Seyoum Y. Hameso

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Title

Independent Scholar

Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Email

seyoumhameso@gmail.com

Websites

http://website.lineone.net/~hameso/index.htm

Countries of Specialization

Sidama, Ethiopia, Africa

Research Interests

Activities: Economist, writer, and editor.

Research: Economics, contemporary Africa, ethnicity, nationalism,
development, state, Sidama, Ethiopia.

Teaching Interests

Sustainable development, international development

Publications

-- Ethnicity in Africa: towards a positive approach. London: TSC, 1997.

-- Ethnicity and nationalism in Africa. New York: Nova Science, 1997.

-- State and society and development in Africa. London: TSC, London, 1997.

Co-editor, with Mohammed Hassen.
Arrested development in Ethiopia : essays on underdevelopment, democracy, and self-determination.
Trenton, NJ : Red Sea Press, c2006.

Co-editor of:
Ethiopia: conquest and the quest for freedom and democracy. London: TSC, 1997.

Contributions in Books and Journals

"Perceptions of age in Sidama: conviction, contest and controversy," in
Mario Aguilar (ed.) Rethinking age in Africa, Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press, 2007.

"Language of education in Africa: The key issues," in Language, culture
and curriculum, 10, 1, 1997, pp. 1-13.

"The Furra legend in Sidama traditions," in Oromo commentary, Vol.
VII, no. 2, 1997, pp. 16-18.

"Politics of freedom of information" in Focus on international and
comparative librarianship, 26, 3, 1995.

Articles in Sidama Concern

1. "Political change and moral order," Vol. 1. No. 1, 1996.

2. "Nations and nationalism: theory and practice," Vol. 1. No. 3, 1996.

3. "African crisis and external environment: bilateral relations, (Part
I)," Vol. 2. No. 2, 1997.

4. "African crisis and external environment: multilateral relations and
policies (Part II)," Vol. 2. No. 3, 1997.m

5. "The Horn of Africa and the US policy," Vol. 2. No. 4, 1997.

6. "The idea of state," Vol. 3. No. 1, 1998.

7. "Ethiopia and Eritrea: From conflict to conflict: The political economy
of war," Vol. 3. No. 2, 1998.

8. "On Oromo nationalism," Vol. 3. No. 4, 1998.

9. "The coalition of oppressed nations," Vol. 4. No. 1, 1999.

10. "Reflections from Stockholm conference," Vol. 4. No. 2, 1999.

11. "Global power, profits and democracy in Africa," Vol. 4. No. 3, 1999.

12. "Ethiopia: famine, war and environmental destruction," Vol. 5. No. 2,
1999.

13. "Authoritarian state in Ethiopia and international community's
response," Vol. 5. No. 3, 1999.

Keywords

economics ; contemporary Africa ; ethnicity ; nationalism ; development ; state ; Sidama