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Book Review: Oromo Witness: A people’s history of the Bale Oromo movement
Reviewed by Mohammed Ademo (@OPride) Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 – In the Ethiopian popular imagination, emperors and rulers are glorified, lionized and monumentalized while the stories and histories of those who resisted their oft-brutal rules are silenced. The oral archives of many of Ethiopia’s peoples are replete with rich stories …
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‘Locating Politics in Ethiopia’s Irreecha Ritual’: a book aimed at reshaping a conversation launched
Bileh Jelan Addis Abeba, February 28/2020 – “The role of the state has not been always negative, overall its role was transformative when it comes to the promotion and protection of Irreecha,” says Lelise Dhuga, one of the panelists at a book launch event held at the National Archives & …
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Book Review: ‘Laying the Past to Rest’ -The EPRDF and the Challenges of Ethiopian State Building
Author: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe (PhD) Publisher: Hurst & Company, London, 2019 376 pages, $ USD 70, and ISBN No. 9781787382916 Reviewed by Teshome Beyene Berhe, For Addis Standard “This book deserves to be a reference book for everyone interested in the history of TPLF/EPRDF in Ethiopia … It is a …