Essential workers
When a young Ethiopian, Haile Gerima, made a film about the exploitative nature of American college sports and the role of Black athletes in society.
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Hannah Borenstein
Hannah Borenstein is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Her research is about female long-distance runners in Ethiopia navigating transnational networks of people, corporations, and capital.
Running is work
What a documentary film on running can tell us about Ethiopia’s development trajectory.
The marginalization of African runners
The international body governing track and field announced that the longest distance race to be held will be the 3000 meters. We know who will benefit least from this change.