Category: Life & Culture
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…
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…
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…
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…
The flourishing Ethiopian movies have been tagged as poor quality, quickly produced, and lacking originality, and complexity. Despite the criticism from some viewers and professionals, there is no denying the enormous popularity of video films in the country and the…
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…
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!”…
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…
መሪነት፣ የነገሮችን አካሄድና ፍጻሜ ከጅምሩ ለተለሙ ነው። መሪነት፣ ዐይናቸውን ከግባቸው ላይ ሳያነሡ በየእርከኑ ሁኔታን ለሚያቃኑ ነው። መሪነት፣ ምሥጋናን ለሚጋሩ ነው። መሪነት፣ ውርደት ውርደቱን ማንም እንደማይጋራቸው ለተገነዘቡ ነው። የመሪዎች አበሳ የሚጀምረው ዓላማቸውን ግልጽ ሳያደርጉ ሲቀር፣ ዓላማቸውን እንደየሁኔታው ደጋግመው ሳያጠሩ ሲቀር፣ ተቀናቃኞች…