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Books received

Fighting against the injustice of state and globalization, by Asafa Jalata, Palgrave, 2002.

The making of the Oromo diaspora, by Mekuria Bulcha, Kirk House, 2002.

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Recent Reviews

The Making of the Oromo Diaspora, by Mekuria Bulcha, Kirk House, 2002.

Past Reviews

African Guerrillas, by Christopher Clapham (ed.) James Currey, 1999. Reviewed by Seyoum Hameso.

Being and becoming an Oromo, Baxter, P.T.W, Hultin, J. and Triulzi, A. 307pp. Uppsala, 1996. Reviewed by John Hamer.

Development, state and society. Theories and practice in contemporary Africa, by Seyoum Hameso. Authors Choice Press, 2001. xxv + 448 pp. Paperback. ISBN 0-595-18810-9, reviewed by Trevor Trueman

Election observation and democratization in Africa, by Jon Abbink and Gerti Hesseling (eds.) Houndsmill and New York: Macmillan Press and St. Martin's Pres, 2000, 324pp+xiv, Reviewed by Seyoum Hameso. reviewed in

Ethiopia: A New Start? Minority Rights Group International Report by Kjetil Tronvoll, reviewed by Seyoum Hameso and Tilahun Ayano Nebo

Ethiopia: Conquest and Quest for Freedom and Democracy, edited by Seyoum Hameso, Trevor Trueman and Temesgen Erena. London: TSC, 1997. vi+201 pp. Reviewed by Thomas Zitelmann.

Ethnicity and Nationalism in Africa, by Seyoum Hameso, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 1997. 180 pp.  Reviewed by Thomas Zitelmann.

Ethnicity in Africa: Towards a Positive Approach, by Seyoum Y. Hameso, London, TSC, 120, pp. 1997. Reviewed by Dan-Bright Dzorgbo.

Globalisation, Human Security and the African Experience, edited by Caroline Thomas and Peter Wilkin, Critical Security Studies Series, Boulder & London: Lynne Reinner Publications, 1999, 211pp. Reviewed by Seyoum Hameso.

Identity Jilted or Re-imagining Identity: The Divergent Paths of the Eritrean and Tigrean Nationalist Struggles, by Alemseged Abbay, Lawrencevile, Red Sea Press, 1999, 250pp.

Oromo Nationalism and Ethiopian Discourse: The Search for Freedom and Democracy, by Asafa Jalata (editor), Red Sea Press, NJ, 1998. Pp.xii+301, ISBN 1-56902-066-3 (Pb) $21.95. Reviewed by Seyoum Hameso

The Rise and Fall of Development Theory, by Colin Leys, Nairobi, Boloomington, Oxford: East African Educational Publishing, Indiana University Press, James Currey, 1996. Pp. viii+205, £35.00 [hb], £12.95, paperback. Reviewed by Seyoum Hameso

War in the Horn: The Conflict Between Eritrea and Ethiopia, by Patrick Gilkes and Martin Plaut, The Royal Institute of International Affairs Discussion Paper, London, 1999, 73pp.

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