Category Archives: Ethiopia

Making space for difference

Posted on August 3, 2020 by jedstevenson

In asserting so emphatically that some-one belongs, we also send a message that others don’t. Continue reading →

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A campaign of dehumanisation in Ethiopia

Posted on November 23, 2019 by jedstevenson

Two weeks ago I wrote about the sad events of the past month in Ethiopia – the violence convulsing some of the cities, and the killing of members of ethnic minority communities in the far southwest of the country, where … Continue reading →

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Thinking outside the basin

Posted on June 21, 2018 by jedstevenson

This week I had the honour of delivering a keynote at the first International Conference of Water Security in Toronto. The conference, which also launched a new journal devoted to the topic, brought together 150 people from hydrology, engineering, and … Continue reading →

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Remembering Adwa

Posted on March 3, 2015 by jedstevenson

The defeat of a European invasion force by Africans 120 years ago presents challenges for how we remember. How are historical memories kept alive? And what meanings should we assign to them? Jed Stevenson This week in 1896, an army … Continue reading →

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Fighting for life and sight in Ethiopia

Posted on May 20, 2014 by jedstevenson

ABEL WAS BORN with one eye larger than the other. The difference wasn’t striking, but it caught the attention of the doctor who delivered him, and Abel’s father Getahun sought advice on what might have caused it. “There’s nothing wrong … Continue reading →

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A distorted lens

Posted on February 4, 2014 by jedstevenson

Before They Pass Away, a project of the Anglo-Dutch photographer Jimmy Nelson, provides a window on some of the indigenous peoples of the world. His photographs — reproduced in a coffee-table book and a lavish website — are beautiful. But … Continue reading →

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