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A rising star in photography, Ethiopian photographer Hilina Abebe, 30, captures individuals and communities undergoing social change. She describes being drawn to photography at a young age by her father who used to take pictures of the family. “I think…
Golda Meir (1898–1978) was the fourth Prime Minister of Israel and the first woman to hold the title. An astute and resolute figure, she was known for initiating Israeli involvement in Africa and turning the development of ties with emerging…
Tell me about your stay in Strasbourg where you did your doctoral studies. Being black and Jew in France, how was it like? In France, it was different. There were strong Jewish communities there and I’ve never felt any prejudice…
Dr. Fitigu Tadesse was born in 1939 in Azezo, Gondar town and raised in Addis Ababa. He was educated at the French Lycée Gebre-Mariam. Upon completing high-school he went to Israel and studied at the Bar Ilan University of Tel…
I finally caught Getachew Kassa for an interview. Other than listening to his greatest hits on the radio and watching him on television, I was able to see him once or twice in person playing at the Jazzamba Lounge in…
There are radio voices that become like close friends you listen to them so often. I have recently had the pleasure of meeting one of them. Tigist Begashaw has been working as an Amharic language reporter, editor and news presenter…
Netsanet Demeke, 47, warmly remembers Fidel Castro, the revolutionary hero and the man who ruled Cuba for five decades. She says she had a wonderful time in Fidel Castro’s Cuba when she went to study there and keeps a memory…
Raised in Addis Ababa, Maheder Haileselassie, 26, is a photographer of genuinely humane sensibilities, as her photographic work illustrates. Though originally trained as a Civil Engineer, Maheder has been focusing on photography for the last three years and her images…
“I don’t have an interesting back story about why I became a journalist,” says Atnafseged Yilma. The experienced journalist, who began work as a cadet journalist at Voice of Ethiopia newspaper and Menen magazine at age 22, said his chosen…
The renowned Ethiopian musician Mahmoud Ahmed was awarded the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ambassador to the Ethiopia, Bridgett Collet. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday night, July 19 at the…