The Hatata Inquiries are two extraordinary texts of African philosophy composed in Ethiopia in the 1600s. Written in the ancient African language of Geʿez (Cla

Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Classical Ethiopian philosophy and the modernity of Zara Yacob -- Ethiopia in the seventeenth century -- Zara Yacob: Philoso

This book demonstrates that the principles of textual criticism—borrowed from the fields of classics and medieval studies—have a valuable application for pl

A "geadl" or hagiography, originally written by Gealawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versi

Uncovers African influences on the Western imagination during the eighteenth century, paying particular attention to the ways Ethiopia inspired and shaped the w