What a bane!

BY MENGESHA AMARE Nothing is new under the sun, If well thought, meticulously undertaken, Why, for what satisfaction Swimming in a blood ocean? Overlooking citizenry care, life caution, Should be replaced by... Read more »

Primogeniture

BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL The King of Kings of Ethiopia was in a mental quandary. He could not make up which of his two twin siblings princes, Mekonnen and Ermias to appoint Grown... Read more »

Impressions on a Romantic and/or ‘Coming-of-Age’ Novel by a Young Writer

BY MULUGETA GUDETA This is not going to be a book review. This is rather a piece of writing about a relatively new novel by an Ethiopian writer that deserve praise if... Read more »

Adult literacy, the neglected sector Cultural development unthinkable without higher literacy

 BY MULUGETA GUDETA Adult literacy rate is generally defined as “the percentage of population aged 15 years and over who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on... Read more »

Like a horse dragging a cart

BY ALEM HAILU What this generation Was blindfolded by the junta Not to understand Or not learn about Its history grand Epitomizing freedom Emanating from Spectacular unity In showdowns, Super courage that... Read more »

Three phases in the Ethiopian cinema industry

BY MESERET BEHAILU A cinema industry has power to display the overall culture of a given society. It has multifaceted economic, social and cultural benefits in terms of its art for life’s... Read more »

Commemorating versatile artist Tesfaye Gessesse

COMPILED BY YOHANES JEMANEH  Born during the Italian occupation in Hararghe to his father Gessesse Qolech and his mother Belletech Yayehyirad, Tesfaye Gessesse was eight months old when his mother died. A... Read more »

A poetic justice

BY ALEM HAILU He took his wife A punching bag He is at liberty to hug Or to blow up steam By her hairs to drag. As it may sound sad He... Read more »

Searching a needle in a haystack

BY ALEM HAILU A fter a hectic day in Newsroom at Arat Kilo as usual I had to head to a nearby dilapidated old villa hotel by a riverside for quick ones.... Read more »

Ethiopian Church Paintings – Amazing Portrait on a Church Façade

BY MULUGETA GUDETA  Jonathan Pageau is an art writer who specializes in ancient Ethiopian church arts. In an article entitled “The Mystery of Ethiopian Iconography” which he published in a magazine called... Read more »