Sunday, April 5, 2015

Death of Don Levine, Scholar on Ethiopia

Donald N. Levine, one of the world's leading scholars on Ethiopia and long affiliated with the University of Chicago, died on 4 April 2015 at the age of 84.  In 1965 he published a seminal work titled "Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture" that soon became a classic in the field of Ethiopian studies.  It was my privilege to call Don a friend.  The Ethiopia Observer carried an obituary.