Mother Le'ult Zuriash Worq Name Asfa-Wossen Asserate | Role Political analyst Parents Asrate Kassa | |
House House of Solomon(Shoan and Gondarine-Lasta branch) Father Le'ul Ras Asserate Kassa Religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Similar People Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Haile Selassie, Menen Asfaw, Yekuno Amlak, Princess Tenagnework | ||
Ethiopian German author Asfa Wossen Asserate DW Interview
Le'ul Ras (Prince) Dr Asfa-Wossen Asserate (Amharic: አስፋ ወሰን ዓሥራተ), (born October 31, 1948, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), is an Ethiopian-German political analyst and consultant for African and Middle-Eastern Affairs and best-selling author. A member of the Ethiopian royalty, he is the great nephew of the last Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie I, great-grandson of the Empress Menen and son of the last President of the Imperial Crown Council, Le'ul Ras (Duke) Asserate Kassa and his wife Leult (Princess) Zuriash Worq Gabre-Iqziabher.
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- Ethiopian German author Asfa Wossen Asserate DW Interview
- Prince asfa wossen asserate publicist and management consultant talking germany
- Life
- Literary work
- Awards
- Honorary Offices
- References
Prince asfa wossen asserate publicist and management consultant talking germany
Life
Le'ul (Prince) Dr Asfa-Wossen went to the German school in Addis Abeba, where he received his “Abitur”, before studying law, economics and history in the University of Tübingen and the Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1978, he was awarded a Ph.D. with honors in Ethiopian history at the University of Frankfurt am Main.
In 1974 the Derg takeover in Ethiopia made it impossible for him to return to the land of his ancestors: His father and sixty other dignitaries of the Imperial Government were executed without a trial and all the members of the Imperial Family were held in kith and kin detention for over a decade by Derg.
Whilst in West Germany Asfa-Wossen Asserate founded the Human Rights Group for Ethiopia called the “Council for Civil Liberties in Ethiopia (CCLE)” and campaigned for the release of all political prisoners and his detained family until the demise of the Mengistu dictatorship. After leaving university he worked as the Press Officer for the Frankfurter Messegesellschaft (1978-1980), and as the Director of the Press and Information Department of the Düsseldorf Trade Fair and as a freelance journalist (1980-1983). In 1981 he became a German citizen.
Since 1983 he has been working as a Consultant for African and Middle Eastern Affairs, advising middle-sized German companies in respect to their export promotion to these countries.
As a political analyst he has written a considerable number of articles and essays in German daily newspapers and learned publications. In 1994 he founded Orbis Aethiopicus, the Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Ethiopian Culture, that holds scientific congresses with a focus on Ethiopian culture, history and archeology and places great endeavor to pass on Ethiopia's ancient cultural heritage to the new generation.