that could have embraced all its peoples but instead, holding the silenced story of Ras Mikael and Lij Iyasu, chose to lock its gates. …
From the hill of Ayteyef, the memory of a vision lingers - an Ethiopia that could have embraced all its peoples but instead, holding the silenced story of Ras Mikael and Lij Iyasu, chose to lock its gates. …
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.…
Culture
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How reggae’s celebration of Haile Selassie and Ethiopia as Zion clashes with the complex, often brutal realities of Ethiopian history—and the uneasy truths Rastafarian faith overlooks. …
How reggae’s celebration of Haile Selassie and Ethiopia as Zion clashes with the complex, often brutal realities of Ethiopian history—and the uneasy truths Rastafarian faith overlooks. …
Interviews
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Ibrahim Osman speaks to Adam Kamil, an academic and expert on the history of Islam in Ethiopia and its Muslim communities.…
Ibrahim Osman speaks to Adam Kamil, an academic and expert on the history of Islam in Ethiopia and its Muslim communities.…
Books
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Oromay tells the story of a generation of Ethiopians who sought utopia in love and socialism, only to be disillusioned by its brutality, which not only disconnected them from their traditions but also failed to offer an inspiring alternative.
“As if doomed to it, I woke late” – Bealu…
Oromay tells the story of a generation of Ethiopians who sought utopia in love and socialism, only to be disillusioned by its brutality, which not only disconnected them from their traditions but also failed to offer an inspiring alternative.
“As if doomed to it, I woke late” – Bealu…
