Ethiopia Archives

The Timeless Solutions of the Gadaa System

Nicholas Kimble·May 22, 2025

The Gadaa system of the Oromo people of Kenya and Ethiopia offers an indigenous method of governance in Africa, as the adopted Western democracy seems to be failing the continent. Read More...

April/May 2025 Ethiopia Kenya vol9-no2

The Ethiopian Refugees Stranded in Sudan

Ahsani Maulinardi·October 6, 2024

Over 70,000 Ethiopian refugees are stranded in Sudan amidst escalating conflicts. The complex challenges of repatriating them emphasizes the need for coordinated legal, humanitarian and diplomatic interventions. Read More...

Ethiopia October/November 2024 Sudan

Haile Selassie I and Pan-African Diplomacy

Kai Mora·April 6, 2024

Perhaps a latecomer to pan-African ideology, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I was nevertheless unique in his contribution to pan-Africanism. He urged all those working for a united global Africa to consider pan-Africanism as not an end unto itself, but an indispensable means toward a broader horizon of a new humanity free from imperialism and exploitation. Read More...

Africa April/May 2024 Ethiopia

Ethiopian Dream Marcus Garvey, Ethiopia and the Founding of the OAU

Kai Mora·September 1, 2023

Leading up to the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia emerged as an unlikely progenitor of the unprecedented moment. Ethiopia’s rise to the forefront of pan-Africanism was sustained by the influence of Black consciousness in the African diaspora, culminating with the far-reaching activism of Jamaica’s Marcus Garvey. Read More...

Africa August/September 2023 Best of 2023: Essays Ethiopia vol7-no3

From Well-Worn Fatigues to Well-Tailored Suits Joseph Garba’s ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·September 22, 2021

In ‘Diplomatic Soldiering’, the late General Joseph Garba, one of Nigeria’s earliest foreign ministers, presents a case for the tacit but present ‘Big Brother’ role that Nigeria has sought to play across Africa. Read more. Read More...

Angola August/September 2021 Editors Picks: Independence Day Ethiopia Nigeria

Gender, Anti-Colonialism and Nationalism The Anti-Colonial Legacies of African Women

Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo·September 8, 2021

That women’s participation in anti-colonial and nationalist struggles may not be as obvious in existing literature does not mean such participation was peripheral. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2021 Cameroon Ethiopia International Women's Day - Essays Kenya Nigeria South Africa vol5-no3 Zimbabwe

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A Changing Dynamic The Evolution of Russia-Africa Relations

Aaliyah Vayez·September 14, 2020

Africa serves as a viable means for Russia to obtain economic revenue while demonstrating its effectiveness as a global power. Read more. Read More...

Algeria Angola August/September 2020 Ethiopia Kenya Nigeria South Africa vol4-no3 Zimbabwe

A New Scramble in the Horn of Africa The Multipolar Contest for Africa’s Eastern Region

Stephen Paduano·July 27, 2020

Will the return of foreign avarice and ambition undermine the hard-fought sovereignty and emergent unity and stability that has slowly spread across the Horn in the past fifteen years? Or could the region stand to benefit from the rush of new interest and attention that a ‘new scramble’ might offer? Read more. Read More...

Eritrea Ethiopia June/July 2020 vol4-no3

“Stop Killing Us!” South Africa's Plague of Masculine Violence

Adenike Fapohunda·October 23, 2019

It is almost impossible to live in South Africa and be unaffected by prejudice; masculine violence in South Africa is a weaponization of this prejudice. Read More...

Ethiopia October/November 2019 South Africa Zimbabwe