The Anglo-Ethiopian Society
Lecture - ONLINE - Ethiopia's Quest for the Nation State
John Markakis
Thursday 18th November 2021
Online event starting at 19:00 GMT - Public lecture (all welcome to join).
Note - Register for the event on Eventbrite and you'll be emailed a Zoom link shortly before the event.
Ethiopia is again in a generational crisis. Repetition is an apt term because, while the actors may change, their roles do not; nor do the issues underlying the crisis, the process of resolution and their outcomes. All of which follow the same scenario, which is scripted by the country's history.
Whenever a crisis occurs a 'hero' appears who generates unrealistic expectations of a lasting resolution. Carlyle's precept of the 'hero's' role in shaping history notwithstanding, Ethiopia's modern political history follows a course which guides the 'hero', whoever he is, towards an outcome that unfailingly sets the stage for the next crisis a generation later.
John Markakis is retired professor of African studies in the University of Crete. He has devoted a professional lifetime of over five decades to the study of political development in the Horn of Africa, and has published several books and many articles on the region.
Please reserve your place soon to avoid disappointment.
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| Class and Revolution in Ethiopia
by John Markakis and Nega Ayele Spokesman Books, 1978 |
Ethiopia - The Last Two Frontiers
by John Markakis James Currey, 2011 |