Category: Life & Culture
In Robin Dimet’s heartfelt documentary, literary translation is a lonely, precarious pursuit. Living in a rudimentarily furnished home in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, sixtysomething Sami has spent nearly two decades translating Greek mythology into Amharic. Slight in frame, the reticent…
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…
በአንጋፋው ደራሲ ሃያሲና የኢኮኖሚ ባለሙያ አስፋው ዳምጤ የተሰናዳው “የአማርኛ ጥበበ ቃላት ቅኝት” የተሰኘ መፅሐፍ፣ ሐምሌ 2015 ላይ በሁሴን ከድር አሰናኝነት ታትሟል ፡፡ መፅሐፉ፤ የመቶ ዓመት የኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ የስነ ጽሁፍ ታሪክን የሚተነትን ሲሆን የሚከተለው ከመጽሐፉ የተወሰደ ነው ፡፡ “በ1950ዎች አዳዲስ ደራስያን መነሳታቸውንና…
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…
“ሬሳ ሲመጣ መንገድ ላይ እንዳትቆም” እያለች ዱሮ እናቴ ትከለክለኝ ስለነበር ለቀስተኞች ሲመጡ ባየሁ ቁጥር መንገድ ለቅቄ እሸሽ ነበር።በሰፈራችንም ሰው የሞተ እንደሆን ልጆች በዚያ አካባቢ ዝር እንዳንል እንከለከል ስለነበር የልቅሶ ትዕይንት ምን እንደሆን ብዙ ሳላውቅ አደግሁ። በቅርቡ ከአዲስ አበባ ውጪ ስሄድ…
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!”…