How can we avoid social, cultural repercussions?

 BY ALAZAR SHIFERAW Ethiopia is an ancient country with a strangely rich linguistic and cultural diversity. Rich in tangible and intangible heritages with both traditional and modern cultural expressions, languages and folklores,... Read more »

“Poetry is an emotion and emotions have not any shape,” a young published poet from India

BY ALEM HAILU In this edition scouring the internet The Ethiopian Herald has managed to get an aspiring poet all-out to bring together best poems and noted poets around the globe in... Read more »

The Never Materialized Utopia

 (Short Story)  BY JOSEPH SOBOKA “Where else is a better place to live?” asked Ashebir. “Oh, to my knowledge, there is nowhere in the whole wide world free of troubles,” angrily responded... Read more »

A culture worth emulating by the entire world Enjoying Coffee with Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony: It is Spiritual, Mood Boosting and Curative

 BY MULUGETA GUDETA Last day I was passing by the Tomocca coffee shop which is located around Cathedral School a short distance from the right bend on Churchill Road and the strong... Read more »

It is a matter of time

 BY MULATU BELACHEW I am just to notice Leave me Love yourself Live your life Do not push me To do something Or to not do something I know what to do... Read more »

Line and Life

BY YOHANES JEMANEH Lines are both an end and a beginning in defining one’s identity in a place. It is in the physicality and non physicality of borders and in the luminal... Read more »

Ignorance is Bliss!

BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL  “Ignorance is bliss,” said Prof. Tsehaye to her colleague Prof. Almaz. “It is a proverb that has stood the test of time since it was coined some two hundred... Read more »

Meaza Mengiste: First Ethiopian Woman Novelist Short-Listed for the “Booker Prize”

BY MULUGETA GUDETA In Africa, women writers have rarely attracted global attention or had progressed to the top of international literary events such as the Booker Prize. There is only one Nobel... Read more »

Pottery: A local wisdom requiring more investment

BY LEULSEGED WORKU Making pots out of clay in Ethiopia harkens back to the birth of Christ. Pottery remains a popular tradition in different corners of the country. However, this magnificent time-old... Read more »

A poetic Drama-Scene II Rewarded Satan’s way

BY ALEM HAILU A weekly devil council about evil prowess is being held in hell.Devils were standing on tongues of fire waving their tails and howling in a frightening manner that sends... Read more »