Alemayehu G. Mariam

Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Music as a Weapon of Protest It is said that “music is a universal language.” Using… (more)

January 10, 2011

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Copycat Dictators and Cartoon Democracies in Africa Ivory Coast, December 2010. Laurent Gbagbo says he won… (more)

January 3, 201117

By Alemayehu G. Mariam Groundhog Year in Prison Nation In December 2008, I wrote a weekly column entitled “Groundhog Year… (more)

December 27, 20106

By Alemayehu G. Mariam “So what! Soo what!! Sooo whaaat!!!” was the repetitive mantra of dictator Meles Zenawi recently in… (more)

December 20, 201020

Alemayehu G. Mariam A Conversation With Obang Metho[1] Note: A report by the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program on… (more)

December 11, 201016

Alemayehu G. Mariam The Tangled Web of Lies “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to… (more)

December 6, 20108