Ethiopia Professor Launches New Book & Remembers His Peace Corps Teachers
Addis Ababa University Lifetime Professor launches a new book with great fanfare July 7, 2023 Professor Bahru Zewde, Lifetime Professor and the board member of Addis Ababa University (AAU), has launched his new autobiographical book entitled, ‘Hibir Hiwote’, in collaboration with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Office of External Relations, Partnerships and Communications, Society of Friends of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and History Department of AAU at the historic Ras Mekonnen Hall on July 6, 2023. Shimelis Bonsa (PhD), an associate professor and researcher of African modern and contemporary history as an associate professor at Stony Brook University in New York, stated that Professor Bahru’s autobiography is the first autobiographical essay written by a pioneering Ethiopian historian in the field of autobiographical writings. “According to my view and understanding, the key idea of the book is the great idea of unity, and it refers to his academic, social and . . .
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I am reading the memoir and Bahru Zewde tells of how he became a historian mentioning the influence of his…