Anne Arabome is a Catholic religious and a member of the Sisters of Social Service of Los Angeles, California. She holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in spirituality from Catholic Theological Union (Chicago, Illinois) Her research interests include ethical and theological issues that shape the lives of African women on the continent and in the Diaspora. In one of her current projects, "Dreams from my Mother, Prayers to my Father: Rethinking the Trinity of God, Woman and Church." (which will be published in 2012, in the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church series on Feminism), she argues for a new language and new narratives that liberate women for full and sustained participation in church and in society. Another current project of hers is an article for Concilium (2012) titled, "Gender and Ecclesiology: Authorities, Structures, Ministries." This article will uncover how gender is misrepresented in the subjugation and oppression of African women in the church.
Fantahun Ayele was born in Gondar, Northwestern Ethiopia near Lake Tana. He attended his primary and junior secondary education at an Adventist Mission School and his secondary education at Tewodros II Senior High School in South Gondar. He did his B.A, M.A and PhD degrees at Addis Ababa University. In addition to teaching Ethiopian and modern world history courses for over ten years, he worked as head of the History Department (2 years) Planning officer (1 year) and Vice President of Bahir Dar University (2 years).
Claudia Gazzini is an Italian historian specialized in the history and politics of Libya. She is a Visiting Fellow at that Program of African Studies at Northwestern University, where she is completing her research on the legal and social history of Tripoli. Previously she was a Max Weber fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a doctoral student at Oxford University. Since the outbreak of the Libyan crisis in early 2011, she has appeared as a commentator on Libyan current affairs on a number of international news channels and newspapers.
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