Book Event - Ethiopia: Modern Nation – Ancient Roots

Ethiopia: Modern Nation – Ancient Roots

Edited by Dagmawi Woubshet, Elizabeth Wolde Giorgis, Surafel Wondimu Abebe

If African modernity and modernism are intimately linked with colonialism, certainly Ethiopia's inimitable historical condition merits fresh lines of inquiry to understand how Ethiopians negotiated their "independent" status quo through and against colonial arrangements that shaped the historical, cultural, and material realities of their African counterparts. One of this book's central contributions is, therefore, its conceptualization of how Ethiopia's singular colonial history can be analyzed in relation to the political thought that shaped African colonial history. Ethiopia's supposed singularity, as it particularly pertains to its modern history, cannot be conceived outside the broader colonial legacy and the complexities of its meaning and making.

Panelists:

Dagmawi Woubshet, University of Pennsylvania

Shimleis Bonsa, Stony Brook University