Who gets to speak for Eritrea?
A diaspora vote won Snit Tewoldemedhin the People’s Choice Award at Miss World. But the freedom to choose is exactly what Eritreans at home don’t have.
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Michal Petros
Michal Petros is a cultural strategist and storyteller. She is the founder of Studio Hiwet and The HABESHA Project, a multimedia oral history archive documenting diaspora identity through photography, film, and interviews. She writes on culture, belonging, and the African diaspora.
Between fandom and dissent
Eritrea’s recent progress in AFCON qualifying offered a rare feel-good moment, but new player defections underline how fragile that progress remains amid the country’s political realities.