is an internationally refereed academic journal, edited at the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies and at the Department of African and Ethiopian Studies of the Asien-Afrika-Institut at the University of Hamburg. It is published annually in a printed version. The journal focuses on philology, linguistics, archaeology, history, cultural anthropology, religion, philosophy, literature, and manuscript studies, with a regional emphasis on Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, and related areas. The journal welcomes contributions on relevant academic topics as well as on recent research in the respective fields. Each issue of contains reviews of books which form a substantial section of the journal. is published mainly in English. Articles in French, German and Italian are also accepted for publication. An English abstract for all articles in any language is provided. From the contents (altogether 31 contributions): , The Long Voyage of MS Paris, BnF, Éthiopien 32 from Egypt to France (1344/1371–1640s) , Stranded in Dongola: MS Vatican City, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. et. 44, 71v–76v, a Colophon by Takla ʾAlfā, Reconsidered , and the Controversy on Christ’s Unction in the Ethiopian Church , The Archives of Kirsten Pedersen (1932–2017): Inventory and Research Perspectives , Ethiopian TV Drama: Development from Moot-Court Rudimentary Viewing to Screening Advanced Serial , Emotions, Morality, and Cognition: The Unprecedented Scope of the Concept of the Heart in Amharic