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 reagion and promotes important voice 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

Publication date: Spring/Fall 2011 - 2012

Essays:

1. Abba Bahrey’s Zenahu LeGalle: Towards an Ethiopian Critical Theory. By Maimire Mennasemay

2. Evolutionary Grades Within Complex Societies: The Case of Ethiopia. By Donald N. Levine

3. From Adwa to OAU: Ethiopia and the Politics of Pan-Africanism. By Fikru Gebrekidan

4. Ethiopia’s role and foreign policy in the Horn of Africa. By Berouk Mesfin

5. Amharic Praise Poems Composed in Honor of Emperor Yohannes IV. By Getie Gelaye

6. Layer upon Layer: Understanding the Gambella Conflict Formation. By Jon Harald Sande Lie and Axel Borchgrevink

Book Reviews:

1. Ethiopia: The Last Two Frontiers. By John Markakis.

2. Taking the Place of Food: Khat in Ethiopia. Edited by Ezekiel Gebissa.

3. Ethiopia and the United States: History, Diplomacy, and Analysis. By Getachew Metaferia.

Dossier:

1. Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, a Profile - by Elias Wondimu

2. Emperor Haile Selassie’s visit to President Nixon’s White House (1969). - Declassified U.S. government document

In Memoriam:

1. Meles Zenawi. By Theodore Vestal

2. Claude Sumner, S.J. By Maimire Mennasemay

3. Afewerk Tekle. By Rita and Richard Pankhurst

4. Mamo Wudneh. By Fikre Tollossa

Bibliography:

Year 2008, 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.