Unparalleled Outstanding Leadership: The Case of Atse Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia
20 July 2026 Editor’s Note Weighing the Emperor A foreword and synopsis to Professor Girma Berhanu’s defence not of Menelik...
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“A Professor Without Friends”: Scholarship, Activism, and the Cost of Speaking Out
This article was inspired by a question posed by two young students during my läxhjälp (homework support) activities. They asked me a...
Pictures, Pejorative Discourse, and the “Ape” Insult
By Professor Girma Berhanu Editorial Foreword On Dehumanisation, Imagery, and the Long Shadow of Scientific Racism The Editors • Ethiopian...
The ‘New Auschwitz’? Targeted Atrocities against Orthodox Amharas in Arsi, Oromia, Ethiopia
By Professor Girma Berhanu Introduction The ongoing violence directed against Christian Amhara communities in the Arsi Zone raises serious concerns...
Targeting the Amhara Intelligentsia: Killings, Detentions, and the Legal Threshold of Genocide Under International Law
By Professor Girma Berhanu Introduction Reports of targeted violence against Amhara academics and professionals have raised growing concern about the...
The Persecution of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Forced Conversion, Derision, and Systemic Erasure
By Professor Girma Berhanu Department of Education and Special Education University of Gothenburg Introduction This paper is motivated by a...
