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About Beyan Negash

Activist, a writer and a doctoral candidate (ABD) in Language, Literacy, and Culture at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Beyan holds a bachelor of arts in English and a master of arts in TESOL from NMSU as well as a bachelor of arts in Anthropology from UCLA. His research interests are on colonial discourse and post-colonial theories and their hegemonic impact on patriarchy, cultural identity, literacy development, language acquisition as well as curriculum & citizenship. The geopolitics of the Horn of Africa interests Beyan greatly. His writings tend to focus on Eritrea and Ethiopia. Beyan has been writing opinion pieces at awate.com since its inception (1 September 2001).

Reviewing Negarit 320: A Letter of Truth and Reconciliation

In Negarit 320 published April the 10th, 2025, Saleh Gadi Johar, henceforth referred to as The Writer. The latter because

Between Approbation and Anathema Justice Suffers

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were

Weaponizing Silence, Vulgarizing Languages

(Editor’s note: this article was first published on July 26, 2023; it’s being republished as a reference.) When one’s faith

Critical Thinking and Critical Dialogue in A Plural Society like Eritrea

Critical Thinking and Critical Dialogue in A Plural Society like Eritrea Call it serendipity or call it a delightful coincidence,

Can Eritreans have A Genuine Dialogue?

If “epistemology deals with systems of knowing” as Delgado Bernal (2002) stipulates, to which it is not that difficult to

Eritrea: From NHnana Elamanan to Liberation to Ber Al-Aman

Eritrea: From NHnana Elamanan (1971) to Liberation (1991) to Bar Al Aman (2021) The men of philosophy and of literature

The Rise and Fall of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)

It was unimaginable for the Ethiopian people to accept “a blatant miscarriage of justice” – specifically over the awarding of

Critical Discourse Analysis

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only

Filling and Feeling the Failing West

Co-authors, Haile S. and Beyan Negash Africans owning and charting their future of hopes and dreams can be understood better

Inter-Ethiopian Peace Talks

As many arrows, loos’d several ways, Come to one mark, as many ways meet in one town, As many fresh

A Possible Political Collusion Course

Tigray’s TPLF, Eritrea’s EPLF, and Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party at a Possible Political Collusion Course: Whatever the Outcome, it will Redefine

So Long Dear Friend

[This memory is the memory of Ibrahim Negash, translated from Tigrinya into English by his younger brother Beyan Negash.] No matter

The Curse of Perpetual Civil Wars

The ghost of the ongoing civil war in our region will be a curse that will haunt us for generations

Eritrea, Tigray, and Ethiopia: Where to from Here?

Passions in the current war (Eritrea and Ethiopia on one side) and Tigray on the other are running high akin

A Conversation between Two Professors: A Tigrayan and An Eritrean

At the outset, Prof. Tedros Kiros declares that, in its fifteen years of existence, African Ascent Television Program never had

Tigray Forces Enter Mekelle City

For a critical media consumer, various media outlets are meant to serve as a way to arrive at the truth

Discourse on Eritrea-Tigray Through Personal Praxis

[Editor’s note: Reflections is Beyan Negash’s new column. He selected, edited and presents the following article written by Said on

Undercurrents of the Eritrean-Tigrai Relation

The contemporary sociopolitical history of Ethiopia, Tigray, and Eritrea is informed by two undercurrents that appear to impact these tripartite

Eritrea’s Bittersweet Memory of A 30-Year Struggle

Eritrea has bittersweet memory of a 30-year struggle that was eked out by the botched 30-years of Governance.  In 1935, little did

Eritreans’ Hopefulness & Tigrayans’ Romanticizing HiwHat (ምቁንጃው ህውሓት)

[Correction: we apologize for the technical mistake on the wrong Byline, it’s not Awate Team. The author is actually Beyan Negash/The Editor]

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