Jan Abbink
Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa
- Name
- Prof.dr. G.J. Abbink
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl
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For an overview of Jan Abbink's research and publications, visit his profile on the ASCL website.
Jan Abbink is an anthropologist-historian and carries out research on the history and cultures of the Horn of Africa (Northeast Africa), particularly Ethiopia. He is Professor Emeritus of Politics and Governance in Africa at Leiden University.
He has done a number of research projects, the first one being a study of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel in the 1980s. His current projects are a socio-cultural history of South Ethiopia, an historical-cultural study of the relation between governance, political culture and religious discourse, and an ethnological study of southwest Ethiopian ethnic groups, livelihoods and conflict. He is also interested in theoretical and epistemological issues in social science.
Since 2001 Jan Abbink has been Professor (extraordinary) of African Ethnic Studies at the VU University in Amsterdam.
Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa
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- Abbink G.J. (2024), The Israel-Hamas drama and the dilemmas of scholarly response, Research Africa reviews 7(3): 6-9.
- Abbink G.J. (2024), Commentary: suffering and scholarly response to Amidu Sanni: how to discuss the Israel-Hamas violence, Research Africa reviews 7(3): 12-13.
- Abbink G.J. (2023), Evaluating the Pretoria Agreement: the limitations of presentist analysis of conflicts in Ethiopia, Review of African Political Economy 50(176): 234-242.
- Abbink G.J. (2023), Contesting the "secular" via the judiciary: exploring Muslim criticism of the national politico-legal order in Africa, Anthropos 118(1): 349-363.
- Abbink G.J. (2023) Understanding ‘secularism’ : new insights. Review of: Berlinerblau J. (2021), Secularism: the basics. London/New York: Routledge. Secular Studies 5(1): 1-7.
- Abbink G.J. (2023), Eternal periphery? : toward a socio-political history of Maji, an Ethiopian frontier town, 1898-2020, International Journal of African Historical Studies 56(3): 277-295.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Somalia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B. & Mehler A. Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2021. Africa Yearbook no. 18. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 367-376.
- Bach J.-N., Abbink G.J: Ancel S., Aziz A.A.A., Fantini E., Ferras P., Mwakimako H., Nallet C., Ylönen A. & Záhořík J. (Eds.) (2022), Routledge handbook of the Horn of Africa. London, New York: Routledge.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Ethiopia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B. & Mehler A. Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2021. Africa Yearbook no. 18. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 323-337.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), History education in Ethiopia post-1991: rethinking the nation’s history in the context of “decolonization” debates, Cahiers d'Études Africaines (247): 487-514.
- Abbink G.J. (5 May 2022), The Economist magazine and reporting on Ethiopia: a comment on the Gardner case. Medium (Medium.com). [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J. (2022), ኤች አር 6600 በኢትዮጵያ የሚደረገውን የሰላም ጥረት የሚያደናቅፍ ነው, Ghion Magazine 4(176): 2.
- Gebeyehu A.K. & Abbink G.J. (2022), Land, sugar and pastoralism in Ethiopia: comparing the impact of the Omo-Kuraz sugar projects on local livelihoods and food (in) security in the lower Omo Valley, Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 12(32): 32.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Ethiopian-Eritrean studies: a bibliography on society and history, 2016-2022. ASCL occasional publications no. 44. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
- Abbink G.J. (2022), The looming spectre: a history of the ‘state of emergency’ in Ethiopia, 1970s–2021. In: Bach J.-N., Abbink G.J: Ancel S., Aziz A.A.A., Fantini E., Ferras P., Mwakimako H., Nallet C., Ylönen A. & Záhořík J. (Eds.) Routledge handbook of the Horn of Africa. London, New York: Routledge. 302-316.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Has religion been fueling the politics of conflict in Ethiopia?: A cautionary tale (Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University). [other].
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Remembering Kassahun Berhanu Alemu (1955-2022): the man and his work, Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 18(1): 157-163.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Congress risks prolonging the Ethiopian civil war , The American Conservative : .
- Abbink G.J. (23 March 2022), Why the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and Putin’s Russia are strikingly similar. Business Day.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), In memoriam Professor Kassahun Berhanu (1955-2022) (Website). Addis Abbaba, (Ethiopian Academy of Sciences). [other].
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Introduction: authoritarianism, innovative regimes, and forms of resistance. In: Bach J.-N., Abbink G.J: Ancel S., Aziz A.A.A., Fantini E., Ferras P., Mwakimako H., Nallet C., Ylönen A. & Záhořík J. (Eds.), Routledge handbook of the Horn of Africa. London, New York: Routledge. 251-254.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Law and politics in the Ethiopian-Eritrean border dispute, 2002–2019. In: Guttry A. de, Post H.H.G. & Venturini G. (Eds.), The 1998–2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia war and its aftermath in international legal perspective: from the 2000 Algiers agreements to the 2018 peace agreement. Cham: Springer - T.M.C. Asser Press . 171-194, 742.
- Abbink G.J. (18 November 2021), Cyberkrieg um Tigray. Jungle World, 46: 14.
- Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (2021), Introduction: Rhetoric and social relations. In: Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (Eds.), Rhetoric and social relations : dialectics of bonding and contestation. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books. 3-29.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), The Ethiopia conflict in international relations and global media discourse, E-International Relations (5): 6.
- Abbink G.J. (8 September 2021), Getting things right on the Ethiopia conflict. Blog EthioReference. [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Somalia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2020. Africa Yearbook no. 17. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 373-382.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Research in 2020. In: Jongenelen R.G.L. & Veldkamp F. Yeadell-Moore A. (Eds.), Annual report African Studies Centre Leiden 2020. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 9-28.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Review of: Girke F. (2018), The wheel of autonomy: rhetoric and ethnicity in the Omo Valley. New York/Oxford: Berghahn books. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27(2): 440-441.
- Abbink G.J. (12 November 2021), Tendency to demonise Ethiopia and give free pass to TPLF is false narrative. Business Day.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), The politics of conflict in Northern Ethiopia, 2020-2021: a study of war-making, media bias and policy struggle. ASC Working Paper Series no. 152. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden . [working paper].
- Gebeyehu A.K., Snelder D., Sonneveld B. & Abbink G.J. (2021), How do agro-pastoralists cope with climate change? : The case of the Nyangatom in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia, Journal of Arid Environments 189: 104485.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), The Atlantic Community mistake on Ethiopia: counter-productive statements and data-poor policy of the EU and the USA on the Tigray conflict. ASC Working Paper Series no. 150. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Power relations in Suri: rhetoric in public speech and Action 283 . In: Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (Eds.), Rhetoric and social relations. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books. 283-309.
- Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (Eds.) (2021), Rhetoric and social relations : dialectics of bonding and contestation. Berghahn Books: Oxford , New York.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Ethiopia's elections are needed: but they face credibility challenges (The Conversation). [other].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Flashback — conflict in Tigray: reflections on cause and effects (Medium). [other].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Refocusing the Ethiopia conflict: grave doubts about the narratives of ‘humanitarian blockade’ and ‘Tigray genocide’. . [other].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Aïcha Haddad's work of dreams and memories. In: Sanz N., Levis C. & Beaumont A. (Eds.), Africa in the UNESCO art collection. Paris: UNESCO. 108-111.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Ethiopia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Meher A. & Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2020. Africa Yearbook no. 17. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 328-341.
- Abbink G.J. (24 June 2021), Kijk eens naar Ethiopië zonder neokoloniale bril. Algemeen Dagblad: 23.
- Abbink G.J. & Haverdijk H. (interviewer) (2021), Oorlog in Tigray - interview met J. Abbink, Historisch Nieuwsblad (9): 10-11.
- Abbink G.J. (20 August 2021), The Ethiopian June 2021 elections: a step to political normality?. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J. (25 January 2021), The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia: post-war ramifications and international response. The Global Observatory - Institute of Peace (USA) blog. New York: The Global Observatory - Institute of Peace. [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J. (2020), On “good governance”: towards reconciling state and vernacular views in Southwest Ethiopia, Africa: revista semestrale di studi e ricerche 2(1): 97-115.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Zeven factoren bepalen de politieke vooruitzichten in Afrika, Clingendael Spectator : .
- Meckelburg A, & Abbink G.J. (2020), Subjects of history: administrative categories, ethnic labels, and the limits of cultural citizenship in Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies 20(1-2): 137-158.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) Under construction: technologies of development in Ethiopia. Review of: Mains D. (2020), Under construction: technologies of development in Ethiopia. Durham: Duke University Press. Anthropological quarterly 93(3): 261-266.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Gefaehrliche Erbschaften : der Konflikt in Nordäthiopien vom November hat seine Ursprünge in einer Politik der Ethnisierung, Jungle World (51): 4-5.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) The state of status groups in Ethiopia: minorities between marginalization and integration. Review of: Epple S. (2018), The state of status groups in Ethiopia: minorities between marginalization and integration. Dietrich Reimer Verlag: Berlin. Rassegna di studi etiopici 3 (N.S.): 227-231.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the Scapegoat King in Southeastern Sudan (2nd ed.), Foreword by Mark Anspach. (Kampala: Fountain Publishers - East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2017). In: Cahiers d’Études Africaines LX(1), 237 (2020), pp. 211-213. . Review of: Simonse S. (2017), Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan . Kampala ; East Lansing: Fountain publishers; Michigan State University Press. Cahiers d'Études africaines LX (1)(237): 211-213.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Leader to watch 2021: Abiy Ahmed. In: , The World in 2021. Milan: Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). 53-56.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), leader to watch 2021: Abiy Ahmed . In: , Il Mondo Che Verrà 2021 . Milan: Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). 55-58.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) Review of: Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan (2nd ed., Kampala: Fountain Publishers - East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2017). Review of: Simonse S. (2017), Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan. Kampala ; East Lansing: Fountain Publishers ; Michigan State University Press. Cahiers d'Études Africaines LX(1)(237): 211-213.
- Abbink G.J., Hopes dashed: sabotage and mayhem in Ethiopia. ASCL Africanist blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Religion and violence in the Horn of Africa: trajectories of mimetic rivalry and escalation between ‘political Islam’ and the state, Politics, Religion & Ideology 21(2): .
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Ethiopia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Meher A. & Sewudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook 2019 : politics, economics and society South of the Sahara 2019. Africa Yearbook no. 16. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 329-342.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Somalia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Meher A. & Sewudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2019. Africa Yearbook no. 16. Brill: Leiden, Boston. 369-378.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), Somalia. In: Adetula V., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2018. Africa Yearbook no. 15. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 359-368.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), Ethiopia. In: Adetula V., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2018. Africa Yearbook no. 15. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 317-329.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), In memoriam Ulrich Braukämper, Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 22: 246-252.
- Abbink G.J., An unknown chapter : Israel’s re-emerging relations with Africa. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Nigatu Y. & Abbink G.J. (2019), Political breakthrough in Ethiopia? : prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s reformist agenda. In: Winden M.C.A. van & Yeadell-Moore A.L. (Eds.), Annual report 2018 African Studies Centre Leiden. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 10-11.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), Ethiopia’s successes under Abiy Ahmed constrained by ethnic divisions, Global observatory : .
- Abbink G.J. (Ed.) (2018), The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities. New York ; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Abbink G.J. (2018) Review of James de Lorenzi, 'Guardians of the tradition: historians and historical writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea". Review of: Lorenzi J. de (2015), Guardians of the tradition: historians and historical writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. History of Humanities 3(2): 453-456.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), The Suri. In: Clack T. & Brittain M. (Eds.), The river: peoples and histories of the Omo-Turkana area. Oxford: ArchaeoPress. 133-139.
- Gascon A. & Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Klima. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 19-22.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Kafa. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 74-76.
- Nieuwkerk A. van & Abbink G.J. (2018), Seychelles. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook no. 14. Leiden: Brill. 353-358.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Ethiopia. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook no. 14. Leiden: Brill. 317-329.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Eastern Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and Society South of the Sahara. Africa Yearbook. Brill: Leiden. 267-282.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Development in rural Ethiopia. In: Winden M.C.A. van & Yeadell-Moore A.L. (Eds.), Annual report African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) 2017. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 18-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2018) The Bashada of Southern Ethiopia. Review of: Epple S. (2010), The Bashada of Southern Ethiopia. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag: Cologne : 196-198.
- Abbink G.J., Ethiopia plans for new prime minister, but crisis has deep challenges. Global Observatory-IPI blog. Austria: IPI Global Observatory. [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J., Conferencing in Ethiopia: no politically correct bla-bla. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J., Governance in Africa: more than political and economic "management". ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Völker Äthiopiens - ein Überblick. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Harrassowitz Verlag: Wiesbaden. 41-44.
- Abbink G.J., Odetula V., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2018), Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook no. 14. Leiden: Brill. 3-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Somalia. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook no. 14. Leiden: Brill. 359-368.
- Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.) (2018), Africa Yearbook 2017 : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara. Africa Yearbook no. 14. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), The religious soundscape of Ethiopia: 'noise' production between sacred and secular spaces. In: Girke F., Thubauville S. & Smidt W.G.C. (Eds.), Anthropology as homage : Festschrift for Ivo Strecker. Cologne: R. Koeppe Verlag. 251-269.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Introduction: promise and peril in Africa-growth narratives vs. local environmental problems. In: Abbink G.J. (Ed.), The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities. New York ; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 1-28.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Losing the plot: environmental problems and livelihood strife in developing rural Ethiopia-Suri agropastoralism vs. state resource use. In: Abbink G.J. (Ed.), The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities. New York ; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 137-178.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Development in rural Ethiopia. In: Winden M.C.A. van & Yeadell-Moore A.L. (Eds.), Annual report African Studies Centre Leiden. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 18-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Walaytta. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 74-76.
- Gascon A. & Abbink G.J. (2018), National parks. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 375-379.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Traditional Ethiopian legal culture : Amharic proverbs and maxims on law and justice. In: Carter McCollum A. (Ed.), Studies in Ethiopian languages, literature, and history: Festschrift for Getatchew Haile. Äthiopistische Forschungen no. 83. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 3-20.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Paradoxes of electoral authoritarianism : the 2015 Ethiopian elections as hegemonic performance, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 35(3): 1-21.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), A decade of Ethiopia : politics, economy and society 2004-2016. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Stemming the tide? : the promise of environmental rehabilitation scenarios in Ethiopia. In: Beek W.E.A. van, Damen J.C.M. & Foeken D.W.J. (Eds.), The face of Africa : essays in honour of Ton Dietz. ASCL occasional publications no. 26. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 185-198.
- Nieuwkerk A. van & Abbink G.J. (2017), Seychelles. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 344-349.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Ethiopia. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 310-322.
- Abbink G.J. (2017) Review of Patrick Desplat and Terje Østebø, 'Muslim Ethiopia : the Christian legacy, identity politics and Islamic reformism" London : Palgrave-Macmillan, 2013). Review of: Desplat P. & Østebø T. (2013), Muslim Ethiopia : the Christian legacy, identity politics and Islamic reformism. London: Palgrave-Macmillan. Islamic Africa 8: 242-246.
- Abbink G.J. (2017) Review of G. Prunier and E. Ficquet (eds.), 'Contemporary Ethiopia : monarchy, revolution and the legacy of Meles Zenawi" (London : C. Hurst, 2015). Review of: Prunier G. & Ficquet E. (2015), Contemporary Ethiopia : monarchy, revolution and the legacy of Meles Zenawi. London: C. Hurst. Journal of Modern African Studies 55(1): 171-173.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Walaytta. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Ethiopia : history, cultures and challenges. Münster: Lit Verlag. 75-77.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Introduction : peoples in Ethiopia. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Ethiopia. history, cultures, and challenges. Münster: Lit Verlag. 39-41.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Somalia. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 350-358.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Obituary: Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst (1927-2017). Rassegna di Studi Etiopici: 226-229.
- Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2017), Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 3-20.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Eastern Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 261-276.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Insecure food: diet, eating and identity among the Ethiopian Suri people in the developmental age, African Study Monographs 38(3): 119-145.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), "Wie est eigentlich gewesen..." : Eike Haberland's Rankean approach to Southern Ethiopian cultures and iets legacy today. In: Dinslage S. & Thubauville S. (Eds.), Seeking out wise old men : six decades of Ethiopian studies at the Frobenius Institute revisited. Studien zur Kulturkunde no. 131. Berlin: D. Reimer Verlag. 154-175.
- Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2017), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Etiyopya’da İslam ve sosyokültürel çeşitlilik = Ethiopian Islam and socio-cultural diversity, Yeni Türkiye (97): 459-462.
- Abbink G.J. (2017) Review of Zeleke Eresso, 'Faith at the crossroads : religious syncretism and dispute settlement in Northern Ethiopia. A study of Sufe shrine in North Eastern Ethiopia" Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2015). Review of: Eresso M.Z. (2015), Faith at the crossroads : religious syncretism and dispute settlement in Northern Ethiopia. A study of Sufe shrine in North Eastern Ethiopia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Islamic Africa 8: 242-246.
- Gascon A. & Abbink G.J. (2017), Climate. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (Eds.), Ethiopia : history, cultures and challenges. Münster: Lit Verlag. 16-20.
- Abbink G.J. (2016), Rethinking the anthropology of Ethiopia through culture and ritual. In: Ficquet E., Hassen A. & Osmond Th. (Eds.), Movements in Ethiopia: Ethiopia in movement : proceedings of the 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Los Angeles: Tsehai Publishers. 37 - 52 (vol. 1).
- Abbink J. (2016), The cross in Ethiopian Christianity: ecclesial symbolism and religious experience. In: Bongmba E.K. (Ed.), Routledge companion to Christianity in Africa. London: Routledge. 122-140.
- Abbink G.J. (2016) Review of The outcast majority: war, development and youth in Africa. Review of: Sommers Marc (2015), The outcast majority: war, development, and youth in Africa .
- Abbink G.J. (2016), Ethiopian-Eritrean studies: a bibliography on society and history, 2010-2015. ASC occasional publication no. 24. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
- Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2016), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2015. Africa Yearbook no. 16. Brill: Leiden.
- Abbink G.J., Askew K., Dori D.F., Fratkin E., Gabbert E.C., Galaty J., LaTosky S., Lydall J., Mahmoud H.A., Markakis J., Schlee G., Strecker I. & Turton D. (2014), Lands of the future: transforming pastoral lands and livelihoods in Eastern Africa. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology working papers no. 154. Halle / Saale: Max Planck Institute. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2014), Religion and politics in Africa : the future of "the secular", Africa Spectrum 49(3): 83-106.
- Abbink G.J. (2014), Religious freedom and the political order: the Ethiopian 'secular state' and the containment of Muslim identity politics, Journal of Eastern African Studies 8(3): 346-365.
- Abbink G.J. (2014), Stabiele instabiliteit: Somalië, Al Shabaab en de wijdere regio, Internationale Spectator 68(11): 4-8.
- Abbink G.J. (2012), De Hoorn van Afrika als regionale (on)veiligheidszone: conflicten en dilemma's, Internationale Spectator 66(5): 235-240.
- Abbink G.J. (2012), Dam controversies: contested governance and developmental discourse on the Ethiopian Omo River dam, Social Anthropology 20(2): 125-144.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), Ethnic-based federalism and ethnicity in Ethiopia: reassessing the experiment after 20 years, Journal of Eastern African Studies 5(4): 596-618.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), Democracy deferred: understanding elections and the role of donors in Ethiopia. In: Abbink G.J. & Bruijn M.E. de (Eds.), Land, law and politics in Africa: mediating conflict and reshaping the state. African dynamics no. 10. Leiden: Brill. 213-239.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), De politiek-maatschappelijke context van een terugkerend probleem, Geografie: vaktijdschrift voor geografen 20(9): 11-12.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), Religion in public spaces: emerging Muslim-Christian polemics in Ethiopia, African Affairs 110(439): 253-274.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), 'Land to the foreigners': economic, legal, and socio-cultural aspects of new land acquisition schemes in Ethiopia, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 29(4): 513-539.
- Abbink G.J. & Bruijn M.E. de (2011), Land, law and politics in Africa: mediating conflict and reshaping the state. African dynamics no. 10. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2010), Elections in Africa, 1991-2009: Ways to democracy or breeding grounds for conflict?. ASCL Infosheet no. 9. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2010), Political culture in Ethiopia: a balance sheet of post-1991 ethnically-based federalism. ASCL Infosheet no. 8. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), Ethiopia. In: Mehler A., Melber H. & Walraven K. van (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2008. Africa Yearbook. Leiden: Brill. 287-299.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), The Islamic Courts Union: the ebb and flow of a Somali Islamist movement. In: Ellis S. & Kessel W.M.J. van (Eds.), Movers and shakers: social movements in Africa. African dynamics no. 8. Leiden: Brill. 87-113.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), The Ethiopian second republic and the fragile 'social contract', Africa Spectrum 44(2): 3-28.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), The Total Somali Clan Genealogy (second edition). ASC Working Paper Series no. 84. Leiden: African Studies Centre. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2009), Law against reality? Contextualizing the Ethiopian-Eritrean border problem. In: Grutty A. de, Post H. & Venturini G. (Eds.), The 1998-2000 war between Eritrea and Ethiopia: an international legal perspective. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press. 141-158.
- Abbink G.J. & Dokkum A. van (2008), Dilemmas of development: conflicts of interest and their resolutions in modernizing Africa. African Studies Collection, ISSN 1876-018X ; 26 no. 12. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (Eds.) (2008), A Propósito de Resistir: Repensar la Insurgencia en Africa. Barcelona: Oozebap.
- Abbink G.J. (2008), Violence and survival in Ethiopia: a comparative anthropology of the Suri people. ASCL Infosheet no. 4. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2008), Muslim monasteries? Some aspects of religious culture in Northern Ethiopia, Aethiopica: international journal of Ethiopian studies 11: 117-133.
- Abbink G.J. (2007), Causes and trajectories of local conflict among pastoral peoples in Northeast Africa, Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 5(1): 25-42.
- Abbink G.J. (2006), Discomfiture of democracy? The 2005 election crisis in Ethiopia and its aftermath, African Affairs 105(419): 173-199.
- Abbink G.J. (2006), Reconstructing Haberland reconstructing the Wolaitta: writing the history and society of a former Ethiopian Kingdom, History in Africa 33: 1-15.
- Abbink G.J. (2005), Being young in Africa: the politics of despair and renewal. In: , Vanguard or vandals: youth, politics and conflict in Africa. African dynamics no. 4. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. 1-33.
- Abbink G.J. & Kessel W.M.J. van (2005), Vanguard or vandals: youth, politics and conflict in Africa. African dynamics no. 4. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), An obituary of Aberra Jembere 1928-2004, International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 7: 189-193.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), Remembering Londósa: mediator and counterpoint in a "violent" society. In: Böll V. (Ed.), Studia Aethiopica: in honour of Siegbert Uhlig on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 371-382.
- Abbink G.J. (2004) Review of Freeman D.: 'Initiating change in Highland Ethiopia: causes and consequences of cultural transformation'. Review of: Freeman D. (2002), Initiating change in Highland Ethiopia: causes and consequences of cultural transformation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Africa 74(4): 700-701.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), Violence and state (re)formation in the African context: global and local aspects of crisis and change. In: Westerfield R.E. (Ed.), Current Issues in Globalization. New York: Happauge. 137-149.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), Reconstructing Southern Sudan in the post-war era: challenges and prospects of 'Quick Impact Programmes'. ASC Working Paper Series no. 55. Leiden [etc.]: African Studies Centre [etc.]. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2003), A bibliography on Christianity in Ethiopia. ASC Working Paper Series no. 52. Leiden: Afrika-Studiecentrum. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Badme and the Ethio-Eritrean border: the challenge of demarcation in the post-war period, Africa 58(2): 219-231.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Ethiopia-Eritrea: proxy wars and prospects of peace in the Horn of Africa, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 21(3): 407-425.
- Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (2003), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics no. 2. Leiden: Brill.
- Walraven K. van & Abbink G.J. (2003), Rethinking resistance in African history: an introduction. In: Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (Eds.), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics no. 2. Leiden: Brill. 1-40.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Love and death of cattle: the paradox in Suri attitudes toward livestock, Ethnos 68(3): 341-364.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Local leadership and state governance in southern Ethiopia: from charisma to bureaucracy. In: Vaughan O. (Ed.), Indigenous political structures and governance in Africa. Ibadan: Sefer Books. 177-207.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Dervishes, 'moryaan' and freedom fighters: cycles of rebellion and the fragmentation of Somali society, 1900-2000. In: Abbink G.J., Walraven K. van & Bruijn M.E. de (Eds.), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics no. 2. Leiden: Brill. 328-365.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Paradoxes of power and culture in an old periphery: Surma, 1974-1998. In: Donham D. (Ed.), Remapping Ethiopia: socialism and after. Oxford: James Currey. 155-172.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Ethnic trajectories in Israel: comparing the "Bené Israel" and "Beta Israel" communities, 1950-2000, Anthropos 97: 3-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Drinking, prestige, and power: alcohol and cultural hegemony in Maji, southern Ethiopia. In: Bryceson D.F. (Ed.), Alcohol in Africa: mixing business, pleasure, and politics. Portsmouth: Heineman. 161-177.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Plant use among the Suri people of southern Ethiopia: a system of knowledge in danger?, Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (70): 199-206.
- Abbink G.J. (2001), Creating borders: exploring the impact of the Ethio-Eritrean war on the local population, Africa 56(4): 447-458.
- Abbink G.J. (2001), African studies in the Netherlands: a brief survey, African Research & Documentation 2001(87): 3-10.
- Abbink G.J. (2001), De Hoorn van Afrika: op weg naar vrede?, Internationale Spectator 55(4): 199-205.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Preface: violation and violence as cultural phenomena. In: , Meanings of violence: a cross cultural perspective xi-xvii.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Comparing cultures in Southern Ethiopia: from ethnography to generative explanation, Northeast African Studies 7(3): 1-14.
- Meilink H.A., Bryceson D.F. & Abbink G.J. (2000), Can Africa claim the 21st century?' A World Bank publication, May 2000. Review and comments. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), La violence, l'État et l'ethnicité dans la Corne de l'Afrique: au niveau local et mondial, Autrepart (15): 149-166.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), De staat van Congo-Brazza, Facta 8(3): 4-7.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Représentations de la culture matérielle des Me'en: forme et fonction des artefacts, Annales d'Éthiopie 16: 93-106.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Tourism and its discontents: Suri-tourist encounters in southern Ethiopia, Social Anthropology 8(1): 1-17.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Violence and the crisis of conciliation: Suri, Dizi and the State in south-west Ethiopia, Africa 70(4): 527-550.
- Abbink G.J. (2000) Review of Kurimoto E., Simonse S. (eds.): 'Conflict Age and Power in North East Africa: Age Systems in Transition'. Review of: Kurimoto E. & Simonse S. (1998), Conflict Age and Power in North East Africa: Age Systems in Transition. Oxford: James Currey. Africa 70(2): 322-325.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Restoring the balance: violence and culture among the Suri of Southern Ethiopia. In: Aijmer G. & Abbink G.J. (Eds.), Meanings of violence: a cross cultural perspective. Oxford: Berg. 77-100.
- Abbink G.J. (2000) Review of Doornbos M., Tesfai A. (eds): 'Post-conflict Eritrea: Prospects for Reconstruction and Development'. Review of: Doornbos M. & Tesfai A. (1999), Post-conflict Eritrea: Prospects for Reconstruction and Development. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press. Journal of Modern African Studies 38(3): 524-526.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), The organization of elections in federal Ethiopia: Retrospect and prospect. In: Abbink G.J. & Hesseling G.S.C.M. (Eds.), Election observation and democratization in Africa. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 150-179.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), 'Loof de Heer!' Jeugd en religie in Afrika. In: Borg H. ter & Kessel W.M.J. van (Eds.), Beelden van Afrika. Utrecht: Het Spectrum. 102-111.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Introduction: Rethinking democratization and election observation. In: Abbink G.J. & Hesseling G.S.C.M. (Eds.), Election observation and democratization in Africa. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 1-17.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Doing justice to Clastres, Anthropology Today 15(4): 21-21.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Artifacts as 'daily art' in Me'en culture: the life and work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa. In: Silverman R.A. (Ed.), Ethiopia: Traditions of Creativity. East Lansing: Michigan State University Museum. 27-45.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), The Elusive Chief: Authority and Leadership in Surma Society (Ethiopia). In: , African Chieftaincy in a New Socio-Political Landscape. Hamburg: Lit Verlag. 49-74.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Violence, ritual, and reproduction: culture and context in Surma dueling, Ethnology 38(3): 227-242.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Review of "Ethiopia - The Heritage of an Empire". Notes on an Exhibition, Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 2: 291-296.
- Binsbergen W.M.J. van & Abbink G.J. (1999), International election observation: A discussion on policy and practice. In: Abbink G.J. & Hesseling G.S.C.M. (Eds.), Election observation and democratization in Africa. Basingstoke [etc.]: Macmillan. 257-276.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Briefing: the Eritrean-Ethiopian border dispute, African Affairs 97(389): 551-565.
- Unseth P. & Abbink G.J. (1998), Cross-ethnic clan identities among Surmic groups and their neighbours: the case of the Mela. In: Dimmendaal G.J. & Last M. (Eds.), Surmic Languages and Cultures. Nilo-Saharan no. 13. Cologne: Köppe. 103-112.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Democratisering als schaduwtheater?: Afrikaanse experimenten, Facta 6(3): 14-18.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), An historical-anthropological approach to Islam in Ethiopia: issues of identity and politics, Journal of African Cultural Studies 11(2): 109-124.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Ritual and political forms of violent practice among the Suri of southern Ethiopia, Cahiers d'Études Africaines 38(150/152): 271-295.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Violence and political discourse among the Chai Suri. In: Dimmendaal G.J. & Last M. (Eds.), Surmic languages and cultures. Cologne: Köppe. 321-344.
- Abbink G.J. (1998) Review of Adera, T. and Ahmed, A.J. (eds), 'Silence is not Golden. A Critical Anthology of Ethiopian Literature'. Review of: Adera T. & Ahmed A.J. (1995), Silence is not Golden. A Critical Anthology of Ethiopian Literature. Lawrence ville, NJ: The Red Sea Press. International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 1: 240-243.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), New configurations of Ethiopian ethnicity: the challenge of the South, Northeast African Studies 5(1): 59-81.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Competing practices of drinking and power: alcoholic 'hegemonism' in southern Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies 4(3): 7-22.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Authority and leadership in Surma society (Ethiopia), Africa 52(3): 317-342.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Afrika bezuiden de Sahara. In: Driessen H. (Ed.), In het huis van de islam: geografie, geschiedenis, geloofsleer, cultuur, economie, politiek. Nijmegen: SUN. 71-77.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Het Surma stokduel: sport en ritueel geweld, De Baobab 12(3): 15-20.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Ethnicity and constitutionalism in contemporary Ethiopia, Journal of African Law 41(2): 159-174.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), De ingebeelde EU - vorm als inhoud van de Europese Unie, Facta 5(4): 11-13.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Staatsomvorming in Afrika, Internationale Spectator 51(4): 204-208.
- Abbink G.J. (1997) Review of Kaplan S., Parfitt T. and Trevisan Semi E. (eds.): 'Between Africa and Zion'. Review of: Kaplan S., Parfitt T. & Trevisan Semi E. (1995), Between Africa and Zion. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute. Journal of Religion in Africa 27(2): 217-218.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), The shrinking cultural and political space of East African pastoral societies, Nordic Journal of African Studies 6(1): 1-17.
- Nijland D. & Abbink G.J. (1997), Visuele etnografie - theorie, methoden en mogelijkheden, Facta 5(4): 16-19.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), The myth of Tishana "kingship": ideological reflections of socio-economic change, Anthropos 92(4/6): 551-556.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), The challenges of education in an Ethiopian agro-pastoral society: Surma childhood in crisis, Research papers on the situation of children and adolescents in Ethiopia : proceedings of the Conference on the situation of children and adolescents in Ethiopia, held in Addis Ababa, 9-10 August 1996. Conference on the Situatin of Children and Adolescents in Ethiopia 9 August 1996 - 10 August 1996. Addis Ababa: Psychology Department, Addis Ababa University. 115-135.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), De afstand tussen antropologie en toerisme, Facta 4(3): 8-9.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), Eritreo-Ethiopian studies in society and history: 1960-1995 : a supplementary bibliography. ASC Research Report no. 55. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), Bomen en planten bij de Ethiopische Surma: ritueel en praktisch gebruik, De Baobab 12(1): 27-31.
- Abbink G.J. (1996) Review of Branes V.L., Boddy J.: 'Aman, the story of a Somali girl'. Review of: Branes V.L. & Boddy J. (1995), Aman, the story of a Somali girl. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Northeast African Studies 3(2): 159-163.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Tussen cognitie en cultuur, Facta 3(7): 2-5.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Ethnicité et 'démocratisation': le dilemme éthiopien, Politique Africaine (57): 135-141.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Disaster, relief and political change in southern Ethiopia: developments from within Suri society. In: Sorenson J. (Ed.), Disaster and development in the Horn of Africa. International Political Economy Series. New York: Macmillan Press. 151-170.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Antropologen zijn geen toeristen, Facta 3(4): 2-5.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Etniciteit en democratisering in Ethiopië, Internationale Spectator 49(11): 591-597.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), The impact of violence: the Ethiopian 'Red terror' as a social phenomenon. In: Bräunlein P.J. & Lauser A. (Eds.), Krieg und Frieden: ethnologische Perspektiven. Bremen: Kea-Edition. 129-145.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Ritual and environment: the 'mósit' ceremony of the Ethiopian Me'en people, Journal of Religion in Africa 25(2): 163-190.
- Abbink G.J. (1994), Refractions of revolution in Ethiopian "Surmic" societies: an analysis of cultural response. In: Marcus H.G. (Ed.), New Trends in Ethiopian Studies. Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press. 734-755.
- Abbink G.J. (1994), The irrevocable past: history and image of the Beta Esra'el, Cahiers d'Études Africaines 34(4): 693-700.
- Abbink G.J. (1993), Famine, gold and guns: the Suri of southwestern Ethiopia, 1985-91, Disasters 17(3): 218-225.
- Abbink G.J. (1993), Ethnic conflict in the 'tribal zone': the Dizi and Suri in southern Ethiopia, Journal of Modern African Studies 31(4): 675-682.
- Abbink G.J. (1993), Me'en ritual, medicinal and other plants: a contribution to South-West Ethiopian ethno-botany, Journal of Ethiopian Studies 26(2): 1-21.
- Abbink G.J. (1992), Funeral as ritual: an analysis of Me'en mortuary rites (southwest Ethiopia), Africa 47(2): 221-236.
- Abbink G.J. (1991), The deconstruction of 'tribe': ethnicity and politics in southwestern Ethiopia, Journal of Ethiopian Studies 24: 1-21.
- Abbink G.J. (1991), Islam en politiek in de Hoorn van Afrika. In: Sunier J.T. (Ed.), Macht, mobilisatie en moskee: de diversiteit van de islam. Baarn [etc.]: Ambo [etc.]. 55-59.
- Abbink G.J. (1990), The enigma of Beta Esra'el ethnogenesis: an anthro-historical study, Cahiers d'Études Africaines 30(120): 397-449.
- Abbink G.J. (1990), Ethiopian society and history: a bibliography of Ethiopian studies 1957-1990. ASC Research Report no. 1991/45. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (1990), Anthropologists, missionaries and rationality. In: Bonsen R., Marks H. & Miedema J. (Eds.), The ambiguity of rapprochement : reflections of anthropologists on their controversial relationship with missionaries. Nijmegen: Focaal. 121-146.
- Abbink G.J. (1985), 'Militair socialisme': de politieke verhoudingen in Ethiopië, Internationale Spectator 39(2): 65-72.
- Abbink G.J. (1985), Anthropology and the missions: a critical epistemological perspective, Methodology and Science 18(4): 253-269.
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