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Land Tenure in Eritrea (1966)
An earlier post highlighted the first land tenure survey in Ethiopia, this post presents “Land Tenure in Eritrea (Ethiopia)” (1966) by Ambaye Zekarias. This publication is part of a broader set of literature that emerged during the 1960s (see broader literature here, with historical studies being a particular strength). The forward of this particular book […]
Factfulness – Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling passed away in 2017, but his “Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things are Better than You Think” (2018) carries his legacy on. For those familiar with Hans and his work, this is a good summary of a career working to educate. For those unfamiliar with Hans, this […]
Fictions of Feminist Ethnography
Some of the strengths of feminist scholarship and feminist critique have become more widely utilized and adopted, often without recognition of their origins. Intersectionality and positionality are two examples of approaches of this sort. In many ways, Kamala Visweswaran’s book “Fictions of Feminist Ethnography” (1994) is a reflection of the time period of its authoring […]
Tags: #Anthropology #Ethnography #Feminist #Intersectionality #Positionality
Somalia – The Problem Child?
In September of 1977 Mesfin Wolde Mariam published “Somalia: The Problem Child of Africa”, near the outset of the Ogaden War (which lasted from July 1977 to March 1978). As much as I respect Mesfin Wolde Mariam, this is a problematic book. Essentially, Mesfin challenges the claims that Somalis make with regard to their right […]
Tags: #Ethiopia #Mesfin Wolde Mariam #Ogaden #Problem child of Africa #Somalia
The History of Ethiopian – Indian Relations
This may not be the most rigorous of historical books, but given it was published in 1961, in Ethiopia, “Indo-Ethiopian Relations for Centuries” by Muthanna is a unique find. The first 70-odd pages present some rather tenuous linkages between the two areas, and ome rather bizarre claims that Ethiopians (and Egyptians) are descendants of Indians […]
Invisible Countries
The “map of the world as we all know today is the product of a series of accidents and historical processes that could just as easily have gone another way” (p. 5). Joshua Keating explores why the countries on the map seem so stable by visiting countries that don’t exist, in one shape or another. […]
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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