የለቅሶ መስተንግዶ በመንግሥቱ ለማ

“ሬሳ ሲመጣ መንገድ ላይ እንዳትቆም” እያለች ዱሮ እናቴ ትከለክለኝ ስለነበር ለቀስተኞች ሲመጡ ባየሁ ቁጥር መንገድ ለቅቄ እሸሽ ነበር።በሰፈራችንም ሰው የሞተ እንደሆን ልጆች በዚያ አካባቢ ዝር እንዳንል እንከለከል ስለነበር የልቅሶ ትዕይንት ምን እንደሆን ብዙ ሳላውቅ አደግሁ። በቅርቡ ከአዲስ አበባ ውጪ ስሄድ…
Asfaw Damte recalls Mengistu Lemma

Mengistu Lemma (1928-1988) was a leading Ethiopian playwright, novelist, poet and a scholar, who in the words of the late Prof. Richard Pankhurst may be considered the Molière, Bernard Shaw or Gogol of Ethiopia. In this extract from interviews conducted…
Richard and Rita Pankhurst’s Ethiopian Reminiscences

Ethiopian Reminiscences: Early Days by Richard and Rita Pankhurst, (2013) 293pp, Tsehai Publihsers, Sylvia, Richard, and Rita Pankhurst have long been renowned figures in Ethiopia “for their loyal championing of Ethiopia’s nationhood, their creative institution building, and their personal generosity”,…
Taffara Deguefé (1926-2015)

Taffara Deguefé, who died on March 6 aged 89, was a famous banker and perhaps Ethiopia’s best known figure in international financial circles. He was bank governor of the National Bank to the Emperor and Mengistu and he later worked…