In 1987, at the Cannes Film Festival, the first African film ever screened in the official competition won the Jury Prize. Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé was called to the stage, asending in a sky-blue boubou embroidered with multicolored silk thread…
It had only been a few months since Samuel Bayisa Tufa arrived in Dubai. Born and bred in the Oromia region’s Burayu district, northwest of Addis Ababa, he had been a management student at Oromia State University. But he interrupted his studies and…
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…
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…
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…
