Alemayehu G. Mariam Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Time Magazine on its cover page asked two weighty questions about recurrent famines in Ethiopia: “Why are Ethiopians starving again? What should the world do and not do” to help them? In my commentary last week, I gave ten reasons in response to the first question; here…
Originally appeared in the Huffington Post on 10/03/2010 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/lessons-from-columbia-u_b_748623.html “Let Ethiopians Debate Ethiopia” Following Meles Zenawi’s speech at Columbia University on September 22, Prof. William Easterly of New York University expressed his delight in seeing Ethiopians “participating in a debate about Ethiopia.” In his AID WATCH blog under the title “Lessons after the Meles Speech…
