Draft:Andreas Esheté
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Professor Andreas Esheté (Ge'ez/Amharic: እንድርያስ እሸቴ) is an Ethiopian philosopher and public intellectual.
Philosophy[edit]
Professor Andreas has written extensively on moral and political philosophy.
Politics & Public Service[edit]
Andreas Esheté was a leading figure in the All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement, one of the organizations that incited the 1974 revolution and overthrow of the Ethiopian monarchy.[1] Esheté had contributed to the forming of the 1995 Ethiopian constitution. [2] While studying in America, Esheté took an active role in the civil rights movement.[3] He has also spoken on his own experience of working with the Black Panther Party and the Northern Student Movement, while at Yale.[4]
Former Positions Include:
- UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy[5]
- Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with the rank of a Minister[6]
- President of Addis Ababa University[7]
- Deputy Chairperson of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa[8]
- Co-Founder of the Association for the Return of the Maqdala Ethiopian Treasures[9]
Education[edit]
Professor Andreas studied philosophy at Williams College and Yale University and taught at several American universities, among them: Brown, UCLA, UC-Berkeley and Penn.[10] He later became President of Addis Ababa University.
Personal Life[edit]
From his childhood, Esheté has been a close friend of the family of Richard Pankhurst, and his mother, former Suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst.[11] Professor Andreas has also collaborated with Richard Pankhurst on several works. Esheté returned to Ethiopia from the US in the early 1990s.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Assegid, Andargachew. A Long Journey Cut Short: MEISON in the Ethiopian People's Struggle.
- ^ Labzae, Mehdi (2023). "A Past That Doesn't Rest: Domination, Violence, and the "Question of Nationalities" in Ethiopia". African Studies Review.
- ^ Giorgis, Elizabeth W. (4 June 2020). "Viewpoint: Race and race matters: A personal reflection".
- ^ Woubshet, Dagmawi (2010). "AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDREAS ESHETE". Callaloo. 33 (1): 102–116.
- ^ Koehler, Werner (2003). "UNESCO Chairs in human rights, democracy, peace and tolerance". European University Center for Peace Studies (Austria).
- ^ Report on the 5th tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa (https://ipss-addis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Report-on-the-5th-Tana-Forum.pdf)
- ^ Addis Ababa University (2020). "Addis Ababa University Leadership".
- ^ Report on the 5th tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa (https://ipss-addis.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Report-on-the-5th-Tana-Forum.pdf)
- ^ Adams, Geraldine Kendall (6 April 2018). "Ethiopian government welcomes V&A's Maqdala loan offer".
- ^ Yale University (2020). "Yale Young African Scholars - Andreas Esheté".
- ^ Pankhurst, Richard (2014). Ethiopian Reminiscences: Early Days. Tsehai Publishers.
- ^ Lorch, Donatella (13 May 1993). "Ethiopians Return, Glad to Help Build a New Land". The New York Times.