Category: Books
I don’t need a hypnotist to remember my first memory as a child. It was in my grandmother’s bedroom, and I was sitting on my great-grandmother, Abiye’s, lap- she was feeding me bread soaked in sweet tea. Abiye was listening…
It is a well-worn phrase, but Kenya truly feels like my second home. It has sheltered me at my worst and has given me good memories at my best. I always said that if I were to be exiled, I…
I am in the middle of a major organization of my “stuff” as George Carlin calls our things. It looks like I am preparing for a major exile. Or like I was told I am going to die very soon.…
Author: Elizabeth Giorgis Reviewer: Arefaynie Fantahun Modernist Art in Ethiopia (New African Histories) Ohio University Press (February 11, 2019) 360 pages, ISBN-10: 0821423479, ISBN-13: 978-0821423479 An updated expansion of her doctoral dissertation in History of Art and Visual Studies from…
“የእስር ቤቱ አበሳ – በታላቁ ቤተ መንግስት (1966—1974)” በሚል ርዕስ በአበራ ጀምበሬ ከተፃፈው መፅሐፍ ላይ የተቀነጨበ ቶማስ ወልድ የኢትዮጲያዊ ስም ነው ወይስ የሌላ አገር ሰው? ያልተለመደ የስም አወጣጥ!! “ቶማስ” የኢትዮጲያም የሌላም አገር ሰው ስም ሊሆን ይችላል። ሥር መሠረቱም መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ…
Itushi Kawase, a Japanese researcher and anthropologist who studied Ethiopian music and Azmari culture for several years, focuses on portraying people living on the margins of society on the streets of Gondar town. His book, Mischief of the Gods: Tales…
የዝነኛው ናሽናል ቡክ አዋርድ አሸናፊ የሆነው አፍሪካ አሜሪካዊ ታ-ኒሂሲ ኮትስ በ2015 Between the World and Me በሚል ርዕስ ሥር ያሳተመውና በ2017 We Were Eight Years in Power (ለስምንት ዓመታት ያህል ስልጣን ላይ ነበርን) በሚል ርዕስ ያሳተመው ሌላ መጽሐፍ የባርነት አገዛዝና ‘ጂም ክሮው’ የተሰኘው…
In his memoir የዲፕሎማሲ ፋና (Yediplomasi Fana), Teruneh Zenna vividly describes the harrowing experience he spent detained at the Sendafa Police Training School in 1969 after participating in the “Land to the Tiller” demonstration. “When the police arrived, those of…
A small, frail figure with a piercing gaze, Emperor Haile Selassie stood firm against the advance of Mussolini’s Fascist troops. As Italy invaded Ethiopia, the only independent black state to survive the scramble for Africa, the emperor rallied support for…
In the reactions to several interviews I recently gave to different YouTube videos, I have witnessed a number of misunderstandings that need to be straightened out, with the exclusion, as one would expect, of the deliberate distortions coming from the…