A minimal error with huge effect

BY: DANAT TESFAYE There are famous sayings in Ethiopia that stress making mistake is normal and natural; ke sew sihtet ke biret ziget aytefam that im­plies, like iron rust is natural, human... Read more »

Alemu Aga: Master of Ethiopia’s traditional musical Instrument ‘Begena’

COMPILED BY HIZKEL HAILU Alemu Aga is an Ethiopian master of ‘Bege­na’. This multi-secular ten-stringed lyre has a special place for the Orthodox Christians. According to oral tradition, the Begena, also called... Read more »

A poet who died homesick

BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE Waiting for Ethiopia my bride, Flowers bloom fade and fall Shiverled up fruits and all; My pen is rusting like sword without scabbard’ How long till I get to... Read more »

 Ethiopian Writers’ insistence of change, deviance; modernity

BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE It may be arguable whether writers or artists in general should necessarily convey certain message through their creative works. From 19th upto 20th century, there were two blocks that... Read more »

When modern technology makes publishing books look like playing games

BY MULUGETA GUDETA One can perhaps outline some of the vicissitudes of book publishing suffered by Ethiopian writers as follows: printing costs that are skyrocketing every time beyond the reach of most... Read more »

Cultural diplomacy as a powerful Tool for Expediting Regional Peace

BY MULUGETA GUDETA Cultural exchanges between two or more countries in a given region like the Horn of Africa can be taken as an instance of using soft power for the purpose... Read more »

 “It’s gonna be a bright” for Africa Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank

BY KFLEEYESUS ABEBE I remember watching an interesting TEDx lecture by Nigerian-born Canadian professor Pius Adebola Adesanmi. He was confident illustarating “Africa is the forward that the world needs to face”. Africa... Read more »

 “HOLD MY HAND”Pan Africanism in Tsegaye Gebremedhin’s Poem

BY: EPHREM ANDARGACHEW Tsegaye Gebre Medhin has written many unforgettable and consequential poems that span through time. In his poem, someone could notice his passion, deep understanding, pride, and patriotism the writer... Read more »

Respect for Arts, Crafts as precondition for modernization

BY MULUGETA GUDETA Most Ethiopian craftsmen like weavers and potters, to name but a few of them, are still exercising their crafts in the good old ways without achieving any significant technological... Read more »

 Breathing new life into Ethiopian Film Industry

BY ADDISALEM MULAT It is interesting to note that the Ethiopian film industry has been going through multifarious negative and positive effects since time immemorial. Apart from progressing at a snail’s path,... Read more »