Green Legacy:reviving what is already in Ethiopian Cultures

Greenery was one of the things Ethiopia described by proverbs, songs and literaty works admire Ethiopia’s greeness and richness in biodiversity. Paintings are still showing impressive natural endowments of Ethiopia. Indeed, it... Read more »

The hits of Wolaita, South Music in general

Paranomic view, beautiful culture and valuable lesson Ethiopia is often described as a mosaic of people and cultures. Its southern part strengthen this truth containing over 45 indigenous groups with unique ways... Read more »

 Diaspora association ESFNA promoting Ethiopia, supporting entertainment

Ethiopians and Ethiopian origins in different parts of the world are proud of their roots. They take every opportunity to promote their culture and build their country’s image that is tainted by... Read more »

 Making languages drivers of dev’t or modernization in Africa

In general parlance, language whether in multicultural societies or in mono-cultural and mono-linguistic ones plays a defining role in the development or backwardness of a continent or a country. Africa is no... Read more »

 Music adaptation, the art of blending foreign and local beats

Traditional music in Ethiopia which is played with old instruments dates back to thousands of years, and can more or less be traced back to the emergence of the most famous Ethiopian... Read more »

 Mengistu Lemma: literary legend devoted “To serve your Majesty and to write”

In a study of Ethiopian modern literature, play wright and poet Mengistu Lemma is at center for his works, views on art and modernism manifest Ethiopian literary richness and development. Sara Marzagora... Read more »

Longing

 Translated from Amharic by Martin Orwin  The train hauled me out of London out of the smoke, the smog, the grime, the filthy mix of soot and dust while the train spun... Read more »

The one thing you must do

 I have the culture of rewatching movies again and again. I have watched “Rush hour” many times. I have also watched “Groundhog Day” every now and then. I am also watching the... Read more »

Mozambique’s grand novelist Paulina Chiziane receives prestigious award

 Paulina Chiziane, the first woman to publish a novel in Mozambique, has become the first African woman to receive the most important award for Portuguese literature, the Camões Prize. She’s also the... Read more »

The Ethiopian Herald now, the future

 The pioneering Ethiopian Herald in its 80 years journey has made numerous reports, wrote various articles and manifested its or incumbent government stances through its editorial. The newspaper attempted to embellish country’s... Read more »