Fikru Negash Gebrekidan
Biographic Data
| ID | 158301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fikru Negash Gebrekidan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fikru Negash |
| FAMILY NAME | Gebrekidan |
| SIGNATURE | GEBREKIDAN F N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Race, Gender, and Pageantry: The Ups and Downs of an African American Woman in Imperial Ethiopia
From transatlantic trailblazer to wartime correspondent, from pageantry to widowhood at an early age, pan-Africanist Dorothy Hadley Bayen lived a fast and multilayered life that few of her contemporaries would have imagined. Yet Dorothy Bayen remains ignored in the historical records to the point of erasure. As Kathleen Sheldon and others have pointed out, the absence of women leaders in the history of Black internationalism is a sign of gender-b…
The Horn of Africa and the Black Anticolonial Imaginary (1896–1915)
Because of opposite orientations in the movements of goods and peoples between the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean systems, historically there was little direct contact between the African world in the East and its counterpart in the West. As a consequence, much of Africa stood distant to the cultural and intellectual dialectics taking place between West Africa, the Americas, and Western Europe, or what Paul Gilroy calls the ‘Black Atlantic.’ Again…
Paths toward the Nation: Islam, Community, and Early Nationalist Mobilization in Eritrea, 1941–1961 by Joseph L. Venosa
Paths toward the Nation: Islam, Community, and Early Nationalist Mobilization in Eritrea, 1941-1961, by Joseph L. Venosa. Athens, Ohio University Press. 2014. xix, 283 pp. $29.95 US (paper). Eritrean nationalist historiography has suffered from two biases: pro-Christian and pro-Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). Since the Christian-dominated EPLF was the one that eventually delivered on Eritrean independence, the prejudice echoed the old …
Guardians of the Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea
"Guardians of the Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 50(3), pp. 479–480
Ethiopia in Black Studies from W. E. B. Du Bois to Henry Louis Gates, Jr
In his integration of the Ethiopian past into Nile-valley history, W. E. B. Du Bois popularized a perspective that ran contrary to conventional wisdom. Du Bois’s Afrocentric interpretation, briefly postulated in his 1915 publication, The Negro, was to shape the scholarship of a generation. Even among mainstream Ethiopianists, to whom Du Bois had long remained anathema, his insight has finally gained a foothold. This essay demonstrates how the Du …
The battle of Adwa: African victory in the age of empire
Raymond Jonas, Cambridge, MA, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011, xii + 413 pp. Ethiopian victory at the Battle of Adwa represents a watershed in modern African history. Yet, since Geo
Disability Rights Activism in Kenya, 1959-1964: History from Below
This article examines the early history of disability rights activism in Kenya. The transitional years from colonialism to independence were a period of great expectations. For persons with disabilities in particular, decolonization held additional possibilities and potential. National independence promised not just majority rule but also an all-inclusive citizenship and the commitment to social justice. Among the visually impaired of Kenya, such…
Ethiopia and Congo: A Tale of Two Medieval Kingdoms
Ethiopia and Congo:A Tale of Two Medieval Kingdoms Fikru Gebrekidan (bio) This essay provides a comparative sketch of the political history of Ethiopia and Congo since the sixteenth century. It argues that Congo and Ethiopia, despite similar political characteristics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, had, by the late-nineteenth century, evolved in opposite directions. On the eve of colonialism, Congo was a shadow of its former self, fra…
Disability Rights Activism in Kenya, 1959-1964: History from Below
This article examines the early history of disability rights activism in Kenya. The transitional years from colonialism to independence were a period of great expectations. For persons with disabilities in particular, decolonization held additional possibilities and potential. National independence promised not just majority rule but also an all-inclusive citizenship and the commitment to social justice. Among the visually impaired of Kenya, such…
Ethiopia and Congo: A Tale of Two Medieval Kingdoms
Ethiopia and Congo:A Tale of Two Medieval Kingdoms Fikru Gebrekidan (bio) This essay provides a comparative sketch of the political history of Ethiopia and Congo since the sixteenth century. It argues that Congo and Ethiopia, despite similar political characteristics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, had, by the late-nineteenth century, evolved in opposite directions. On the eve of colonialism, Congo was a shadow of its former self, fra…
Ethiopia and Congo: A Tale of Two Medieval Kingdoms
Ethiopia and Congo:A Tale of Two Medieval Kingdoms Fikru Gebrekidan (bio) This essay provides a comparative sketch of the political history of Ethiopia and Congo since the sixteenth century. It argues that Congo and Ethiopia, despite similar political characteristics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, had, by the late-nineteenth century, evolved in opposite directions. On the eve of colonialism, Congo was a shadow of its former self, fra…
The battle of Adwa: African victory in the age of empire
Raymond Jonas, Cambridge, MA, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011, xii + 413 pp. Ethiopian victory at the Battle of Adwa represents a watershed in modern African history. Yet, since Geo
Disability Rights Activism in Kenya, 1959-1964: History from Below
This article examines the early history of disability rights activism in Kenya. The transitional years from colonialism to independence were a period of great expectations. For persons with disabilities in particular, decolonization held additional possibilities and potential. National independence promised not just majority rule but also an all-inclusive citizenship and the commitment to social justice. Among the visually impaired of Kenya, such…
Ethiopia in Black Studies from W. E. B. Du Bois to Henry Louis Gates, Jr
In his integration of the Ethiopian past into Nile-valley history, W. E. B. Du Bois popularized a perspective that ran contrary to conventional wisdom. Du Bois’s Afrocentric interpretation, briefly postulated in his 1915 publication, The Negro, was to shape the scholarship of a generation. Even among mainstream Ethiopianists, to whom Du Bois had long remained anathema, his insight has finally gained a foothold. This essay demonstrates how the Du …
Paths toward the Nation: Islam, Community, and Early Nationalist Mobilization in Eritrea, 1941–1961 by Joseph L. Venosa
Paths toward the Nation: Islam, Community, and Early Nationalist Mobilization in Eritrea, 1941-1961, by Joseph L. Venosa. Athens, Ohio University Press. 2014. xix, 283 pp. $29.95 US (paper). Eritrean nationalist historiography has suffered from two biases: pro-Christian and pro-Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). Since the Christian-dominated EPLF was the one that eventually delivered on Eritrean independence, the prejudice echoed the old …
Guardians of the Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea
"Guardians of the Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 50(3), pp. 479–480
The Horn of Africa and the Black Anticolonial Imaginary (1896–1915)
Because of opposite orientations in the movements of goods and peoples between the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean systems, historically there was little direct contact between the African world in the East and its counterpart in the West. As a consequence, much of Africa stood distant to the cultural and intellectual dialectics taking place between West Africa, the Americas, and Western Europe, or what Paul Gilroy calls the ‘Black Atlantic.’ Again…
Race, Gender, and Pageantry: The Ups and Downs of an African American Woman in Imperial Ethiopia
From transatlantic trailblazer to wartime correspondent, from pageantry to widowhood at an early age, pan-Africanist Dorothy Hadley Bayen lived a fast and multilayered life that few of her contemporaries would have imagined. Yet Dorothy Bayen remains ignored in the historical records to the point of erasure. As Kathleen Sheldon and others have pointed out, the absence of women leaders in the history of Black internationalism is a sign of gender-b…
Political science (8 works) · African history and culture analysis (7 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · African history and culture studies (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)