Articles

Language of education in Africa: The key issues, in Language, Culture and Curriculum, 10, 1, 1997, pp. 1-13.

The Furra legend in Sidama traditions, in Oromo Commentary, Volume VII, Number 2, 1997, pp. 16-18.

Politics of freedom of information in Focus on International and Comparative Librarianship, 26, 3, 1995.

Perceptions of age in Sidama: conviction, contest and controversy, in Mario Aguilar (ed.) Rethinking age in Africa, Red Sea Press. 2001.

Articles in The Sidama Concern

1. Political change and moral order, Volume 1, Number 1, 1996.

2. Nations and nationalism: theory and practice, Volume 1, Number 3, 1996.

3. African crisis and external environment: Bilateral relations, (Part I), Volume 2, Number 2, 1997.

4. African crisis and external environment: multilateral relations and policies (Part II), Volume 2, Number 3, 1997.

5. The Horn of Africa and the US policy, Volume 2, Number 4, 1997.

6. The idea of state, Volume 3. Number 1, 1998.

7. Ethiopia and Eritrea -- From conflict to conflict: The political economy of war, Volume 3, Number 2, 1998.

8. On Oromo nationalism, Volume 3, Number 4, 1998.

9. The coalition of oppressed nations, Volume 4, Number 1, 1999.

10. Reflections from Stockholm conference, Volume 4, Number 2, 1999.

11. Global power, profits and democracy in Africa, Volume 4, Number 3, 1999.

12. Ethiopia: famine, war and environmental destruction, Volume 5, Number 2, 1999.

13. Authoritarian state in Ethiopia and international community's response, Volume 5, Number 3, 1999.

Book Reviews

Beyond Rights Talk and Culture Talk. Mahmood Mamdani (ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000, 173pp. (in Africa Studies Quarterly, Forthcoming).

Election observation and democratisation in Africa. Jon Abbink and Gerti Hesseling (eds.) (in Africa Studies Quarterly, Forthcoming).

Ethiopia: A New Start? Kjetil Tronvoll, Minority Rights Group International, (in The Sidama Concern, Volume 5, Number 3, 2000, pp.27-31, Co-reviewed with Tilahun Nebo).

Globalisation, Human Security and the African Experience. Caroline Thomas and Peter Wilkin (eds.) Boulder & London: Lynne Reinner Publications, 1999, 211pp (in Africa Studies Quarterly. http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v4/v4i1a6.htm

War in the Horn: The Conflict Between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Patrick Gilkes and Martin Plaut, The Royal Institute of International Affairs Discussion Paper, London, 1999, 73pp. (in The Sidama Concern, Volume 4, Number 4, 1999).

African Guerrillas. Christopher Clapham (ed.) Oxford, Kampala and Bloomington: James Currey, Fountain Publishers, Indiana University Press, 1998, 208pp.

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

Post-colonial Identities in Africa. Richard Werbner and Terence Ranger (eds.) London and new Jersey: Zed Books (in Nations and Nationalism, Volume 4 Number 4, 1998.)

Oromo Nationalism and Ethiopian Discourse: The Search for Freedom and Democracy. Asafa Jalata (ed.) Red Sea Press, New Jersey, 1998. 301pp.

The Rise and Fall of Development Theory. Colin Leys, Nairobi, Bloomington, Oxford: EAEP, Indiana University Press, James Currey, 1996. (in The Sidama Concern, Vol. 2. No.4, 1997).

Books

Development, State and Society.

Ethnicity in Africa: Towards a positive approach.

Ethnicity and nationalism in Africa (More)

Ethiopia: Conquest and quest for freedom and democracy.

State, society and development.

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