Eritrea and Ethiopia’s economic dividend
What economic gains are in the peace deal between longstanding foes?
Ethiopia
The contemporary state of Ethiopia
2018 witnessed a fundamental shift in how Ethiopia's ruling party governs. How did it come about, what is incomplete about this transition, and what happens next.
Eritrea beyond the media fanfare
So far, the only real beneficiaries of the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea are Ethiopia and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.
Archiving Addis Ababa
Photography has a long history in Ethiopia. Today a team of archivers is using it to collect the memories of Ethiopians between the 1940s and 1980s.
All you need to know about Ethiopia and Eritrea’s rapprochement
The pace of rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia, longtime foes who have been in deadlock for the last 20 years, changes quickly. It is hard to keep up.
Encountering the promised land
The story of the Rastafari community who moved to their promised land of Ethiopia on land granted by Haile Selassie in the late 1950s as thanks for diaspora's support during the Italian occupation.
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country
Peter Abrahams lived pan-Africanism (in South Africa, Britain and Jamaica) and remained brave enough to challenge those within it.
The point of no return in Ethiopia
Whatever we make of the Ethiopian government’s prevarication, the Irreechaa Massacre was a point of no return for the people.
When Haile Selassie went to Jamaica in 1966
The 21 April 1966 visit by Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie to Jamaica casts a big spell over the appeal of Ethiopia to Rasta and how Ethiopians perceive Rasta in turn.
The Unrest in Ethiopia
At least 75 people have been killed in weeks of student-led protests across Ethiopia’s Oromia region and federal authorities have imposed curfews in several towns and deployed troops in what looks like a state of emergency. In a statement on Friday, the U.S. State Department urged Ethiopian authorities to “permit peaceful protest and commit to a constructive dialogue to address legitimate grievances.” The protests started on Nov. 12 in Ginci town, about 50 miles out of […]
How a child deals with loss
For the first time, an Ethiopian film, "Lamb," was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. We interviewed director Yared Zeleke.
Black in Israel
The film 'Red Leaves’ is a timely depiction of the Ethiopian-Israeli struggle.
What’s at stake when Ethiopians vote on May 24th
The tragic but fleeting headlines about the plight of Ethiopian migrants in Libya, Yemen and South Africa have shadowed another more consequential event: Ethiopia’s parliamentary elections, slated to take place in less than a month on May 24. This will be Ethiopia’s first vote without Meles Zenawi, the country’s leader of two decades, who died […]
Testing the fitness of our own instincts
The Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma talks to American photographer and teacher, Eric Gottesman, about his work in Ethiopia.
The art and activism of Gabriel Teodros
This past weekend I had the immense pleasure to sit alongside Gabriel Teodros, Bocafloja, and Linda Guyse at a series of panels in (very cold) Wooster, Ohio, for Wooster College’s Africa Week. During the day we discussed with students everything from African identity in the US, the failures of the international non-profit industrial complex, the continuation of […]
Let’s talk about ethnicity and nationalism in Ethiopia
Politics in and about Ethiopia has become so heavily “ethnicized” that we have a difficult time distinguishing between ideology and identity.
Ethiopian Dream
How does democracy develop in a poor country with a long-standing history of authoritarian rule?
The legalization of political repression in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia the façade of legalism has become an indispensable gloss on political repression.
Why Blogging is a Threat to the Ethiopian Government
In the past decade, more journalists have fled Ethiopia than any other country in the world.
The Expatriate
Ethiopian-American artist, Wayna, explores issues including police brutality, disenfranchisement, race and identity in her music.