The recently-concluded summit of the African Union largely focused on urgent political and economic challenges facing the continent while it gave relatively little attention to cultural issues. However, whenever one speaks of... Read more »
The 33rd Conference of the African Union (AU) that just finished its deliberations here in Addis Ababa was a milestone in the sense that it helped the international public make the distinction... Read more »
The Ethiopian calendar year is structure in such a sophisticated way that it has set aside time for work, fun, marriages and more serious engagements like spiritual pursuits. The Ethiopian rainy season... Read more »
BY JOSEPH SOBOKA A united struggle can break any shackle how strong it is. A person cannot prevail over his attacker no matter how hard he tries, especially when he is alone... Read more »
BY YOHANES JEMANEH The coronavirus pandemic has robed the world its various icons and Africa is not different. The musical stars of the continent died of COVID 19 in one or the... Read more »
BY MULUGETA GUDETA The late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, former Ghanaian president and outstanding African patriot, writer and theoretician of Pan-Africanism is the first politician who clinically analyzed the real nature of colonialism... Read more »
Each time I attend at Liberty Hall I come away with the music of the Universal Ethiopian Anthem Ringing in my ears. The melody is a stirring one possessing the power and... Read more »
Extricating themselves from the shackles of domination Africans were hell-bent to gain their independence. Vesting hope on the almighty, strengthening their unity, letting their quest for justice resonate with in Africa and... Read more »
Africa my Africa Africa of proud warriors in ancestral Savannahs Africa of whom my grandmother sings On the banks of the distant river I have never known you But your blood flows... Read more »
BY CUI LIYUN The Spring Festival, which was meant to worship God and ancestors in ancient times, is the most important festival in China so that we have seven days off to... Read more »