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ለኦቦ ቦጎሳ ቀኖ + ለአዴ ሶሬቲ መታሰቢያ ይሁን + ወንዙን ተሻግሮ ጉብታው ላይ ባለ ሣር ክዳን ቤት፤ ከአጠገቡ የተራበ ሕጻን ሆድ የምታክል ያጋደለች የእህል ጎተራ፤ ፈንጠር ብሎ ማማ፣ ማማው ላይ ከወጣህ የበቆሎ ማሣ ከዳር ዳር እንደ እጅህ መዳፍ ወለል ብሎ…
Category: Arts
በ1930ዎቹ ዓመታት ቅርሶች ከአፍሪካ እንዴት እንደተወሰዱ የሚያሳይ ኤግዚቢሽን
በርካታ አባላት የነበሩበትና ብዙ ዝግጀት የተደረገበት የኤትኖግራፊ ጉዞ ነበር። እንደ አውሮፓውያን ዘመን አቆጣጠር ዓ.ም. ከ1931 እስከ 1933 የተደረገው የዳካር ጂቡቲ የተልዕኮ ቡድን (Mission Dakar-Djibouti)። የአፍሪካ አህጉርን እሴቶች፣ እምነቶች፣ ባህሎች፣ የዕደ-ጥበብ ስራዎች፣ እንስሳት ፣ እጽዋት እንዳይጠፉ ለመታደግ መወሰድ ያለበት እርምጃ ነው…
“The Village Next to Paradise” explores a child’s fate to reflect a society at a crossroads
A news bulletin on the UK’s Channel 4 announces: “In Somalia, an American drone strike has killed a Somali terrorist with ties to Al-Qaeda.” With this brief, factual report, The Village Next to Paradise begins—Mo Harawe’s debut feature film, presented…
«Paris noir»: An exhibition spotlighting black artists in France
This major exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, « Paris noir, 1950-2000 » (Black Paris, 1950–2000), features 150 African, African-American, and Caribbean artists—on view until 30 June. Around 400 paintings, sculptures, and archival documents trace their presence in Paris from 1947…
A rising female artist with exciting new tunes
The Ethiopian singer Yemariam “Yema” Chernet has a gentle voice with a steely core, crafting an intimately forceful style and a lush feel that’s revealed on her debut album “Yedega Sew”. Based in Addis Ababa, Yema adeptly bridges the traditional…
A mesmerizing photobook capturing rural and urban Ethiopia
Joey Lawrence, better known by his professional name, Joey L, is a Canadian-born self-taught photographer and director based in Addis Ababa. He is known for both his fine art personal projects and high-profile commissions. Lawrence, among others, has captured portraits…
Presidential portraits by American artist Kehinde Wiley
“The portraits I create can be difficult to understand from a universal perspective,” These were the concluding remarks of the renowned African-American painter Kehinde Wiley at the end of a long conversation on “A Maze of Power” at the Musée…
20 years since the death of Skunder Boghossian
The 4th of May marks 20 years since the death of a painter of Ethiopian and Armenian descent, Alexander “Skunder” Boghossian. He died on May 4 at Howard University Hospital in Washington DC. Skunder was one of Ethiopia’s best-known contemporary artists and his work was exhibited…
Early article of Afewerk Tekle’s art
The renowned Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle, who died at the age of 80 in April 10, 2012, had exhibited his art throughout Ethiopia and in numerous foreign countries. The artist, who was one of the first Ethiopian students to study…
Arthur Miller’s classic ‘Death of a Salesman’ comes to Addis
The first Amahric production of ‘Death of a Salesman’, a play written by one of America’s leading playwrights Arthur Miller (1915-2005) opened at the Ethiopian National Theatre Sunday, almost seventy years after the original American production. The play, the story…