Category: Books

Differing narratives on Fascist collaboration legacy

Berhane Marqos Wolde Tsadik (1892-1943) was an interpreter, civil servant, diplomat, and government minister. He held several important roles in his career, starting as an interpreter at the Franco-Ethiopian railway and eventually rising to become the director-general of posts, telephones,…

ካናዳዊቷ ማርጋሬት አትውድ በ1985 ያሳተመችው ልብ ወለድ መፅሐፍ ከገሀዱ ዓለም ፓለቲካ የተቀዳ ቢሆንም ከመቼውም ጊዜ ይልቅ የዛሬውን ዘመንን የሚተነብይ መፅሐፍ ነው። ባለሰፊ ክዳን ኮፊያና ቀይ ካባ በአእምሮችን የሚከሰትልን አንድ ነገር የሴቶች ጭቆና ነው። ይህንን ምስል በነፍሳችን እንዲታተም ያደረገው ማርጋሬት አትውድ…
Peter Abrahams and his Ethiopian identity

Peter Abrahams (1919-2017), a South African-born writer of international reputation penned powerful works about the injustices of apartheid and institutionalized system of racial oppression. His early work Mine Boy (1946) was the first to depict “the dehumanizing effect of racism…
Growing up Ethiopian and German

Born to an Ethiopian mother and a German father, Tigist Selam enjoyed the diverse experience of growing up in Nigeria, Argentina, and foremost Germany. In an article featured in the book “One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race“, Tigist explores…
Mary Tadesse, My Life My Ethiopia

Mary Tadesse’s autobiography weaves together the personal, the professional, and the political bringing to life and providing rare insights into the multiple dramatic events spanning much of the twentieth century in Ethiopia. This candid account, which draws on the diaries…