Messay Kebede

Unfounded Accusation Versus Rebuttal

September 17, 2025

Messay Kebede In some fringe ultra-Amhara ethnonationalist circles, it has become quite customary to label me as anti-Amhara, even as an Amhara hater. Allow me to present two recent examples. In a

Messay Kebede Professor Emeritus College of Arts and Sciences and Addis Ababa University: Philosophy

Analysis & Opinion

Unravelling Abiy’s Relentless Volte-Faces

June 30, 2025

Messay Kebede Admittedly, among the events that shook Ethiopian politics since the fall of the TPLF’s hegemonic rule, the eruption of the war between government troops and Tigray’s regional army occupies a

Analysis & Opinion

The Politics of Urban Embellishment Amidst Deepening Destitution

June 13, 2025

Messay Kebede “ከፍታው በጣም ደስ ስላለን አታውርዱን።” ዳንኤል ክብረት Among Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s statements and actions that most people find disconcerting, to say the least, and hard to explain, is the

Analysis & Opinion

Church, State, and Power Politics in Ethiopia

April 24, 2025

Messay Kebede April 24, 2025 To bring out the common feature running through the various consecutive regimes that presided over the Ethiopian political scene since the dawning of modernity is undoubtedly to

Biography·News

Trace the Remarkable Professional and Educational Journey of Emeritus Professor Messay Kebede

March 20, 2025

Profile In this feature article, we have the privilege to delve into the incredible life journey of Professor Messay Kebede, an Ethiopian born emeritus professor of philosophy. We accompany him through his educational

Religion, Politics, and the Drifting of Ethnic Federalism

Messay Kebede Abrahamic religions, like Judaism, Islam, and especially Christianity, have encouraged,

Assessing the Charge of Genocide Against the Amhara People

Messay Kebede The circumstance behind this paper is the discussion I recently

Revisiting the Tigray War

Prof. Messay Kebede According to the prevailing consensus, the Tigray war, which

Fano’s Thorny March Toward Unity

Messay Kebede Three features seem to distinguish Fano from other known armed

Fano and the New Amhara Nationalism: A Review

Messay Kebede September 17, 2024 A central inspiration of this article is

Analyzing Student Influence on Ethiopia’s 1974 Revolution: Unveiling Historical Impacts

Messay Kebede In response to various interviews I recently conducted on

ETHIOPIAN MODERNIZATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND DERAILMENTS ( Book by Prof. Messay Kebede)

Author’s Note The desire to allow open access to a large number

The Toxicity of Article 39 of the Ethiopian Constitution

Messay Kebede Professor Emeritus of Philosophy This short paper is a

The Enigma of the Western Crusade against Ethiopia and the Insidious Face of Racism

Messay Kebede July 16, 2021 One thing that has been most incomprehensible

Abiy’s Achilles’ Heel

Messay Kebede Apri;14, 2021 Nation-building is the process by which peoples with

Book Review

Book Review: Pentecostalism and Orthodox Christianity by Messay Kebede

May 22, 2011

by The Habesha

Review of Tibebe Eshete’s Book, The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia By Messay Kebede Published by Baylor University Press (2009), the book is a well-researched and

Book Review·News

Book Review: “The Lion of Judah in the New World”

April 21, 2011

by The Habesha

By Messay Kebede The latest book of Professor Theodore M. Vestal, The Lion of Judah in the New World: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and

News

Book Review: Tadesse Tele Salvano’s Ay Massawa!

January 10, 2010

by The Habesha

Reviewed by Messay Kebede The book presents an encircled army defending with courage and determination the port of Massawa against the ferocious attacks of

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