Since 1991 and the arrival of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
(EPRDF) into power, the Ethiopian ideologists have maintained revolutionary democracy …

Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars
of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly …

Ethnicity and nationalism are pervasive features of the contemporary world, but how far is
ethnicity a result of cultural differences, and how much is it in fact dependent on the practical …

An Archaeology of Resistance: Materiality and Time in an African Borderland studies the
tactics of resistance deployed by a variety of indigenous communities in the borderland …

An ideology of “revolutionary democracy” has driven the project of state building in Ethiopia
over the last 20 years. This paper explores the relationships that the Tigray People's …

In a number of cases, rebel movements that won civil wars transformed into powerful
authoritarian political parties that dominated post-war politics. Parties whose origins are as …

This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies devoted to a
review of Ethiopia's 20 years of “revolutionary democracy”. The collection brings together 11 …

Smith argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political contestation
in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool to approach political life in …

In October 1996, a motley crew of ageing Marxists and unemployed youth coalesced to
revolt against Mobutu Seso Seko, president of Zaire/Congo since 1965. The rebels of the …

Northeast Africa has one of the richest histories in the world, and yet also one of the most
violent. Richard Reid offers an historical analysis of violent conflict in northeast Africa …