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id	eprints-18542
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	This paper reflects on the ways in which Eritrea has been written about since circa 2001, the point at which the country entered a new phase of heightened authoritarianism and increased international isolation. It considers the ways in which Eritrea has been seen largely in “presentist” terms, due in no small way to the Eritrean government’s own intrinsic hostility to independent historical research, with an overwhelming fixation on its dire human rights and governance record, and on the nature of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), which governs in all but name. The paper urges a more historical approach, beginning with the critical three decades that preceded the emergence of the EPLF in the early 1970s.
format	Journal Article
author	Reid, Richard
author_facet	Reid, Richard
authorStr	Reid, Richard
author_letter	Reid, Richard
title	Writing Eritrea: history and representation in a bad neighbourhood
publisher	Cambridge University Press
publishDate	2014
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/18542/