Mohammed Hassen Ali

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of London, 1983
phone: 404-413-6359
e-mail: mali@gsu.edu

Dr. Ali graduated in African history from University of London, England. He teaches History 1112: World Civilization since 1500, History 4750: Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, History 4760: Central and Southern Africa, History 4770: Western Africa, and History 4990: The Rise and Fall of the Apartheid System in South Africa. He also teaches two graduate seminar courses on Africa. Dr. Ali’s area of research interest is Ethiopia, with special emphasis on the history of the Oromo people of Ethiopia. He has published one book and numerous articles and book chapters and edited two other books. Currently Dr. Ali is working on two projects "History of the Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia, 1300-1700" and "History of the City of Harar and the Surrounding Oromo, 1500-1900."

Selected Publications

"A Brief Glance at the Torturous Development of Written Oromo Literature," The Road Less Traveled : Reflections on the Literature of the Horn of Africa, edited by Ali Jimale Ahmed ( Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press, 2008) 207-244.

"The History of Oromo Nationalism: 1960s-1990s," in Arrested Development in Ethiopia: Essays on Underdevelopment, Democracy and Self-Determination,ed. By Seyoum Hameso and Mohammed Hassen Ali, The (Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea, 2006) 237-278.

"Conquest, Tyranny, and Ethnocide against the Oromo: A Historical assessment of Human Rights Conditions in Ethiopia, ca. 1880s-2002" Northeast African Studies, Vol. 9, Number 3 ( New Series, 2002, published in March 2007), pp. 15-50.

"The Significance of Antoine d'Abbadie in Oromo Studies" The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 14, Number 1 ( February/March 2007), pp.147-164.

"The Significance of Abba Bahrey in Oromo Studies : A commentary on the Works of Abba Bahrity and other Documents Concerning the Oromo" The Journal of Oromo Studies, Vol. 14, Number 2 (July 2007): 131-155.