𝐌𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬. (𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜)

“We only have one Ethiopia… The issue of land in Ethiopia is very serious. Very serious. The source of wealth in this country is land. The source of wealth in this country is land.  (Repeats.) It is land. (Land is the foundation) of Ethiopia, from the beginning (of time), since she was established. If we…

  Prof. Al Mariam’s Voice of America Interview (Amharic) on T-TPLF Sanctions, October 12, 2017.

I am calling for a truce in the war of words among Ethiopian scholars, intellectuals and others over history, historicity and historicism. I am also calling for an end to the histrionics surrounding the war of words. Truth be told, it is the people, not I, who are calling for a truce. At a time…

The United Nations was created not to lead mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.” — Dag Hammarskjold, Second Secretary-General of the United Nation. Today, the United Nations is facilitating hell on earth in Tigray in the name of saving humanity and providing humanitarian aid. — Alemayehu G. Mariam “What you are talking…

Americans have no monopoly on heroes. Olympic heroes, that is. On August 21, 2016, Feyisa Lelisa, the 26-year-old Ethiopian long distance runner at the Rio Olympics repeated an act that was once described as the “the most overtly political statement in the history of the modern Olympic Games.” On October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and…