Author: Ethiopia Observer

Growing up Ethiopian and German

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Born to an Ethiopian mother and a German father, Tigist Selam enjoyed the diverse experience of growing up in Nigeria, Argentina, and foremost Germany. In an article featured in the book “One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race“, Tigist explores…
የሠከረ መርከብ

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አርትዩር ረምቦ በፈዛዛ ወንዞች ላይ ወደታች ስናኝየመርከብ ሳቢዎቹ አመራር እንዳቋረጠ ተሰማኝጫጫተኞቹ ቀይ ሕንዶች የለበሱትን ገፈውከቀለም ቅብ ግንድ ላይ እንደ ኢላማ አስደግፈውአንድ ባንድ ለቀሟቸው። የቤልጅክ ስንዴ የእንግሊዝ ጥጥ የተጫኑ መርከቦችሲጓዙ በአጠገቤ ሁሉንም አየኃቸው በቸልታየሳቢዎቹ ጭብጨባ አክትሞ ሲበርድ የቀያዮቹ ዋካታጅረቶቹ አወረዱኝ ወደምፈልገው…
ኢትዮጵያዊነትና ጀርመናዊነት

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ከኢትዮጵያዊት እናቷና ከጀርመናዊ አባቷ የተወለደች ትዕግስት ሰላም ያደገችው በተለያዩ ሀገራት ማለትም በናይጄሪያ፣ በአርጀንቲናና በዋነኝነት በጀርመን ነው፡፡ One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race (አንዲት ጠብታ፣ ዘርን በተለየ ምልከታ) የሚል ርእስ ባለው መጽሐፍ ውስጥ ጽሑፎች ካበረከቱት አንዷ ናት፡፡ መጽሐፉ የዘር ክፍፍሎችን…

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በሀገራችን በግለሰብ ደረጃ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ የሸክላ ሕትመትን የጀመሩትና ለሙዚቃችን ታላቅ አስተዋዕዖ ያደረጉት አቶ አምሀ እሸቴ በ 74 አመታቸው አርፈዋል። በሀገራችን የመንግስት የሙዚቃ ባንዶች ብቻ በነበሩት እና ከሀገር ፍቅር ማህበር ውጪ ሙዚቃን ማሳተም በማይፈቀድበት በግለሰብ ተነሳሽነት ሙዚቃን ለማሳተም የደፈሩት አቶ አምሀ…
BBC reporter Girmay Gebru freed

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The BBC reporter in Tigray has been released without charge. Girmay Gebru was taken from a café in the regional capital, Mekelle, on Monday, and detained by the military. A local journalist, Tamirat Yemane, and two translators – Alula Akalu…

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Girmay Gebru, a BBC reporter in the Tigray region, has been detained by the military. Girmay Gebru, who works for the BBC Tigrigna, was arrested alongside four other people in a cafeteria in Mekele city on Monday by uniformed soldiers,…

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(BBC)-Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray killed hundreds of people in Aksum mainly over two days in November, witnesses say. The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International…
Seven killed in Tigray region bus attack

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Seven people have been killed after a bus was attacked in the Tigray region, BBC Amharic reported citing eyewitnesses and hospital sources. Several others were injured and are being treated at hospitals. The bus was traveling from Mekele to Addis…

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A poem by Chris Beckett Chris Beckett grew up in Ethiopia in the 1960s. His translation of poems by Bewketu Seyoum, In Search of Fat, was published by Flipped Eye in 2012 and his second collection of poems, Ethiopia Boy, came…