Böcker av Bereket Habte Selassie

''History is real and authentic when written by history makers. Professor Bereket Habte Selassie demonstrated this reality in his latest book. It represents a culmination of Professor Bereket''s outstanding work, and a sturdy testimonial of Ethiopia''s intellectual heritage.'' - Tseggai Issac, Chancellor''s Professor of Political Science, Missouri Univ. of Science & echnology ''Critical Narrative & Reflections on Ethiopian History, authored by a distinguished professor, Dr. Bereket Habte Selassie is written at a time of creative stagnation in Ethiopia and it could be a blessing for potential Ethiopian scholars to initiate investigative discourses on the overall Ethiopian phenomenon despite the negative impulses in the larger Ethiopian society.'' - Ghelawdewos Araia, PhD, Associate Professor, African & International Studies, Lehman

The chapters contained in this volume explore the various political and social pillars that support Eritrean nationhood and sovereignty. These pillars of thought and action are a national imperative of which every Eritrean must be constantly reminded. The contributors to this volume are waging an intellectual struggle, similar to the thirty years of guerrilla warfare that secured Eritrea''s independent statehood and sovereignty. Contributors to this volume include: Bereket H. Selassie, ed., Awet T. Weldemichael, Samuel Emaha Tsegai, Assefaw Tekeste, Mohamed Kheir Omer, Anghesom Atsbaha, Ghirmai Negash, Abdulrazig K. Osman, Daniel Teklai and Ismail Omar-Ali.

Emperor Haile Selassie was an iconic figure of the twentieth century, a progressive monarch who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1974. This book, written by a former state official who served in a number of important positions in Selassie's government, tells both the story of the emperor's life and the story of modern Ethiopia.

This is a Drama based on contemporary political realities in some African countries, which arrived at liberation through armed struggle. Eritrea (God's land, according to the ancient Egyptians) is an example of a country and society in convulsion because of the abandonment by its leadership, particularly among the ex-combatants, of the lofty principles of democracy, serving the people, equality and solidarity: aspirations that characterized the rhetoric of the revolution. The incidences and personalities in it are, however, purely fictitious although similarities are bound to exist since the principles during the wars of liberation and the abuses thereafter tend to be the same in all undemocratic countries. Poetic license has been used to draw characters from the army, students, political dissidents and political opportunists, the Catholic Church and a nun who escapes rape but is martyred in the process of resistance. This is a drama with elements of suspense, farce, comedy and tragedy, woven in a way that will not fail to move the reader in and outside Eritrea by the in depth understanding of the inside workings and "intelligence" of a contemporary African dictatorship.