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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I ETHIOPIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND EARLY MIGRATION OF ETHIOPIANS TO AMERICA, 1903-1974. -- CHAPTER II REVOLUTION IN ETHIOPIA: THE COMING OF REFUGEES TO AMERICA (1970s-1990s) -- CHAPTER III ETHNIC, REGIONAL, CLASS DIFFERENCE AND GENERATION GAP AMONG ETHIOPIANS IN AMERICA -- CHAPTER IV PROCESS OF ADJUSTMENT: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER V THE IMPACT OF ETHIOPIAN-AMERICANS ON ETHIOPIA -- CHAPTER VI: DIASPORA POLITICS, ITS LEGACY & THE SECOND GENERATION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

This essay explores the history of the concepts of sәdät (migration) and sәdätäññannät (refugeeism), tracking the changing Ethiopian perspectives on separation from homeland as conceived and conveyed through song lyrics. After detailing traditional Ethiopian notions of sәdätäññannät, the author surveys song lyrics about Ethiopians living abroad, first in military service in Libya (1911–1930) and in Korea and Japan (1950s), then for educational purposes in Europe and the United States (1945–1974). In contrast to either silence or negativity about sәdätäññannät in songs about these earlier periods, lyrics dating from after the emergence of the Ethiopian diaspora (1974–present) invoke the concept as an integral part of Ethiopian life, moving it from a term of shame to a desirable status with connotations of success and initiative. (5 April 2009)

This essay explores the history of the concepts of sədät (migration) and sədätäññannät (refugeeism), tracking the changing Ethiopian perspectives on separation from homeland as conceived and conveyed through song lyrics. After detailing traditional Ethiopian notions of sədätäññannät, the author surveys song lyrics about Ethiopians living abroad, first in military service in Libya (1911–1930) and in Korea and Japan (1950s), then for educational purposes in Europe and the United States (1945–1974). In contrast to either silence or negativity about sədätäññannät in songs about these earlier periods, lyrics dating from after the emergence of the Ethiopian diaspora (1974–present) invoke the concept as an integral part of Ethiopian life, moving it from a term of shame to a desirable status with connotations of success and initiative. (5 April 2009)

Gondar's Public Health College and Training Center (PHC&TC), as it was originally named, has also been known since 1961 as Gondar Medical College, or by the local townsfolk interchangeably as Asbadale or Che-Che-la. PHC&TC was established in 1954, when the city's population was less than 20,000. Today, Gondar has more than 200,000 people, yet PHC&TC continues as the only medical establishment in the city and province despite a complex set of health concerns, including the pandemic HIV-AIDS, that beset the city, the region, and Ethiopia at large.


This paper reviews the founding and development of PHC&TC, and thus the progress of modern higher education in Gondar. It also explores the impact of the medical college on the city; the challenges it faced from both government officials and the townspeople during the reign of Haile Sellassie (1930–1974); the changes it underwent under the Marxist regime of Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam (1974–1991); and its current state as it deals with financial constraints, lack of infrastructural development, and a shortage of trained manpower.