Open Letter to President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University
Alemayehu G. Mariam September 17, 2010 President Lee C. Bollinger Office of the President Columbia University 202 Low Library 535… (more)
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Page 59Happy New Year Birtukan Invictus (Unconquered)!
Alemayehu G. Mariam The great Nelson Mandela said, “In my country we go to prison first and then become President.”… (more)
Ethiopia: Indoctri-Nation
By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Ministry of Indoctrination This past week Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education issued a “directive” effectively outlawing… (more)
Ethiopia: Why Can’t We Just Get Along?
Alemayehu G. Mariam A Comedy of Errors: (Act I) Rodney King’s videotaped brutal beating by members of the Los Angeles… (more)
Reinventing Kenya
By Alemayehu G. Mariam A Brand Spanking New Constitution In February 2008, following the ethnically-driven post-election violence in Kenya, I… (more)
Ethiopia: Beware of Those Bearing Olive Branches!
Alemayehu G. Mariam Beware of Those Who Bear Olive Branches “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,” goes the old saying. I… (more)