Semeneh Ayalew Asfaw is a researcher at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town in the Department of Political Studies at the Faculty of Humanities. He is currently finalizing his dissertation project that explores the relationship between urban space, social and cultural change among the urban youth and revolution, between the 1950s and 1974. His research interests include revolution, popular protest and popular culture. He published and researched on areas ranging from music and social history, political consciousness, revolutionary terminology, the formation of political identities and city making in Ethiopia. His work has historical and spatial focus.