The temporary removal of two historically significant statues in Addis Ababa has sparked outrage at the Ethiopian government’s continuous lack of transparency.
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In this week’s Ethiopiques Mesfin Negash explains how the big changes in political systems that we seek are not possible without enacting small changes.
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Exiled journalist Mesfin Negash writes a letter to Kaliti, one of Ethiopia’s most notorious prisons, and asks if it can ever be redeemed.
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In his column this week, Exiled Ethiopian writer Mesfin Negash dissects “territorial righteousness,” the idea that one has less right to citizenship, less information, less understanding, and less sympathy to national issues because one lives in exile.
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“When an artist mourns and eulogizes the death of a brutal dictator, is he denying the suffering that this despotic hero inflicted upon the audience?” Mesfin Negash considers this dilemma in the latest Ethiopiques column.
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This week, an anti-Islamist film ignited violent protests across the Arab world; Freedom Theater co-founder Zakaria Zubeidi to begin death fast until he is released from a Palestinian prison; Aseem Trivedi jailed for cartoon mocking Indian government.
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Journalist Mesfin Negash examines the effect that PM Meles Zenawi’s death has had on Ethiopia. Negash highlights how state media has manufactured the image of national grief, blurring the lines between private and public mourning.
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