Category: Books

The Armenians in Ethiopia (Part II)

As Boris Adjemian’s narration reveals, the Arba Arba Ledjotch (Forty Children), who became the first imperial brass band, were not the first Armenian presence in the country. Armenians had already been established in the royal court for many generations preceding…
The Armenians in Ethiopia

The story of the Arba Ledjotch lives on in memory In 1924, a group of forty children who had survived the 1915 genocide perpetrated by Ottoman Turks and had formed a brass band at the Armenian monastery in Jerusalem were…
አስፋው ዳምጤ የመንግስቱ ለማ ስራዎችን በተመለከተ

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…
Differing narratives on Fascist collaboration legacy

Berhane Marqos Wolde Tsadik (1892-1943) was an interpreter, civil servant, diplomat, and government minister. He held several important roles in his career, starting as an interpreter at the Franco-Ethiopian railway and eventually rising to become the director-general of posts, telephones,…
Book excerpt: “Blind Spot” by Myriam Tadessé

Born in 1965 in Addis Abeba, Myriam Tadessé has lived in Paris since 1978. An actress and stage director, she has taught theatre and dance, written and directed documentaries, and published an account of her life titled L’instant d’un regard focusing on…