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    Asfa-Wossen Asserate

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    Asfa-Wossen Asserate

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    Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate in 2012.

    Born 31 October 1948 (age 72)

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire

    House House of Solomon

    (Shoan and Gondarine-Lasta branch)

    Father Le'ul Ras Asserate Kassa

    Mother Le'ult Zuriash Worq

    ReligionOrthodox Tewahedo Church

    Styles of

    Asfa-Wossen Asserate

    Reference style His Highness

    Spoken style Your Highness

    Alternative style Sir

    Le'ul Ras (Prince) Dr Asfa-Wossen Asserate (Amharic: አስፋ ወሰን ዓሥራተ) (born 31 October 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.

    Contents

    1 Life

    2 Literary work

    3 Awards
    4 Honorary offices

    5 References

    6 External links

    Life

    Le'ul (Prince)[citation needed] Asfa-Wossen was born in 1948 in Addis Ababa,[1] where he attended the
    German school[2] and received his "Abitur". He went on to study law, economics and history at the
    University of Tübingen and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1978, he was awarded a Ph.D. with
    honours 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 60 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 more than a decade by the Derg.

    While in West Germany Asfa-Wossen Asserate founded the human rights group for Ethiopia called the
    Council for Civil Liberties in Ethiopia (CCLE)[3] and campaigned for the release of all political prisoners
    and his detained family until the demise of the Mengistu dictatorship. After leaving university Asserate
    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, which holds scientific congresses with a focus on
    Ethiopian culture, history and archeology and places great endeavour to pass on Ethiopia's ancient
    cultural heritage to the new generation.

    His published books include the etiquette bestseller Manieren ("Manners", 2003),[4] a 2015 biography
    entitled King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia,[5] and most
    recently African Exodus: Migration and the Future of Europe (2018).[6]

    Literary work
    Die Deutsche Schule in Addis Abeba – aus äthiopischer Sicht. In: Zeitschrift für Kulturaustausch, Ethiopia
    special edition 1973 release, E 7225 F.S., pp. 162–175.

    Manieren. Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn, 2003, 388 pages, ISBN 3-8218-4739-5

    as editor, with Aram Mattioli: Der erste faschistische Vernichtungskrieg. Die italienische Aggression
    gegen Äthiopien 1935–1941. Köln: SH-Verlag, 2006; ISBN 978-3-89498-162-4 (Italien in der Moderne 13)

    as editor: Adolph Freiherr Knigge: Benjamin Noldmanns Geschichte der Aufklärung in Abessynien.
    Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn, 2006; ISBN 3-8218-4569-4.

    Ein Prinz aus dem Hause David und warum er in Deutschland blieb ("A prince of the house of David and
    why he remained in Germany"). Frankfurt am Main: Scherz, 2007; ISBN 978-3-502-15063-3[7]

    Draußen nur Kännchen. Meine deutschen Fundstücke. Frankfurt am Main: Scherz, 2010; ISBN 978-3-
    502-15157-9

    Afrika. Die 101 wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2010; ISBN 978-3-406-60096-8

    Integration oder die Kunst, mit der Gabel zu essen. Munich: Utz, 2011; ISBN 978-3-8316-4044-7

    Contributions to the English Encyclopaedia Aethiopica; ISBN 3-447-04746-1

    Der letzte Kaiser von Afrika – Triumph und Tragödie des Haile Selassie. Berlin: Propyläen, 2014; ISBN
    978-3549074282

    King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Haus Publishing, 2015.
    Foreword by Thomas Pakenham. ISBN 978-1910376140[8]

    African Exodus: Migration and the Future of Europe, Haus Publishing, 2018. Introduction by David
    Goodhart. ISBN 978-1910376904

    Awards

    2004: Adelbert von Chamisso Prize (for Manieren)[9]

    2008: Honorary Senator of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

    2011: Walter Scheel Prize of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

    2011: Listros Award

    2015: Jacob Grimm Award[10]

    Honorary offices

    Member of the Innovation Council of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

    Member of the Alumni Council of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.

    Founder and Chairman of the Board of Patrons of ORBIS AETHIOPICUS, the society for the preservation
    and promotion of Ethiopian Culture (since 1994).

    Chairman of the Board of the Society for Museums in Ethiopia.


    Chairman of the Advisory Board of the German-Ethiopian Students and Graduate Association (DÄSAV
    e.V.).

    Patron of Project E (Ethiopia, Education, English).

    Patron of the Ethiopian National Arts Council (ENAC).

    President of the Council for Civil Liberties in Ethiopia (CCLE).

    Patron of TheMoveForwardProject.

    Royal Protector of the Ordo Militiae Christi Templi Hierosolymitani (2008).[11]

    References

    "Africa, where to? Politics, economy, migration – with Dr. Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate", Schwarzkopf-
    Stiftung, 2018.

    "The Life of Emperor Haile Selassie: with Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate and Victoria Schofield",
    Waterstones.

    "Jacobs University celebrates fifth graduating class", Jacobs University Bremen, 29 May 2008.

    Matthias Lohre, trans. Chris Cave, "Student Fraternities", Meet the Germans, Goethe-Institut, February
    2008.

    Asserate, Asfa-Wossen (1 May 2016), "Haile Selassie's Nephew: 'My Great-Uncle The Emperor'", The
    Voice.

    Pilling, David (8 June 2018),"African Exodus by Asfa-Wossen Asserate: thwarted ambitions",The


    Financial Times.

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