Arts and literature awards, the development of culture

BY MULUGETA GUDETA The recent controversy surrounding the awarding of a music prize to the wrong person and the subsequent move to correct the mistake has left the public awe-struck. It was... Read more »

Art community vows to preserve national security

BY HAFTU GEBREZGABIHER Presently, Ethiopians from all walks of life are eyeing the nation’s law enforcement operation. The youth and other sectors of citizens are marching to the war front and military... Read more »

Beyond fortifying social cohesion

It looks trivial when people are heard of saying that they are going to pay Edir fee as there is an already fixed amount levied on each and every member of this... Read more »

Artists building sense of belongingness with ENDF

BY YOHANES JEMANEH An art program themed “I will march to safeguard Ethiopia in all fronts, all the time, by all means!!” has held on last Friday. The occasion that was organized... Read more »

A film on Abbay (Nile) set to release

“Nile, I am the first Earth Mother of all fertility. I am the Source, I am the Nile, I am the African, I am the beginning! While your breath still hangs upon... Read more »

The Mursi of the Omo Valley

COMPILED BY BETELHEM BEDLU Mursi, or Mursu or Mun as they refer to themselves, are a Nilotic pastoralist ethnic group in Ethiopia. Their territory of around 2,000 km2 lies in the South... Read more »

Soft power as a weapon of subversion of African values and cultures

 BY MULUGETA GUDETA In international politics, soft power is defined as the ability to attract and co-opt rather than coerce, as it was the case in hard power. The term soft power... Read more »

On the eve of graduation

(Short story)  BY ADDISALEM MULAT When I heard a knock on our dorm’s room, I got out of my bed in the twinkling of an eye. For the sake of truth, as... Read more »

Means for vividly portraying cultural values

BY MENGESHA AMARE Nothing is much more exiting and appealing than putting what is abstract for mind into a tangible pictorial demonstration. Artifacts, sculptures, jewelries and souvenirs in general have had pivotal... Read more »

Of Books, Writers and reading in Addis in the cold and rainy season

 MULUGETA GUDETA As a matter of tradition, books and matters of the mind seem to be assuming particular importance during the rainy season in Ethiopia in general and in the capital Addis... Read more »