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The noted historian Prof. Bahru Zewde has quipped in his 'Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia' that, "There are few people as obsessed with history as Ethiopians." Certainly, if the number of books run through is any guide to gauging the interest and taste of the readership here, works dealing with various aspects of the county's [...]
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Society of Ethiopians Established in Diaspora (SEED), a nonprofit organization based in the United States, conferred membership honor for four Ethiopians and a late American congressman for their outstanding contributions in their respective fields. On its 21st annual Award night SEED honored Ras Mengesha Seyoum, Habte-Sellassie Tafesse, Mekdes Zelelew, Prof. Sosina Haile, and the late [...]
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Raised in Canada, now living and working in Addis, Aida Muluneh is an artist of humane sensibilities, as her recent photographic work illustrates. With a background in film and photography, Aida has been focusing on photography for the past ten years and her images have appeared in numerous exhibitions in Cuba, Canada, England, Germany, Israel, [...]
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A large collection of drawings and paintings by the artist Dereje Demissie will be on show in Addis Ababa this Saturday at LeLa Art gallery. The exhibition titled "Cycle" runs from 8 June, 3pm onwards until 23 June. Graduated from the Addis Ababa School of Fine Arts, and exhibited in leading galleries in Ethiopia, Sudan, [...]
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The European Union Film Festival, a festival that presents films about contemporary European life and culture, will start tomorrow in Addis Ababa. Running through June 17, this year's edition will feature 16 European films including the Intouchables, France's biggest international hit ever, a story about a disabled aristocratic millionaire and a good-humored black guy whom [...]
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Wendy Laura Belcher, an assistant professor of comparative literature and African American studies at Princeton University, specializes in medieval, early modern and modern African literature. One of her key interests is in how African thought circulated in Europe before the 19th century, which she explores in her latest book by focusing on the influence of [...]
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Award-wining photographer Aida Muluneh will present "So Long Letter", her second solo show on May 31st, 2013 at Addis Ababa's TO.MO.CA gallery. The exhibition is a dedication to women in Ethiopia and is inspired by one of her favorite books "So Long a Letter" by Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ, she announced on her Facebook page. [...]
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As Addis hosts the celebration of 50th Anniversary of the African Union, the image-conscious Ethiopian officials are trying to get call girls off the streets. Witnesses said the police have started rounding up all the street girls they could find in areas such Chechnya, Haya Hulet, Kazanchis, Bole. Owners of bars in those areas were [...]
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Ethiopian intellectual Taddesse Tamrat, the pre-eminent historian of medieval Ethiopia, died Tuesday in a hospital in Chicago, where he was being treated for acute sickness. He was 78. The former professor of History at Addis Ababa University, Professor Taddesse was described as a man of boundless curiosity, and monumental productivity. He is the author of [...]
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My article "Ethiopia's love affair with coffee" is published today in Mail and Guardian's Voices of Africa.Check it out and let me know what you think. Addis Ababa may be the heart of Ethiopia, but coffee is its lifeline. The coffee-drinking ceremony is a daily ritual on the streets and in homes, and it trumps [...]
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