![]() The interview was conducted in French and this is a translation. In an exclusive interview Ethiopia Observer, Prunier graciously agreed to share some memories and insights from his amazing career. ![]() Gérard Prunier’s books include The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide, Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide, From Genocide to Continental War: The “Congolese” Conflict and the Crisis of Contemporary Africa, Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia: Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi. He also has good knowledge of Italian and German, and his mastery of the Juba Arabic and Swahili, direct knowledge of the Horn of African countries enabled him to deal with all the different and contradictory aspects of the region and its culture. He is fluent in his native French, as well as English and Spanish. He later became Director of the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa, serving from 2001 until 2006. In 1984, he joined the CNRS scientific institution in Paris as a researcher. ![]() ![]() Born in Paris and studied both in France and in the US, Prunier received a PhD in African History in 1981 from the University of Paris. Gérard Prunier is a writer and researcher on socio-political issues, specialising in the Horn of Africa on which he has published numerous articles and books. ![]()
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