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Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: Emperor Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki

Two Towering Figures–Giants and Lilliputians (Part 1) Across the sorrowful and entangled histories of Ethiopia and Eritrea, two figures loom

Horn of Africa: A Unity Deferred: Between Memory and Possibility

The Horn of Africa remains one of the world’s most fragile political landscapes. State legitimacy is contested, nation-building is stalled

In Conversation with History

The history of Eritrea cannot be reduced to isolated dates that mark the fall of emperors or the clashes of

“Military Communique #1: Coup d’ Etat”

This was a common radio announcement, preceded by martial music and read in the deep voice of an officer. Immediately,

The Disease the Colonizers Left Behind – The River Remembers Series*

This first entry in The River Remembers series lays the foundation for a postcolonial reckoning across Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti,

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