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Professor Andreas Eshete, the former president of Addis Ababa University who passed away on Thursday at age 79, often said that he was raised by three families: his biological parents, paternal uncle, and the Pankhurst family. The Pankhursts are no…
In his memoir የዲፕሎማሲ ፋና (Yediplomasi Fana), Teruneh Zenna vividly describes the harrowing experience he spent detained at the Sendafa Police Training School in 1969 after participating in the “Land to the Tiller” demonstration. “When the police arrived, those of…
ከማዕረጉ በዛብህ ልሳነ ህዝብ መጽሔት ቅፅ 1 ቁጥር 3 ጥቅምት 1996 የኢትዮጵያ ዘመናዊ ዲፕሎማቲክ ታሪክ የተጀመረው በአጼ ምኒልክ ዘመን ቢሆንም የተጻፈ አይመስለኝም።የሀገራችንን ልዩ ልዩ ተቋማትና እንቅስቃሴዎች ታሪክ በመጻፍ ከፍተኛ አስተዋጽኦ ያደረገው የፕሮፌሰር ሪቻርድ ፓንከርስት ብዕር ይህንን መስክም ዳስሶት እንደሆነ አላውቅም…
The renowned Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle, who died at the age of 80 in April 10, 2012, had exhibited his art throughout Ethiopia and in numerous foreign countries. The artist, who was one of the first Ethiopian students to study…
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…
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…
By Steven Uanna Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a three-part memoir of an American who grew up in Addis Ababa from 1958-1961. The author recounts a series of events that occurred during his childhood, his experiences and…
By Steven Uanna My Childhood in Addis Ababa 1958 – 1961 Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part memoir of an American who grew up in Addis Ababa from 1958-1961. The author recounts a series of events…
By Steven Uanna My Childhood in Addis Ababa 1958 – 1961 The year was 1958. I was four years old and living outside of Washington DC in Springfield Forest, Virginia. That’s across Franconia Road from Robert E. Lee High School.…
በ 40ዎቹ ና በ 50ዎቹ ዘመናዊ ሙዚቃ፣ ፉሽን ና የምሽት ህይወት አዲስ አበባ ውስጥ በተለይ አራዳ አካባቢ ሲያብብ፥ ከዚያ ጋር ተያይዞ ስማቸው በዋናነት ይጠቀሱ ከነበሩት መካከል ሜሪ አርምዴ አንዷ ነበረች። በወቅቱ የገነነ ስም ቢኖራትም፥ ስለእርሷ የተፃፉ ብዙ መረጃ ማግኘት አዳጋች…