Selected Poems from ‘Blue Sister, River Vilija’ through the lens of Marxist Criticism

From a Marxist perspective, literature that eyes at aesthetic effect alone and underplays or divorces itself from promoting the causes of the majority and worse still fails to drag into light the... Read more »

 Is there a ‘culture of Africa’? A simple question in search of complex answers

Is there an African culture, an African art or an African anthropology or an African science? These questions seem mostly academic or banal but there are no clear answers to them. The... Read more »

Addis corridor development to increase city’s livability

Cities are lively, dynamic environments that foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and development while providing socio-cultural diversity and economic opportunity. But these advantages come at a high price. Green cities, as many experts have... Read more »

Promoting reading habits in Ethiopia

We have heard recently that the national radio FM Addis 97.1 has begun a 100 day reading habit promotion in the country. These 100 days are promoted by interviewing and asking the... Read more »

Mignot Getachew: The painter gifted in turning autistic children around

Disability from days of yore to current days is a global topic of concern that is affecting not only people living with disability but also so­cieties in various ways. From ancient times... Read more »

Neruda’s Element

Poets of all times have arranged rhymes that sound like silver, or crystal, or cannon fire. But with great humility-I made these sonnets out of wood; I gave them the sound of... Read more »

Never-ending, amazing Ethiopian Coffee Discovery’s saga

The forest-covered hills of Abyssinia loomed large in the distance. The fogs covered the tips of the hills and looked like half-naked and motionless giants that were tossed down from the sky... Read more »

 Building state- of- the- art city

Once the city, whose economy was dependent on activities dominated by traditional markets and hustles is now to turn to epitome of beauty. Once the city, whose streets and rivers were heavily... Read more »

Ethiopian music exponent

Muluken Melese was born in 1954 to his priest father Tamer Tiruneh and to his mother Enatenesh Getahun at Eneded Wereda Kidanemeheret village in the then Gojam province during a time when... Read more »

Ethiopian Movie Man takes honor as a judge in upcoming international film festivals

Ethiopian International Film Festival Director, Yirgashewa Teshome will be honorable guest and judge at the BRICS and the 46th Moscow International film festivals, according to a press release by Linkage Arts Work... Read more »