BY MULUGETA GUDETA By declaring the Ethiopian annual celebration of Timket or the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan river hundreds of years ago, a world cultural heritage, the United Nations... Read more »
BYTEKELBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL “Tigrigna is the most beautiful language in the world,” Kiros said to his university classmate Dejene and added,” If you don’t believe me look it up in Encyclopedia Britannica”’. Dejene,... Read more »
-My recollections of a prominent Ethiopian filmmaker BY MULUGETA GUDETA A life entirely devoted to the cinema My first encounter with the filmmaker started 14 years ago. I met Solomon Bekele Weya... Read more »
BY MESERET BEHAILU Wagnew Ashenafi is a vocalist who has unique talent in playing the traditional musical instrument called Masinko. He hails from Debre Tabor area, South Gondar Zone of Amhara State.... Read more »
BY MULUGETA GUDETA Since independence from colonialism, Africa has been speaking with different voices at different stages of its modern history. The voices may be varied bit they all speak for the... Read more »
BY ALEM HAILU “Teacher may I ask you a personal question?” A bit afraid one of my best students that sits at the front row posed a question when I was about... Read more »
BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL Col. Mengistu Hailemariam grew up around the Emperor’s Palace. He therefore had the chance to observe closely the sparkling beauty, arrogance, extravagance and intrigue of the dynastic royal family.... Read more »
BY TEKELEBIRHAN GEBREMICHEAL It may sound trite to state that leadership is decisive in the process of economic development. Granted, it may be so, but it is an irrefutable truth that has... Read more »
BY MULUGETA GUDETA Modernization in urban development is sometimes understood (or misunderstood) in this country as a process of pulling down old buildings and replacing them with state-of-the-art structures in accordance with... Read more »
That Generation at Saitan Bet BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL Two very long queues snaked from Saitan Bet. One stretched way down to Lycee Gebremariam and the other way up to Enrico Pastry shop.... Read more »