The Eritrean Studies Review has become one of the premier journals for the discussion of scholarly issues on the Horn of Africa. The Review is a publication of the Eritrean Studies Association (ESA) and is published twice a year.

The contributed essays included int his issue are:

Eritrea's Land Reform Proclamation:
Kidane Mengisteab

A Brief Encounter with Democracy: From Acquiescence to Resistance During Eritrea's Early Federation Years
Tekle Fessehatzion

Mass Communications and Nation Building: Policy Implications for Eritrea
Asgede Hagos

Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States
Tekle M. Woldemikael

Strategies for Technology Transfer: Lessons for Eritrea
Kiflai Gebremedhin and Afeworki Asghedom Measho

Commentaries:
Democracy in Africa: An African View
President Isaias Afwerki

When the Drafting of a Constitution is Not Confined to men of Stature or Legal Experts: The Eritrean Experience
Gebre Hiwet Tesfagiorgis

Review of Geoffrey Gunn's East Timor and the United Nation: The Case of Intervention
John Sorenson

ABOUT THE EDITOR
GEBRE H. TESFAGIORGIS is currently Director of Institutional Research at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. He was a member of the Constitutional Commission of Eritrea. He is the Executive Editor of the Eritrean Studies Review.