Alemseged Tesfai, who until 1997 was the Acting Head of the Eritrean Land Commission, writes on the history of Eritrea and the Eritrean People's Liberation Army. He was Head of the Cultural Division of the EPLF and the Cultural Centre of the Department of National Guidance in the Provisional Government of Eritrea. A writer and playwright, Alemseged has produced a collections of short stories, plays, essays and a novel about the Eritrean Liberation War. His play The Other War was produced in the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, UK, in September 1997. Martin Doornbos is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, and was associated with the War-torn Societies Project from 1995 to 1998. He has written on political transitions in the Horn and East African region generally. Doornbos was a member of the International Advisory Board for the Constitutional Commission of Eritrea.