Category: Life & Culture

ይድረስ ለዝጋቤር

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…
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…
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…
Rising artist to watch

Selome Muleta is a force to be reckoned with. One of the fresh voices on the Ethiopian contemporary art scene, she crosses borders and disciplines to take Ethiopian art to new heights. Living and working in Addis Ababa, her work…

ቀዳሚ ምኞቱ አራሽ መሆን ነበር። በወቅቱ መሬት ለባላባት እንጂ ላራሽ ስላልነበረ የቀለም ትምህርቱ ላይ ተጋ። ጊዜው ሲደርስ እርሻ ኮሌጅ ገብቶ ተመረቀ። ቤተሰብ ሲል፣ ሹመትና ዝውውር ሲል፣ አለቃ ሲጠምበት፣ ከተማ ለከተማ፣ ሚኒስቴር መ/ቤት ለሚኒስቴር መ/ቤት ሲንፏቀቅ፣ ከዚያ ለኮርስ ውጭ አገር፣ ልጅ…
በሰላምታ ገደልኳት

ከቤት ስወጣ እንደ ወትሮ እግሬን አፍታትቼ እመለሳለሁ ነበር እንጂ ይህንን ጒድ ጨርሶ አልጠበቅሁም። ከወዲያ ማዶ ጐረበቴ ቢስኪሌት ስትጋልብ አይቻት በሩቊ በአገሬ ወግ ሰላም አልኳት። አፃፋ እመልሳለሁ ብላ አንድ እጇን ለሰላምታ ስታነሳ የቢስኪሌቱ መሪ ወለም ብሎባት ይመስለኛል ፍንግል አለች። “እኔን! እኔን!”…
A new Oromo music video seduces audience

The YouTube video opens with an image of a young man and woman standing with their bicycles with industrial brick building background. Images of a Borena chief, traditional dishes, injera, and multicolored mounds of spicy stews follow. The soundtrack begins…