Aethiopica 28 (2025)

Aethiopica is an internationally refereed academic journal, edited at the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies and at the Department of African and Ethiopian Studies of the Asien-Afrika-Institut at the University of Hamburg. It is published annually in a printed version.The journal focuses on philology, linguistics, archaeology, history, cultural anthropology, religion, philosophy, literature, and manuscript studies, with a regional emphasis on Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, and related areas. The journal welcomes contributions on relevant academic topics as well as on recent research in the respective fields. Each issue of Aethiopica contains reviews of books which form a substantial section of the journal. Aethiopica is published mainly in English. Articles in French, German and Italian are also accepted for publication. An English abstract for all articles in any language is provided.From the contents (altogether 31 contributions):Maria Bulakh, On the Curse Formula in Wzb's Inscription (RIE 192 B, ll. 5-9)Augustine Dickinson & Michael Hensley, Malk a alam ('Image of the World'): An Ethiopic Hymn in Praise of MonasticismTed Erho, Some Fragmentary Witnesses to the Ethiopic 'Homiliary for the Year'Tarko Temesgen Asfaw, Echoes of Hunger: Unraveling the Story of Famine in Lasta awrag g a, 1960s-1980sAndargachew Getu Gebeyehu, Nominal and Verbal Modification in GwamaAaron Michael Butts, Ezana of Aksum: The First Christian African King