Africa Day - The National Library of Ireland's Ethiopian Holdings
Join the Ethiopian Community in Ireland and the NLI for an Ethiopian response to NLI holdings.
As part of the National Library of Ireland’s ongoing collaboration with the Ethiopian Community in Ireland, the Chair of the Board of ECI, Zelalem Dersehe, will present his work on the Band Aid archive and Live Aid exhibition. He will discuss the development of an African and Ethiopian perspective on the legacy of the 1983–85 famine and international humanitarian response. His work focuses on issues of representation, historical memory, ethical humanitarian practice, and the importance Ethiopian voices and experiences in public discourse and archival interpretation. Dr Sinéad McCoole will present an illustrated presentation on selected holdings from the NLI Collection relating to Ethiopia.
Zelalem Dersehe is a humanitarian and development professional with over 15 years of experience working across international NGOs, UN agencies, and community-based organisations in humanitarian response, programme quality, research, and evidence-based learning. He is currently working as an advisor with Concern Worldwide, supporting country programmes on Results Based Management, programme quality, digital data systems, and adaptive programming across humanitarian and development contexts.
In addition to humanitarian work, he is actively involved in community and cultural initiatives within the Ethiopian diaspora in Ireland, currently serving as the Board Chairperson for the Ethiopian Community in Ireland.
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