USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: Ethiopia: call by African intellectuals

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please see this call, from over 55 of Africa's most well-known intellectuals, for a non-military solution for the Ethiopian civil war. Signatories include Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Achilles Mbembe, Francois Verges, Ato Seyki-Otu amongst others. The letter came out on Friday but has already received much coverage by the African media. See the following links for the letter in English, French and Amharic:

 

English Version

 

https://secure-web.cisco.com/1l83sdd1xZQzK8cBw881ktdplUwLYRE6y36tIRnEGIDmwscRwPB_rTzshBh6ZiTLgOewGUR57M5NDwFWFI0OUtt9lUaugc0-_LIvEoC0jCdZpMb-YJ1uXaxV9Rif67VY_w_qhLtmfCSiDACfLnKnyj-12OreyimR8-kPqPe_SC9Rq0le47ZhRXbnFFvK2ftPSMsk59-0LPTtesdE1OcrEibROZzyo2e5yZ9t-dkkpHflIZp4L0m8nkOLE3-l0wt-c67C9UklueimZ8mYPkMX-o1eYbJj67uwnO4cWv5bQcQSvsZ4m6GPCeotv58p9KF6Rq7AQJ6G_rEi2TrZ7qCGTLtsGHLXrGJSdvjYlNR2XpsdK_HtwBDV0pF8sH0xGlVQBRCMp2oT4Rc9Ts59_ChQ5ItiyCB47Dbx9mH50iNxtDZELvSY5UN2lKXB5aziZdEwoScid201JnijSuWi3J2HQbIvrWD01FyIeHq3lAapMDnsNqVcG8SXyiW5o2hYtsADyFFTw74WBQgqVLfuii7k3HtnwKSUJV2VW_OInv6vmqE1PwRToffdyj8-vpMpTZ7l3VVJys5o7NpjJGH2HzUPx5TU8r7EFZy_dBEz1K8hu1hc/https%3A%2F%2Fafricanarguments.org%2F2021%2F08%2Fan-open-call-by-african-intellectuals-for-urgent-acti...

 

French Version

 

https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1222855/politique/appel-des-intellectuels-africains-pour-une-...

 

 

Amharic Abridged Version

 

https://ethiopiainsider.com/2021/4363/

 

Thanks,

Elleni.

 

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Elleni Centime Zeleke

Assistant Professor of African Studies

Department of Middle Eastern, South Asia and African Studies

Columbia University

New York