The Democracy Before Democracy in Africa
Alemayehu G. Mariam Since the dawn of African independence from colonialism in the early 1960s, African liberation leaders and founding… (more)
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Page 65The Future of the Future Country, Part II
Alemayheu G. Mariam Reinventing Ethiopian Politics Aristotle wrote that “man is a political animal” to suggest that the defining characteristic… (more)
Ethiopia’s “Silently” Creeping Famine
By Alemayehu G. Mariam “Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive,” said Sir Walter… (more)
Ethiopia: The Future of the Future Country, Part I
Alemayehu G. Mariam Looking Through the Glass, Brightly “Ethiopia is the country of the future,” Birtukan Midekssa would often say… (more)
Ethiopia: Birtukan, Invictus! (Unconquered)
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Birtukan Midekssa condemned to life in prison by a vengeful dictator, but unconquered. Birtukan thrown into… (more)
The Raw Machismo of Dictatorship
By Alemayehu G. Mariam It was a remarkable display of raw machismo: “My way or the highway… or jail!” It… (more)