When Intellectualism Becomes Complicit:
How Ethiopia’s intellectual legacy must confront its role in cultural erasure and ideological domination.
Excerpt: When intellectualism aligns with power instead of truth, it risks becoming a refined tool of domination. This reflection challenges the legacy of Ethiopian academia and calls for a return to ethical, justice-driven scholarship. Introduction Throughout history, intellectuals have often served as society’s conscience—interpreters of truth, critics of power, and illuminators of the human condition….