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The Intellectual Infection: How Collective Stupidity Undermines Ethiopiaโ€™s Educated Class

Girma Berhanu (Professor) 1) Introduction ย  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 โ€œdemocracyโ€ 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 Ahmedโ€™s goons arresting Mahlet Solomon, the assistant manager...

They Can Raid His Studio, But Not His Songโ€: Teddy Afroโ€™s โ€˜โ€™Etorikaโ€™โ€™ and the...

Journalist Wondwossen Teklu In seven days, 87 million people listened to โ€˜โ€™Etorikaโ€™โ€™ แŠขแ‰ถแˆชแŠซ. In seven days, Teddy Afroโ€™s spokesperson and vice manager *Mahelet Solomon*, and...

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 Contact information:ย  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 This essay...

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