A Regime’s Propaganda Parading as an Academic History Course https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2020/01/07/a-regimes-propaganda-parading-as-an-academic-history-course/ January 7, 2020 ፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲፬፲ By Haile M. Larebo A regime’s propaganda parading as an academic history course It has been a number of years since the “Ethiopian History” course has been canceled from Ethiopian colleges and universities for its supposed biases and question of inclusiveness. A new textbook has been written by a government-appointed panel of four academics to replace the former one. But the new one is also sparking controversy. In the first series of articles on the subject, Ethiopia Observer publishes an opinion piece from a US-based Ethiopian scholar who describes the work as “an embarrassing one” and tainted with omissions of facts or even utter falsifications of the truth. The Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education has recently published history teaching m...
This 196-page presentation (The Module) is prepared by four scholars affiliated with four Ethiopian universities as a module for teaching the history of the nation to students at the country’s universities. The Module is sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, which sought a remedy for what the present government considers a deficient in the curriculum of teaching Ethiopian history before the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) took power in 1991.