የታላቁ ጸሐፌ ተውኔት የሎሬት ጸጋየ ገብረመድኅን ማስታወሻ
አምቦ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የባህል ጥናትና ምርምር ማዕከል ያቋቋመለት ታላቁ ጸሐፌ ተውኔት ሎሬት ጸጋየ ገብረ መድኅን ስለ ሕይወት ታሪኩ ራሱ ከጻፈውና ሌሎችም ከመዘገቡት ማስረጃዎች ለመረዳት እንደሚቻለው በ1929 ዓ፡ ም የተወለደው የሜጫ ጎሳ አባል ከሆኑት ከአባቱ ከሐምሳ አለቃ ገብረ መድኅን ሮባ ቀዌሳ እና…
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My experience of studying in China
Ermias Yirgalem is a student at Sichuan University, a national university located in Chengdu, the administrative centre of Sichuan Province in Southwest China. He shares his experience of living and studying there. It is now almost a year and a…
Return to Dire Dawa
Frédéric Garnier, 72, is a retired French dentist who lives in the suburbs of Paris, Chantilly-Gouvieux. He spent the early parts of his life in the eastern town of Ethiopia, Dire Dawa, where his father was working for the Djibouti-Addis…
Book Review: Country Roads (growing up, exposures, decisions, and reflections)
Country Roads (growing up, exposures, decisions, and reflections) By Aklillu Kidanu Wolde Giorgis 283pp, Self-published …Odysseus sighting his island after years of wandering; the return, the return, the great magic of the return. -Milan Kundera, Ignorance Aklilu Kidanu’s “Country Roads”…
Remembering Lieutenant Girma Wolde-Giorgis
The nation paid its respects to the man who was Ethiopia’s president for more than a decade and a respected environmental activist, Girma Wolde-Ghiorgis, who died on Saturday, during a state funeral on Dec. 19 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral…
Birtukan Mideksa in the eyes of a nemesis and an admirer
Peter Gill, in his book, Ethiopia and Foreigners: Ethiopia since the Live Aid (Oxford University Press, 2010), discussing the political chaos that followed in the wake of the 2005 election, which, among other things, led to the fragmentation of a…
“Mengistu Lemma as I knew him”
A seasoned scholar, a subtle poet, peerless moral hero: Tedla Bairu recalls Mengistu Lemma This is the third in our series of posts to celebrate the life and times of Mengistu Lemma (1928-1988), an Ethiopian playwright, dramatist, poet and diplomat,…
Ode to Ethiopia
Maria Thomas, author (“African Visas” and “Come to Africa and save your Marriage”) and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ethiopia, probably said it best: “If you’ve ever lived in Ethiopia, you never really put it behind you. You follow the…
Remembering Mengistu Lemma, Ethiopian Playwright and Social Reformer
Thirty years ago on July 29, the poet and playwright, Mengistu Lemma, who Richard Pankhurst considered the Bernard Shaw of Ethiopia, died at the age of 65. Mengistu made a remarkable impact on the development of Ethiopian literature with his…
Ten things to know Mahmoud Ahmed on his 77th birthday
Mahmoud Ahmed is one of Ethiopia’s greatest performers, whose career started in the country’s ‘Golden Age’ in the ’60s and ’70s when a thriving indigenous jazz and funk scene swept the nation. Since his first trip abroad in 1994, he…