As every literate people in this country know, Ethiopia is not a very literate society by any standards. One of the reasons why I came to this conclusion is my recent visit... Read more »
Botched were attempts To put Ethiopia asunder By driving religious And ethnic divisive wedges Among citizens That harmoniously lived together Repelling each aggressor. Drawing from forefathers, Now most in heaven, every lesson... Read more »
This flag to posterity Paying prices of life To the country’s Age-old sovereignty It is with a word of caution ‘This generation Should accord due attention To handing down To the coming... Read more »
Part II In 2021, the mosque was damaged during clashes between Ethiopian and Eritrean government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. The minaret was destroyed, its dome partially collapsed and its... Read more »
Before departure (poem By Salomeja Neris) The blackness of the nigh- bound sea With lights will go ablaze. Mists will be cut by songs of dawn Which herald future days. The sails... Read more »
At the Berlin conference of 1884 also known historically as the Partition of Africa, European nations “agreed to rules for further claiming of African territory: each country was to notify the others... Read more »
The coincidence of the fasting seasons of christians and muslims—Lent and Iftar—in Ethiopia reminds me the traditional song first sung by legendary Bahiru Kegne and later Teddy Afro. The songs important... Read more »
A new day, dawn breaks, the chirping of birds starts to descend… but the humming of cars, prayers of churches and moseques are still loud. These days Addis Ababa announces new day... Read more »
”The recently declared humanitarian truce and subsequent measures taken to allow unfettered access to humanitarian aid to the Tigray region are manifestations to Ethiopia’s commitment to end the conflict peacefully. However, humanitarian... Read more »
Part I BY MULUGETA GUDETA Architecture is generally defined as, “the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. The practice of architecture is employed... Read more »