BY MULUGETA GUDETA Ben Okri is no doubt the best writer of the post-Achebe, post-Soyinka Nigerian generation of writers. Okri can claim this status not only because he has won the most... Read more »
BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE Addis Ababa has multiple entertainment alternatives to whoever wants to spend time in a mood. Whether it is weekdays or the weekends you can go to cinemas, which are... Read more »
Yonas Ashine (Ph.D.), came up with a new outlook to Ethiopia’s state formation with his new book: “Slaves of State, Intellectuals of Dev’t: A Genealogy of Dev’t in Ethiopia.” During launching ceremony... Read more »
BY MULUGETA GUDETA For the last two years or so, Ethiopian cinema, like any other industry, has been hard-hit by the COVID pandemic and the war in the north of the country... Read more »
PART-1 “Artists are dedicated people by definition. Their main reward is the satisfaction they get from the creative process itself”: Gebre Kristos Desta, Painter and Poet BY: KFLEEYESUS ABEBE Like missing a... Read more »
BY MULUGETA GUDETA The results by Ethiopian runners at the recent world athletics competitions once again brought to light the fact that you need not be a global economic power to become... Read more »
An Amharic novel written by Sentayehu Gebru was launched last Wednesday at Ras Hotel in the presence of veteran writers, media practitioners, poets, teachers and the art community. The setting of the... Read more »
BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE It cannot be an exaggeration if one says Ethiopia has travelled on such a bumpy road over this year. It had to go facing several bumps to reaching this... Read more »
BY MULUGETA GUDETA Foreign writers often point at what they call the “paradoxes of Ethiopia’s development and underdevelopment” by pointing at the contrasts between the abundant natural resources the country is naturally... Read more »
BY ITSUSHI KAWASE Yes, this is a story that I will tell only you. I will share it with you if you promise not to tell anyone else. It is a tale... Read more »