The Center for the Study of Narrative and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University sent 11 PhD, Master’s and undergraduate students to Eritrea for two weeks to uncover the country’s narrative of development, and this is a piece from what they have discovered so far. BY MARIAM ABURDEINEH | GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY There are multiple […]
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BY ROSE A. ESSIEM 2019 marks the 400 year that the first slaves from Africa were forcefully displaced to Jamestown, Virginia. To commemorate this chilling moment, President Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana, my home country, formally declared in 2018 that 2019 would be marked the “Year of Return.”
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“The only experts are nationals of their own countries” – Weh Yeoh BY BILLION TEMESGHEN | ERITREA PROFILE Carol Pineau is an American journalist who has worked in Africa for many years representing the biggest news agencies of the world. Her first visit in Eritrea impacted her profession the most as she describes the Eritrean […]
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By Fikrejesus Amahazion (PhD), Last week, Eritrea Profile featured an interview with Mary Harper, Africa Editor for BBC World News. Harper recently spent several weeks in Eritrea covering the country’s Independence Day celebrations, and her analyses, both within her interview with Eritrea Profile as well as in other outlets, have been balanced, impartial, thoughtful, and […]
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