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 &Technology

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

College Rarely has a historically accurate book appeared that is based on extensive research, free from myths that usually undermine the accuracy of a number of books on Ethiopian history. Additionally, a book that is broader in its coverage of not only the history of the Christian kingdom from the time of the Axumite Kingdom to the creation of the modern Ethiopian empire during the 1880s & 1890s, to the revolution of the 1970sto the change of government in 1991, which ushered in Federal system and the establishment of nine regional states, to the change of government in 2018, which temporarily created euphoria followed by genocidal war in Tigray as well as Oromia.                                                                        

  — Mohammed Hassen Ali, PhD., Professor of History, Georgia State University.

Bereket Habte Selassie, a former attorney general of the Haile Selassie government in Ethiopia, is an accomplished and celebrated writer hailing from the Horn of Africa. In addition to his distinguished career as a law professor, Bereket has authored a plethora of publications that examine political issues and draw inspiration from both historical and contemporary events in the region. His latest work, Critical Narratives and Reflections on Ethiopian History, represents a lifetime of expertise and meticulous research.                                           

     — Girma A. Demeke, author of The Origin of Amharic and other books

Category: History, Politics/AFRICA World Rights

Publication year: 2023