The 75th Gadaa power transfer ceremony of Gujii Oromo

The Gada system is a very huge and complex social institution in which the traditional Oromo people manage their socio political and religious practices. It is a well-developed and age-based grouping up... Read more »

The road seldom traversed-Ethiopia’s long journey from Feudalism to ‘Modernity’

Blaming the past for all the ills of the present has long become the preferred intellectual sport in many academic circles and centers of so-called African studies in Europe and America in... Read more »

Enfranchising the most disenfranchised loyal species

Once while I was walking down on the road to Akaki I saw a white range rover bearing the Logo Donkey Rights Group spearing its way to its destination. I could not... Read more »

The woman and the beggar

  A good young woman was always rendering help to a roadside beggar. Each time she passed by every morning, she offered the poor man food and money. On more than one... Read more »

Book publishing in Ethiopia, new trends in global industry

In this article, publishing means not the printing press in general but book publishing although advances in publishing technology are closely linked to newspaper industry. In the case of Ethiopia, publishing started... Read more »

 A Library in my mind

I have a fantastic library hidden in the camera of my mind a thousand egrets playing on the sea shores of time my muses bring my words like a shower of rains... Read more »

 Like a cigarette

BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS Bro, tell me please To your heart’s content Enjoying a French kiss In squeezing out The nectar of their lady-hood Not remiss, Are the lasses A cigarette For... Read more »

 Law of attraction or law of life?

In the realm of literature, there exists a book that has captivated the masses and stirred debates among friends – “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne. This literary phenomenon, with its promise of... Read more »

Adwa Museum: Preserving Ethiopia’s Historic Triumph

A massive project that borders Piasa, the Minelik Monument, and the Church of St. George of Arada is located in the centre of Addis Ababa. Additionally, a bridge connects it to the... Read more »

Turning African Languages into tools of integration and development

One of the vestiges of colonialism is the imposition of European languages of the colonizers on the indigenous communities. English, French and to a lesser extent Portuguese are spoken in many African... Read more »