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Top tier academic journals claim to publish the most rigorous, peer reviewed research. This evidence based found therein is utilized to support decision making for sustainable development. In parallel, many journals that are published in the Global South are accused of being lower quality or disregarded as 'predatory'. This article explores an example of a 'foreign fiction' written about Ethiopia and published in a top tier academic journal. The narratives and evidence from that top tier journal are contrasted with research published in Ethiopian journals. This case study shows that Ethiopian scholars have produced important research and contributed evidence, but have largely been ignored, or silenced, perpetuating foreign fictions. This is important because policy and law seeking to enable development are informed and influenced by the research produced in top tier journals. Based upon this, this article critiques assumptions about "top tier" journals as well as those about Ethiopian journals, and further about the continued colonial power imbalances that exist within knowledge production systems. This has implications for universities and scholars, which continue to privilege a particular set of journals that are largely based in the Global North and wherein contributing authors are also largely based in the Global North. The reproduction of colonial relationships within global knowledge production systems calls for much broader critical reflection about whose voices are privileged as authentic conveyors of knowledge and how these privileges are institutionalized.
Keywords: Ethiopia; Foreign Fictions; Knowledge Production; Power; Narrative; Sustainable Development; SDGs

Di Nunzio, Marco. 2019: The Act of Living: Street Life, Marginality and Development in Urban Ethiopia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 245 pp. US$115. ISBN-13: 978-1501736261 (Hardcover).

Kelly, Anthony and Westoby, Peter. 2018: Participatory Development Practice: Using Traditional and Contemporary Frameworks. London, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 234 pp. £23.70 (Paperback). ISBN: 9781853299992.

de Waal, Alex. 2018: Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine. Cambridge: Polity Press. 264 pp. $24.95. ISBN: 9781509524679.

Chambers, Robert. 2017: Can We Know Better? Reflections for Development. Warwickshire: Practical Action Publishing. 194 pp. £9.45 (Paperback). ISBN: 9781853399459.

McGovern, M. 2017: A Socialist Peace? Explaining the Absence of War in an African Country. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 249 pp. $30.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 9780226453606.

Abbink, Jon. 2017: A Decade of Ethiopia: Politics, Economy and Society 2004–2016. Leiden: Brill. 253 pp. $24.00. ISBN: 9789004345881.

This article presents the stages of food security methodology, an adaptation of stages of progress developed by Dr. Krishna. Studies of food security are primarily survey based, applying a common set of generalist indicators across a range of agroecological areas and for a diverse array of people; these findings have provided a wealth of information and insight into the trends, challenges and the extent of food security on national, regional and global scales. Ethnographic and qualitative approaches have provided detailed, contextualized findings about the interrelated and complex nature of food security at the micro level. This co-produced, mixed methods approach brings together participatory qualitative approaches and co-produces quantitative data collection tools, which provide generalizable data geared towards supporting the development or refinement of policies and programmes to strengthen food security. Based upon a pilot implementation of the methodology in Ethiopia, advantages and limitations are discussed, as well as reflections on why co-production as a participatory approach was adopted, in contrast to other participatory processes. The findings demonstrate the ways in which co-produced approaches can offer unique insight, complementing and enhancing existing knowledge about complex challenges.

This volume provides up-to-date information on what has happened in the African "land rush", providing national case studies for countries that were heavily impacted. The research will be a critical resource for students, researchers, advocates and policy makers as it provides detailed, long-term assessments of a broad range of national contexts. In addition to the specific questions of land and investment, this book sheds light on the broader international political economy of development in different African countries.

This is the third, and last, of a series that discusses the changes that have taken place in Ethiopia since 2018. The changes have raised many hopes as well as questions. The podcast for this discussion is available on the Nokoko journal website. This conversation took place on March 9th, with Logan Cochrane in Ottawa and Asnake Kefale in Addis Ababa. This version of the PDF has been reviewed by Logan Cochrane and Asnake Kefale. In addition to the conversation, a set of annotations have been added as footnotes so as to strengthen the value of these publications and enable them to act as a resource for listeners and readers who want to have additional context and/or find additional resources on the topics discussed.

This is the first discussion of three, in a series, that discusses the changes that have taken place in Ethiopia since 2018; changes which have raised many hopes as being transformational, while also many questions. This conversation occurred over Skype on March 4th, with Logan Cochrane based in Ottawa and Bahru Zewde in Berlin. The podcast for this discussion is available on the Nokoko journal website. This version of the PDF has been reviewed by Logan Cochrane and Bahru Zewde. In addition to the conversation, a set of annotations have been added as footnotes so as to strengthen the value of these publications and enable them to act as a resource for listeners and readers who want to have additional context and/or find additional resources on the topics discussed.

This is the second podcast, of three, in a series that discusses the changes that have taken place in Ethiopia since 2018; changes which have raised many hopes as being transformational, while also many questions. This conversation occurred over Skype on March 2, 2019, with Logan Cochrane based in Ottawa and Hone Mandefro in Montreal. The podcast for this discussion is available on the Nokoko journal website. This version of the PDF has been reviewed by Logan Cochrane and Hone Mandefro. In addition to the conversatiom, a set of annotations have been added as footnotes so as to strengthen the value of these publications and enable them to act as a resource for listeners and readers who want to have additional context and/or find additional resources on the topics discussed.

This issue of NokokoPod is all about the uprising in Algeria. The podcast for this discussion is available on the Nokoko journal website. This conversation took place on September 20th, with Logan Cochrane in Ottawa, Canada, and Hamza Hamouchene in London, UK. This version of the PDF has been reviewed by Logan Cochrane and Hamza Hamouchene. In addition to the conversation, a set of annotations have been added as footnotes so as to strengthen the value of these publications and enable them to act as a resource for listeners and readers who want to have additional context and/or find additional resources on the topics discussed.