Category: Books
While Bahru Zewde was a third-year student at Haile Selassie University (now Addis Ababa University) in 1968, he took part in a demonstration that left a deep impression on him. The demonstration did not center around a domestic issue, but…
The desire to allow open access to a large number of Ethiopian readers explains the reason why this manuscript was not submitted to a normal academic publisher. At first, an academic institute in Addis Ababa agreed to meet the condition…
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,…
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…
This article is a reprint from the Daily Mail Friday, January 27, 2023 issue. It was written by Ysenda Maxtone Graham and published under the title “The tragic little prince who can never go home“ THE PRINCE AND THE PLUNDER…
The flourishing Ethiopian movies have been tagged as poor quality, quickly produced, and lacking originality, and complexity. Despite the criticism from some viewers and professionals, there is no denying the enormous popularity of video films in the country and the…
Yves-Marie Stranger came to Addis Ababa in 2000, planning to stay a few months. He stayed for fifteen years, working as a book editor, interpreter, and translator and as an owner of an equestrian stable, leading horse treks in the…
Richard Dowden in his acclaimed book, “Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles” has this piece of advice for those who wish to explore the continent. ‘’The best way to find out is to go, not as a tourist in a bubble of…
ካናዳዊቷ ማርጋሬት አትውድ በ1985 ያሳተመችው ልብ ወለድ መፅሐፍ ከገሀዱ ዓለም ፓለቲካ የተቀዳ ቢሆንም ከመቼውም ጊዜ ይልቅ የዛሬውን ዘመንን የሚተነብይ መፅሐፍ ነው። ባለሰፊ ክዳን ኮፊያና ቀይ ካባ በአእምሮችን የሚከሰትልን አንድ ነገር የሴቶች ጭቆና ነው። ይህንን ምስል በነፍሳችን እንዲታተም ያደረገው ማርጋሬት አትውድ…
Peter Abrahams (1919-2017), a South African-born writer of international reputation penned powerful works about the injustices of apartheid and institutionalized system of racial oppression. His early work Mine Boy (1946) was the first to depict “the dehumanizing effect of racism…