Conversations on the Conflict in Ethiopia (video)
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Gloria Emeagwali
Dec 29, 2021, 4:03:09 AM12/29/21
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Biko Agozino
Dec 29, 2021, 12:39:34 PM12/29/21
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Interesting interview. Thanks for sharing. The comparative gaze towards Europe rather than towards Pan African unity is jarring for me. How do the professors explain the obstacle of ethic militaries in one federal republic? Defund the military and fund education. The scramble for modes of reproduction by armed men abducting women and girls for sex slavery or 'marriage' is part of their pastoral culture, I am told. The solution lies in African unity and education to liberate our people from the 'warrior tradition' of Mazrui.
Who are the leading writers from Ethiopia that we should be reading from the land of classical manuscripts or are we all afraid to commend Comrade Mengistu for abolishing feudalism and ending the war with Eritrea over millimeters of colonial boundaries? Let Tigray go if they want to be independent state within a federal Africa. The same problem is found all over Africa due to lack of formal education. Where are our scientists and philosophers?
Biko
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Dr. Oohay
Dec 29, 2021, 12:39:34 PM12/29/21
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An engaging/illuminating interview regarding the conflicting geopolitical ideologies at work in the current Ethiopian imbroglio.
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Gloria Emeagwali
Dec 29, 2021, 6:17:40 PM12/29/21
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“ The scramble for modes of reproduction by armed men abducting women and girls for sex slavery or 'marriage' is part of their pastoral culture. “Biko
Biko your comments are always welcome.
The abductions here have nothing to do with culture but is
linked to war terrorism, intimidation and misogyny. Is this typical of Oromo , Tigrinya or Amhara culture? No.
You are reacting to a pre-war anthropological textbook
comment, perhaps.
Because European states were among those distorting the truth, Bekerie pointed to the audacity of Europe - granted that the salient reference was inadvertently omitted.
PanAfricanism and education are crucial, as you
pointed out.
Thanks for taking the time to engage.
Gloria Emeagwali
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On Dec 29, 2021, at 12:39, 'Dr. Oohay' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
An engaging/illuminating interview regarding the conflicting geopolitical ideologies at work in the current Ethiopian imbroglio.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/1220524086.1791865.1640795142620%40mail.yahoo.com.
Gloria Emeagwali
Dec 29, 2021, 6:17:47 PM12/29/21
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Nicely summed up.
Gloria
On Dec 29, 2021, at 12:39, 'Dr. Oohay' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
An engaging/illuminating interview regarding the conflicting geopolitical ideologies at work in the current Ethiopian imbroglio.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/1220524086.1791865.1640795142620%40mail.yahoo.com.
Biko Agozino
Dec 29, 2021, 9:34:01 PM12/29/21
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It depends on how you define culture. The cultural Studies definition by Du Bois, CLR James, Fanon, Cabral, Stuart Hall, and Ngugi suggests that culture is so political that all politics is cultural: culture is a weapon in the struggle for domination and for liberation. Culture is not the ways of life of a people, contrary to colonial anthropology, because how people live is not necessarily how they chose to live under racist imperialist patriarchy. Check out how little education the people are receiving especially outside the Addis Ababa region whereas illiteracy could be wiped out within a few years rather than arm ethnic warlords to seek to conquer others and rule over them by force at huge costs.
Biko
Dr. Oohay
Dec 30, 2021, 10:22:32 AM12/30/21
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Is “conflict” not inherent in every culture? Is “domination” not inherent in human nature? Is there any culture that ever lacked “conflict” or “domination”? So doesn’t the crucial question become whether or not the discriminations or conflicts within or between cultures or societies differ in kind or in degrees?
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