Zerihun Kinate, an Ethiopian Canadian scholar has joined Elite Africa Project ( EAP). The team is comprised of eminent professors, emerging scholars and professionals working on Africa around the world. According to the EAP, Zerihun is selected and hired due to his connection and tremendous active engagements serving with the African and Ethiopian diaspora communities in Canada. He’s been serving in board leadership capacities in several organizations.
Zerihun will be managing the research works and collaboration networks with partners by developing profiles of prominent academicians, organizations and influential individuals working on Africa. The project’s purpose is to serve as resource center and a hub for researchers, scholars, leaders, policy makers, practitioners and advocacy groups. The main goal of the project is to change the image and media presentation of Africa in the West. It strives to engaging various audiences and actors in framing African stories and how we define our knowledge of the continent and its people.
The mission of Elite Africa Project in studying the prominent, the powerful, and the prosperous—Africans who wield power on a continental or global scale—in a part of the world often dismissed as marginal is remarkably important. The project seeks to leverage the insights of an interdisciplinary group of scholars to shift how Africa and its elites are understood.”
“Our goal is to challenge academic and public perceptions of African elites as grasping and self-interested—a framing that perpetuates negative depictions of the continent and its peoples and draws on a simplistic understanding of power and how it is wielded.” says Zerihun.
The project will be officially launched in January 2024. Zerihun told ethiofidel.com that the project is actively seeking and welcomes the support, collaborations and partnerships of individuals and organizations in the diaspora as well as in Africa.
The project is funded by the Canadian government Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SHRCC) and the University of Toronto, including the Department of Political Science, the Office of the Vice-President, International, the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Department of History, the Department for the Study of Religion, and the Department of Anthropology.
አፍሪካ የልሂቃን ፕሮጀክት በቶሮንቶ ዩኒቨርስቲ ተመሰረተ
በቅርቡ የተመሰረተውና የተለያዩ መርጃዎችን በማሰባሰብ ስራ ላይ የሚገኘው የአፍሪካ የልሂቃን ፕሮጀክት Elite Africa Project በመጭው አዲስ ዓመት በ2024 ይፋ ይደረጋል:: ፕሮጀክቱ አፍሪካና ህዝቦቿን ብሎም እየተከናወኑ ያሉ ወሳኝ ኩነቶችን አስመልክቶ ትክክለኛ መረጃ ሰንዶ በአንድ ማዕከል በማደራጀትና ተደራሽ በማድረግ በምዕራቡ ዓለም ያለውን የተሳሳተ ገፅታ መቀየርን ግብ ያደረገ ነው:: በዚህም አህጉሪቱና በመላው ዓለም የሚገኙ ህዝቦቿ እጅግ ሊነገርላቸው በሚገቡ አስገራሚ ለውጦች ውስጥ መሆናቸውን በምርምርና ጥናት አስደግፎ በማስተጋባት በትክክለኛ መረጃ ላይ የተመሰረተ አዲስ ትርክት መፍጠር ዋነኛ ዓላማው ነው:: ፕሮጀክቱ ለአጥኝዎችና ተመራማሪዎች, የሚዲያ ባለሙያዎች, የልማት አጋሮችና በአህጉሪቱና ህዝቦቿ ላይ በተለያዩ ጉዳዮች ላይ ለሚሰሩ አካላት ዋናኛ የመረጃ ማዕከል በመሆን ያገልግላል:: ይህም በምዕራቡ ዓለም በተለይ በካናዳ አፍሪካን አስመልክቶ ያለውን ትልቅ ክፍተት ይቀርፋል:: ፕሮጅክቱ ከመላው ዓለም በተወጣጡ አንጋፋና ወጣት ምሁራንና ባለሙያዎች የሚመራ ነው::
የዶክትሬት ተማሪው ዘሪሁን በዚህ ረገድ ከተለያዩ አካላት ጋር ፕሮጀክቱ የሚያደርጋቸውን የትብብር, የኔትዎርኪንግና አብሮ የመስራት እንቅስቃሴዎቹን ይመራል:: በዚህ አጋጣሚ ዘሪሁን ለተለያዩ የዳያስፖራ አካላት የአብረን እንስራ ጥሪውን አቅርቧል:: ማዕከሉ በመጭው ጥር ወር ድረ ገፁን በኦፊሴል ይፋ ያደርጋል::
Photo From Zerihun Kinate
