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Tsehai Publishers is an independent, academic press based at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://academics.lmu.edu/marymount/tsehai/history/ )〕 The press focuses primarily on indigenous African knowledge production, and in particular subjects relating to Ethiopia. It has various imprints, and is run by its founder, exiled Ethiopian journalist and publisher Elias Wondimu.〔 == History == Wondimu founded Tsehai Publishers in 1998. From 1998 to 2001, he ran the company while also working full-time, as managing editor of the Ethiopian Review and for UCLA-based Chicano journal Aztlán.〔 In an interview with Tadias Magazine, Wondimu explained the inception of Tsehai Publishers. “Living in Los Angeles in the mid-1990s, I noticed a major void in the publishing field on the subject of Ethiopia. Hardly any literature was available on Ethiopia, and what was there was seriously incomplete and flawed. I was tired of waiting for change to happen, and decided to take matters into my own hands.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tadias.com/02/02/2012/q-a-with-elias-wondimu-of-tsehai-publishers/ )〕 Wondimu explains, “In 2001, I left a job at UCLA and began running Tsehai full time. Since then Tsehai has published over 60 books, started three academic journals, and founded three imprints—African Academic Press, Marymount Institute Press and Chereka Books.”〔 In 2008, Tsehai moved its headquarters to Marymount Institute, at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Together, Wondimu and Marymount Institute Director Dr. Theresia de Vroom founded Marymount Institute Press, an imprint dedicated to upholding the tenets of the Marian tradition. The Press has “a commitment to artistic diversity, social justice, internationality, and knowledge production.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://academics.lmu.edu/marymount/marymountpress/about/ )〕 In August 2013, Tsehai Publishers launched a new venture, Tsehai Films, a production company through which it plans to release documentary films exploring subjects such as media bias and perception of Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tsehai-Films/416974551740823 )〕 Tsehai Films released two short films on Vimeo in 2013, one exploring photographer Robert Radin’s philosophies on art and life, the other looking at the way in which English scholars Richard and Rita Pankhurst made Ethiopia their home.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://vimeo.com/tsehaifilms )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tsehai Publishers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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