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Andreas Eshete Passed Away
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Toronto – Andreas Eshete, former president of Addis Ababa University and prominent legal scholar, reportedly passed away.
According to a disclosure from Addis Ababa University, he has been getting medical treatment (for unspecified illness) and passed away on Thursday.
Andreas Eshete used to be very close to the late Meles Zenawi for which , among other things, he received criticism from many Ethiopians.
His students fondly remember him for his wealth of knowledge in the areas of law and philosophy. Some describe him as down-to-earth and humble. The news of his death is already trending in social media and his students are sharing condolences.
Funeral arrangement detail is unavailable at this time.
Andreas Eshete is survived by his son.
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Africa has lost one of its most brilliant minds and one of its most compassionate souls. Andreas Esheté, philosopher, public intellectual and mentor to many, passed away on the 29th of August 2024 and was laid to rest in Addis Ababa on Sunday the 8th of September 2024. His death deprives us of a towering African intellectual and an extraordinarily humane person.
The news of Andreas’s passing engulfed me in a wave of shock and sorrow. I was not alone. In the following days, tributes were paid to him from across the globe, their extent clearly demonstrating how many lives have been touched through Andreas’s life and accomplishments. Andreas was not only a philosopher and a prominent advocate for the betterment of the human condition in Africa and beyond; to me he was the mentor who played a crucial role in my life. Hence, this personal reflection on the life and influence of a man who was supererogatory, consistently going above what was required and beyond the limits of academia and public service to leave a lasting legacy with those fortunate enough to know him.
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