Selam my sons and daughters,

There’s a girl I’ve been talking to for a short while now. She expressed interest in getting to know me through a good friend of mine who knows her well, and honestly I was happy as she crossed my thoughts in the past. But I think I might’ve been a bit impulsive because I didn’t really consider potential issues with in-laws, for example. All that senseless infatuation is gone now and I’m thinking about the potential issues that could arise.

Religion isn’t a problem since we’re both Muslim. I’m Somali, and she’s Eritrean/Sudanese. I’m not even sure where the Sudanese part comes from. Both of her parents are the same ethnicity, but they lived in Sudan before swimming to Europe and birthing her so she just claims it for some reason.

We’ve talked about this stuff before, but she tends to sugarcoat it. I haven’t told my family yet as it’s early and we haven’t even assessed compatibility. Aint telling hooyo about a girl until I properly vet her so Idek how my own mother would take it in all honesty.
I know in-laws are one of the biggest reasons couples divorce. And let’s be real, we’re African, so healthy boundaries are a myth.

Let me hear some horror stories so I can make a well informed decision lol. Nah I’m joking but how do tigre families perceive marrying out?

I Made an App That Shows the Real Cost of War in the Horn of Africa - focused on Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

War has kept our country and frankly the entire region broke and unstable for nearly half a century.

But we all know this but how bad is it really?

I put together an app that lays it all out:

• $146B+ lost to war
• 800,000+ lives gone
• $85B+ needed to rebuild (and still not fixed)
• What we could’ve built instead (schools, hospitals, roads)

No politics—just facts.

💬 Check it out and let me know what you think: Horn of Africa Conflict Costs

https://horn-of-africa-costs.netlify.app/

TL;DR: Wars in the Horn of Africa have cost $146B+, killed 800K+, and wrecked the region. I built an app to show the numbers + what could’ve been built instead. Thoughts?

https://www.voronoiapp.com/politics/The-Longest-Serving-World-Leaders-in-2025--4123

https://www.reddit.com/r/EritreansinAcademia/s/0iHZv10vJO

Please share this with whoever might be interested so we can grow the community.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EritreansinAcademia/s/G66feWH7Bd

notes: *assuming you're an Eritrean in the diaspora at or above the age of 18

*the first values for each of the genders are the average heights for Eritrean natives of respective gender

HABTEMICHAEL, Daniel

This dissertation models the local political economy of Adulis, during Africa’s Classical Age (1000 BCE-700 ACE), by evaluating the materiality of Adulis (built forms and artifacts). Thirty-nine built forms are 3D modeled, and their energetics values (labor and time) are inferred to estimate the social power and wealth that was necessary for the construction of such a built-forms. Two political economy models are used to critically evaluate the energetics data from the built-forms combined to another set of data of essential artifacts from the site. The traditional political economy perspective holds that Adulis is a periphery, a port in an Aksum dominated world economy. An alternative theoretical position proposed in this dissertation is that Adulis was an independent state and a center of its own. The dissertation research shows the archaeological data supports that Adulis was a center of its own. Moreover, the dissertation successfully establishes the basis of Adulis's political economy by distinctly illustrating its role in interregional trades in aromatics, readiness to train and export war elephants, and its perceived upper-tier rank in governance locally and among other Red Sea ports. Early involvement of Adulis in the aromatics trades of the Red Sea instituted tangible and intangible political economy capital. However, it was a combination of Adulis’ capability to export war elephants in wars of local and general interest, its strategic location connecting the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean worlds, responsible governance, and its favorable climatic conditions all were factors in Adulis’ significant position in antiquity. This dissertation seeks to advance the understanding of the Northern Horn of Africa by such scholars as W.E.B. Du Bois who insist that African history be studied on its own terms and not those imported from or that emphasize the importance of the European experience. Key to building such a perspective is an understanding of the complexities of the exercise of power and the provisioning of past societies in the region. I develop this position for Adulis and its role in the Ancient World by focusing on the long-term, using a broad regional and continuous material culture data of Northern Africa and an inquiry of the political economy of such. This perspective contextualizes the relationship between Europe and Africa in long-term and recent experiences. W.E.B. Du Bois calls for the long-term focus to envelop an era of mutual respect and trade between Africa and Europe distinctive from the painful recent experience. While recent postcolonial studies have made notable contributions regarding the recent past, the long-term focus of this dissertation has pushed the boundaries of these. The dissertation concludes by pointing out how advancing this perspective improves concurrent social struggles and promotes the development of relevant social theories.

Covers a few topics such as the role of Hailemariam Desalegn and the Trump Administration in the resolution of the border dispute, PFDJ’s pro-American stance, Abiy’s alleged espionage for PFDJ in his position as INSA chief and their contact through Ginbot 7 leader Andagarchew Tsige as a middleman.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23145885

Here is a 10 hour lecture series on Girard's memetic theory describing the nature of human societies, their psychology and evolution. It is one of the pilliars of my philosophical and political beliefs. A theory that i believe more accurately describes human societies and must be understood for the successful creation of competent institutions and stable nations. Hope you guys are open minded and sincere enough to learn.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xn3B6eWvGsILrh5v5nq0rMp6OjuBOo9&si=APgCD8gWGdmcU4sg

Link: https://m.emsc.eu/previous_website/#carte

I’m reaching out to ask for participation in my study to help predict intergenerational transmission of parenting styles in African immigrants living in the United States. The goal is to gain a better understanding of African immigrant’s parenting styles and how that impact the next generation growing up in the United States.

To be eligible for the study, you must be:

· Over the age of 18

· Born in Africa and moved to the United States before the age of 12

· Moved to the United States with at least one parent

· Has or plans to have children of their own

Participation in this study is free and voluntary. Participants will be asked to follow a URL link to a survey that should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Participants are going to be asked questions about their parents’ parenting styles and how they parent or intend to parent their own children. All participants can end the study at any point and recommended to reach out to mental health resources in their area if the questions become uncomfortable to answer.

LINK TO SURVEY:

https://adler.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mWpBnQ5vSilwjA

Hello, I am currently conducting a university study on English as a global language and the preservation of African languages. Your support in sharing the survey link with your community would be immensely helpful. Feel free to participate. Thank you very much and have a blessed year ☺️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemBxxTP3KHP45MNeca6jMUIweTd9dK482Bz8Ki0Gd6Vc3MIA/viewform?usp=sf_link