From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Wed Apr 28 2010 - 08:44:07 EDT
Co-Author of Eritrea's Constitution Dies
Washington DC
28/04/2010
The Eritrean scholar and economist, Dr. Tekie Fissehatsion, died last week
of a brain tumor. He was receiving medical treatment at Johns Hopkins
Medical Center. A memorial service was held on April 24.
Tekie was an economist and author or several books on Eritrea, regional
economics and political conflicts. He also served on the commission that
drafted a constitution for Eritrea when the nation declared its independent
in 1991.The constitution was never enacted and Tekie became an advocate of
its implementation. He became chairman of the department of economics at
Morgan State University in 1991. He came to the United States in 1964.
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Among books he wrote are "Prospects for Economic Cooperation Between Eritrea
and Its Neighbors," "Economic Cooperation in the Horn of Africa," and
"Shattered Illusion and Broken Promise: Essays on the Ethiopian-Eritrean
Conflict," published in 2003.
Three colleagues of Tekie spoke with Tewlede Tesfagabir abtu his life and
career: Dr. Gebrehiwet Tesfagiorgis of the University of Iowa; Alemseged
Tesfay, a writer and historian; and Kasshun Chekol, whose Red Sea Publishing
Company in New Jersey published his books.
Listen to this Tigrigna report.
<http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/horn/2010_04/audio/mp3/Professor-Tekie-F
esehatsion_0.mp3> >>>
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