Interview: The makings of a Gedeo crisis

The Gedeo displacement crisis in Guji zones in the south of Ethiopia has been largely overlooked and neglected, even though it has been going on for a year. At the peak of the crisis last July over 900,000 ethnic Gedeos…
Addis Ababa belongs to all of us: Abiy Ahmed

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed yesterday responded to the multi-ethnic disputes on the ownership of Addis Ababa, saying that “Addis Ababa belongs to all of us.” “As to the people who are engaged in the debate, who does Addis Ababa rightly…
“Tree of Hope” A Poem by Debebe Seifu

When my hope like a tree was clipped, Knocked down, pulled up  And about to snap; As a glimmer of light dimmed  And the eye of day shuttered;  I spread and wrapped myself in sackcloth, Unaware New Year was here,…
Ethiopian modernism under a microscope

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…
“Evening Sun” A Poem by Gebre-Kristos Desta

የማታ ጀምበር ካንዱ ቤት ወዳንዱ በጣራው ተራምዳ፣ የጋራውን አናት እየነካች ሄዳ፣ እዩት ከስር ጥላው፣ የማይደርስበትን፣ እዩት ሰውን ጥላው፣ ሲለፋ ሲባክን። ~ ገብረክርስቶስ ደስታ Evening Sun Tiptoeing roofs of neighboring hamlets, Caressing the crown of the knoll, See the setting sun…