His academic and creative work revolves around decolonisation, African traditions, Ethiopian philosophy, epistemic justice, issues of looted manuscript repatriation, and the politics of language and belonging. His Amharic poetry was compiled and published in a solo collection titled የተራሮች ጩኸት (Yeteraroch Chuhet, The Cry of Mountains) and has been performed widely on stage and radio in Ethiopia.
His English creative work has appeared in Westerly, Stories of Perth and Ways of Being Here. He won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for his bilingual manuscript የተስፋ ፈተና – Trials of Hope.
