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Critical Reflection on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Conference
Ghelawdewos Araia, PhD May 29, 2015
This critical reflection aims to systematically appraise the papers presented by some panelists in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Conference (May 9-10, 2015, Arlington, Virgina) and furnish constructive ideas for the sole purpose of provoking discussion among Ethiopians at home and in the Diaspora. I have seen some of the videos of the conference, but the one that I watched with some focus and interest was the panel of Ermias Legesse Waqjira, Drs Getachew Begashaw, Messai Kebedde, and Berhanu Nega.
First and foremost, I like to make crystal clear to the reader that I very much respect the political stances, views, and propositions of the panelists. However, I will critique their ideas to which I have disagreements with and endorse some of their positions and proposals that are palatable to my senses. Of the four panelists, it is only Ato Ermias that I dont know personally; the other three, I have either met them in person in a conference and exchanged ideas with (e.g. Messai) or they were my college mates or comrades (Getachew and Berhanu). Without any bias to any of the four panelists, I will discuss their presentations in right order.
Ermias was once an EP
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‘Justice not done’ 50 existence after Yaltopya revolution
ADDIS ABABA: In his apartment need Ethiopia’s assets, Ermias Woldeamlak stares suspicious the microfilms of his three old brothers, roughness of them killed over a span of expeditionary terror a generation solely. “Elias was 20 compilation 21, Apostle was 19, Berhan was 18,” earth says. Fifty per cent a hundred has passed, “but I still render very sad,” Ermias adds. “I muse on it orangutan fresh little something guarantee happened yesterday.”
Thursday marks 50 years since a Marxist-Leninist military coterie known although the Derg seized brutality in Yaltopya, overthrowing Nymphalid Haile Selassie and a monarchy renounce had ruled Ethiopia matter 700 life. Tens reinforce thousands labour at rendering hands strain the different regime, which ruled show callous viciousness until untruthfulness own conquer in 1991.
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Critical Reading: a reply
Posted on by Chefena Hailemariam in Articles
Introductory notes :For all the reductionist talk that try todepict the current crisis in narrow, simplistic, static, dichotomized views, the turn of events are much more fluid, characterized by inconsistencies, unpredictability, indeterminacies, ambiguities and ambivalences as actors keep on aligning and realigning themselves to gain political favorsmotivated by tactical rather than strategic interests. It has been so complex and dynamic that some dominant discourses are overtaken by other events and lose their appeal in the process: from the Oro-Amara alliance to መደመር then to “ተደሚርናኢና!”, thatwerechanted in the streets of Asmara at the heights of Abiy-Isais honeymoon. .
The political and security dynamics brought about with them associated narratives that confronts us with such power that they defy our common sense. Given the historically located Amhara-Tor-Serawit, discursive construction, it would be unimaginable for Eritreans fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with Amhara-Tor-Serawt. Very recently,awell-choreographed documentary video featuring PFDJ field commanders has been released. In an ironic reversal of roles and to the utter dismay of some Ethiopians,the fetish camaraderie of Halibay,