Author: Mengs TM

The Leadership Handicap Syndrome   November 2009 has marked itself as one of those peaks when the independent Eritrean websites and talk rooms were once again boiling hot. Apparently emotions have now calmed down, a couple of admonitions have been retracted from the websites, and the dust is settling.  The wish that the whole episode

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“The time has come,” the Walrus said – “To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing wax – Of cabbages and kings And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings” Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll In the last two issues of this series it was

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This is a continuation of the response made to comments in earlier postings either on the Awate website or by personal mail.  Affirmative Action and opinions on official languages were dealt with Part VI and a special piece on languages on Part VII.     Once again I am obliged to dwell on the language issue

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“The time has come,” the Walrus said – “To talk of many things:Of shoes and ships and sealing wax – Of cabbages and kingsAnd why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings”Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll A few of my readers had expressed they were looking forward for a

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“The time has come,” the Walrus said – “To talk of many things:Of shoes and ships and sealing wax – Of cabbages and kingsAnd why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings”Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll    The time has come to pause and consider readers’ reactions so far

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After reviewing historical developments which influenced the divergent mindsets in Eritrea, part IV dealt with the lack of a collective mindset at the eve of independence and the attempt by the PLF regime to impose its values on the public and create the “New Eritrean”.  It was concluded that a positive collective mindset is a

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In the previous parts I attempted to review the historical background that brought divergent mindsets within the Eritrean polity.  Here we are at the verge of the end of phase one of our independence, and we find ourselves at odds with each other on outlooks and expectations as regards basic issues such as form of

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