Why man is engaged in life-long struggle for survival

The irony of life is that it sternly involves struggle while it should have been carefree and enjoyable without incurring any form of trouble at all; this is the sole desire of... Read more »

Circus arts fortify youth, children’s health

Circus arts tend to provide a decent workout building up humans’ muscles as well as toning and creating strength. Unlike traditional exercise classes, circus art affords people the chance to exercise different... Read more »

Man –playground for emotion

What is man after all? He is intelligent being endowed with mental capacity. Many often refer to man as social animal; that is philosophical definition. On the contrary, to the writer, man... Read more »

“The Beginning of the End”

A Short Story that Foreshadowed the Fate of A Major Ethiopian Novelist Be’alu Girma has written many remarkable novels in his relatively short life that ended mysteriously back in the 1980s. He... Read more »

A mother & child reunite after seven years apart

(Date 13 April,1998) Alferrid who left home when he was three years old goes back to his poor mum with a cow and a calf as a gift on the eve of... Read more »

A mother & child reunite after seven years apart

 Alferrid who left home when he was three years old goes back to his poor mum with a cow and a calf as a gift on the eve of Id Al Adha.... Read more »

Africa’s first Mosque seeks UNESCO’s recognition

Historical manuscripts indicates that Islam in Ethiopia dates back to the year 615 AD when the first Muslim, among them Prophet Mohammad’s wife came to Ethiopia as refugees and settled in Negash,... Read more »

How an imaginary drunkard inspired the first Short story in Ethiopian Literature

The short story as a literary genre started in the United States in the late 19th century and its chief creator is considered by many critics as being Edgar Allen Poe who... Read more »

Counter-development habits to which many are enslaved and tips suggested

BY JOSEPH SOBOKA Something that we cannot easily give up is what we refer to as a habit. There is a tendency to keep doing it regularly, preferably non-stop despite the dissuasion... Read more »

The Centenary of Ethiopian Theatre The first African play and the patriotism and progressive nature of Ethiopian theatre

BY MULUGETA GUDETA The one hundred anniversary of Ethiopian theatre was marked last week at the Sheraton Hotel here in Addis Ababa. It was a moment to celebrate judging by the great... Read more »