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The Intellectual Infection: How Collective Stupidity Undermines Ethiopiaโs Educated Class
Girma Berhanu (Professor)
1) Introduction
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For many years, I have written extensively on IQ, collective intelligence, and collective stupidity. Some readers may recall my widely circulated...
THE GREAT JOURNALIST AND HISTORIAN TADIOS TANTU
Tadios Tantu at 86 year old, symbolizing the strangling of the silent consensus. He is now ย the oldest political ย detening ย Globale. Held captive...
When Democracy Weakens: Fragile Political Cultures and Fascistic Drift
GIRMA BERHANU
(Professor)
1) Introduction
The three political regimes I am familiar with in Ethiopia have all used the term โdemocracyโ in their official names or ideological...
Time to face the music: Why activists for a Free Ethiopia have to change...
Jeff Pearce
I need you to take a good look at the photo above circulating of Abiy Ahmedโs goons arresting Mahlet Solomon, the assistant manager...
They Can Raid His Studio, But Not His Songโ: Teddy Afroโs โโEtorikaโโ and the...
Journalist Wondwossen Teklu
In seven days, 87 million people listened to โโEtorikaโโ แขแถแชแซ.
In seven days, Teddy Afroโs spokesperson and vice manager *Mahelet Solomon*, and...
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Fascism at Work: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Lies, Hatred, and Incompetence in Ethiopia
Girma Berhanu (Professor)
Introduction and Background
This paper is motivated by a critical reading of How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley and its striking relevance to...
Ethnicity at the Gate: The Advantage of Sounding Oromo in Contemporary Ethiopia
[Ethnicized Gatekeeping: How AfaanOromo and Oromo-Sounding Names structure Advantag
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Girma Berhanuย ย
Department of Education and Special Education (Professor)ย
University ofย Gothenburgย
Box 300, SE 405 30ย
Gรถteborg, Swedenย
E-mail:ย Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.seย
Introduction
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