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3 - An Incommensurate Burden

  • Gerry Salole
    Gerry Salole
    is Chief Executive of the European Foundation Centre and founding Chair of TrustAfrica. He studied Social Anthropology and African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He holds an M.A. in economics and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the...
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Incommensurate Burden sports culture Ethiopia

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  • Gerry Salole

    is Chief Executive of the European Foundation Centre and founding Chair of TrustAfrica. He studied Social Anthropology and African History at the School of
    Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He holds an M.A. in economics and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Manchester. His previous posts have
    included serving as representative of the Ford Foundation’s Southern Africa office, based in Johannesburg. He had also worked for Save the Children Federation (USA) in Ethiopia
    and Zimbabwe as well as for Redd Barna (Norwegian Save the Children Federation), OXFAM, and UNHCR in his native Ethiopia. He has written extensively on both development
    work and issues of identity.

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