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Those Who Can’t, Diss

Many of my correspondents ask why I am focusing on the writings of Yosief Ghebrehiwot when we are both in

For The Man You Are

You are thirteen years old, and your father reads you a poem.  You are asked to memorize it, because there

Goodbye, friend

You have influential friends whose presence changes your life and you have taken-for-granted friends whose absence changes your life.  And

“No Problem. Any Time.”

Shigir yelen: abzkone gzie. Those were the last words of President Isaias Afwerki in his “interview” with Shaebia.org staff.  Some

The Language of Authoritarians

As everyone knows, there are nine languages spoken in Eritrea.  And, as everyone knows, the Government of Eritrea continues to

shaEbia ktHaqiq alewa (PFDJ Should Dissolve Itself)

Earlier this year, around Feburary 2001, the editors of Hwyet magazine, a quarterly Eritrean newspaper published by one of the

Ali Said: Promotion or Lateral Transfer?

 am reposting a translation of an interview with Ali Said, the incoming Foreign Minister of Eritrea, that was conducted by

Ali Said: Promotion or Lateral Transfer?

I am reposting a translation of an interview with Ali Said, the incoming Foreign Minister of Eritrea, that was conducted

A Call To End The Awate Era

* Awate was a visionary man and a born leader who set out to correct the injustices of his day:

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