Demeke Explains Ethiopian Manuscripts: Part IV

Ato Demeke Berhane explains that the benefit of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies archive is that it houses what should be considered not just the treasures of Ethiopia, but of the world. To study Ethiopia is to study the world and to understand its ancient alphabet and literature a way of understanding much beyond Ethiopia. Thus the department is a custodian of world heritage. Interview by Wendy Belcher with the Head of the Manuscript and Archives Department at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University on May 10, 2007.

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Education

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• Ethiopian manuscripts
• Ge'ez manuscripts
• illuminations
• paleography
• calligraphy
• African intellectuals
• East African history