2020 | Dr Endalkachew Hailu Guluma
Dr Guluma joined Debub/Hawasa/ University and graduated with a BA in Foreign/English/ Language and Literature in July 2005. He joined Arba Minch University in July 2005, completed an MA in English Literature from Addis Ababa University in 2008 and wrote his thesis on “The Predicament of the Diaspora as Reflected in the Texture of Dreams and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears”.
Dr Guluma completed his PhD in Addis Ababa University in June 2017 on comparative study of Amharic and Afaan Oromo novels using post structuralist deconstruction. As of 2020, he had published two articles to date on Ethiopian journals and proceedings and was working on a study entitled “Folklore and Environmental Conservation among the Aari of Southern Ethiopia: An Ecocritical Study of Aari Traditional Religion, Myths and Rituals”.
During his time as an AfOx Fellow, Dr Guluma worked on two articles, one focusing on "An ecocritical revaluation of Aari traditional environmental ontology" another on "Aari Environmental ethics and customary law". As of 2020 he was serving as research coordinator and journal language editor while teaching, advising students and researching.
