Eyes open in Addis
In Addis Ababa, the war in Tigray once arrived only in fragments. What happens when the dark we made for ourselves no longer holds?
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Rachel Dubale
Rachel Dubale is a Fellow at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Her interests lie in Africa-Europe geopolitics, diasporic positionalities and human and urban mobility. Her professional experience spans academic research and field-based humanitarian work across Ethiopia, the French Caribbean and Europe, particularly the Netherlands and Belgium.
Goodbye, Piassa
The demolition of an historic district in Addis Ababa shows a central contradiction of modernization: the desire to improve the country while devaluing its people and culture.
Being black in Argentina
What does Javier Milei’s presidential victory mean for Argentina’s black and indigenous minorities?
Who is Addis Ababa for?
The planned demolition of one of Ethiopia’s most vibrant cultural centers forms part of an urban planning trend where African cities are re-designed to serve elites.