International Journal of Ethiopian Studies (IJES) is an interdisciplinary, refereed journal dedicated to scholarly research relevant to or informed by the Ethiopian experience. IJES publishes two issues a year of original work in English and Amharic to readers around the world.

Established in 2002, the IJES is dedicated to the research and study of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. The journal contains original articles, reviews, and features filled with relevant, in-depth information on important issues. It serves as a venue for the sharing and cross fertilization of research by scholars working on issues that matter to the region and promotes important voices internationally.

PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Elias Wondimu, Loyola Marymount University

SENIOR EDITORS

Alemayehu Gebremariam, California State University, San Bernardi

Maimire Mennasemay, Dawson College

Theodore Vestal, Oklahoma State University

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Fikru Gebrekidan, St. Thomas University

Essays: 

1. A Critical Dialogue Between Fifteenth and Twenty First Century Ethiopia. By Maimire Mennasemay
2. The Architecture and Conduct of Intelligence in Ethiopia (1974-1991). By Berouk Mesfin 
3. Ethiopians Immigrants in the United States and Israel: A Preliminary Comparison. By Steven Kaplan 
4. We Cannot Clap with One Hand: Global Socio-Political Differences in Social Support for People with Visual Impairment. By Abebe Abay Teklu 
5. Ethiopian Elections: Past and Future. By Terrence Lyons 

Book Reviews:

1. The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials Transitional Justice Challenged. By Fikru Negash Gebrekidan
2. The Ethiopian Campaign and French Political Thought. By Maimire Mennasemay
3. Bond without Blood: A History of Ethiopian and New World Black Relations, 1896-1991. By Daniel E. Alemu
4. Unionists and Separatists: The Vagaries of Ethio-Eritrean Relation, 1941-1991. By Fikru Negash Gebrekidan
5. Bikila: Ethiopia’s Barefoot Olympian. By Getahun Benti
6.  A Journal POUNT. By Reidulf Molvaer

In Memoriam:

1. Stanislaw Chojnacki
2. Teshome Habte-Gebriel

Bibliography: Year 2006, Compiled by Thomas P. Ofcansky

Africa’s Cultural Ambassador, African knowledge broker, and Continental Bridge Builder are just few of the names Elias Wondimu was called in his life in the United States. After careful examination of the American media landscape and book market, an exiled journalist from Ethiopia, Wondimu discovered that stories and subjects from Africa or its residents in the diaspora are tagged negatively, ignoring the positive, subtleties and nuances that define them. As a solution, he started a media company—TSEHAI Publishers, which gives socially responsible publications and fill the void that exists in the market place. Wondimu often says that he doesn’t have a five years plan but of fifty, that aims to empower the next generation; so that they become the change that we want to see in the world.