 After higher education in Oslo, he spent 10 years in Ethiopia and became so taken with the country that he continued his education at London University studying both anthropology (MPhil at LSE) and Amharic Literature (PhD at SOAS). Soon after, he returned to Africa, first to Kenya, then to Ethiopia, altogether for another 10 year period. His theses have been published, one in Socialization and Social Control in Ethiopia, and the other as Tradition and Change in Ethiopia: Social and Cultural Life as Reflected in Amharic Fictional Literature ca. 1930-1974. His interest in Ethiopia resulted in other publications: Medical Anthropology; Education for Better Health; Prowess, Piety and Politics: The Chronicle of Abeto Iyasu and Empress Zewditu (1909-1930), which he translated and edited; and Black Lions: The Creative Lives of Modern Ethiopia’s Literary Giants and Pioneers. Besides, he has contributed several articles on Ethiopia. Other publications are in the offing. He worked as a senior researcher in Norway after leaving Africa in 1990, and still writes on Ethiopia and other topics after his retirement. He has been a member of several scholarly organizations.
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