Suicide,At times, It may seem l ike an escape, But in the actual sense, it’s nothing close to escaping.. It creates worse feelings, Leaves loved ones depressed and confused, And doesn’t give... Read more »

In keeping their headAbove water The wise drawA quick lesson From others’ blunde While the fool With a deaf eye To many a wrong turn  Their life squander!        ... Read more »

(An emerging Ethiopian painter stamping footprints in nonrepresentational art) A South African multidisciplinary artist Chrisél Attewell, once defined Ethiopia as a Country, whose cultures and artistic traditions kept for its-self because of... Read more »

Are you a tourist or A volcanologist my dear? With a painful joy To a live volcano getting near, Do you want to pay homage To earth’s nadir Conscious that beneath a... Read more »

Ethiopia, the cradle of mankind, sticks out in so many ways. Its natural wonders run the gamut from the spellbinding Dashen Mountain, awe-inspiring Blue Nile Falls, and breathtaking Sophomore Cave to the... Read more »

Since time immemorial, alcoholism or alcohol use and abuse has taken center stage in the lives of many traditional and modern communities or societies. Alcohol whether abused or not, has been blended... Read more »

One could stop a person on the street and ask randomly to name one of Ethiopia’s four iconic musical scales. The person will not, at least not, miss Tizeta. These pentatonic scales... Read more »

Imagine an Old Italian carabineer from the occupation period coming back to Addis from hell or heaven and asking you where Piazza has vanished. What would you tell him? That the old... Read more »

(Addis is kissing goodbye an entrenched lack of ownership and embracing conviction evolving as a culture) New city development projects, which are implemented in Addis Ababa, are rapidly changing the images of... Read more »