(OPride)—When Ethiopia’s current rulers deposed the communist dictatorship of Mengistu Hailemariam...
Author - Israel Fayisa
The Walkayit question: An awakening call for the Amhara elite?
(OPride) — Ethiopia is embroiled in multiple and existential political crises. Widespread and...
Ethiopia’s electoral authoritarianism, free press and accountability
(OPride) — About a dozen elections have been held in Ethiopia over the last century, most of them...
Bail justice in Oromia: Denial and delaying of bail as a punishment
(OPride) — The infamous Addis Ababa master plan is back in the news. Oromo students gathered at...
Re-imagining Oromumma as an Oromo political identity
(OPride) — Sociologists use race, ethnicity, culture, language and religion as the most common...
TPLF and the unsettled question of identity in Ethiopia
By Israel Fayisa (OPride) – Political philosopher Thomas Hobbes argued the desire for fulfillment...
Unpacking Amhara’s self-denial and the Ethiopian identity
(OPride) – Identity has always been at the core of human socio-political evolution. The...