Bahru Zewde

Bahru Zewde (, born 1947 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian historian and author. He writes extensively about modern Ethiopian history (1855 to the present) and is now an emeritus professor at Addis Ababa University where he once served as the Head of the History Department and the Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies.

Early life and education He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history with distinction from Haile Selassie I University (present-day Addis Ababa University) in 1970 and his PhD in African history from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London in 1976.

Career In addition to his professorship at Addis Ababa University, Zewde was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1992 and at the University of Hamburg in 2002.