How COVID-19 clouded celebration of two fasting seasons

The two grand fasting seasons of Christians and Muslims, lent and Ramadan respectively have passed through an unprecedented sort of challenge that forced them to spend a unique way of celebrating. How... Read more »

The innocents friends in the face of uncertainty

( Short Story) “I don’t know what you are talking about,” said Jifar wiping his bald head sitting under the shade of a tree behind his house with his friend, Melaku. Melaku, his... Read more »

Long, eventful wedding ceremonies in parts of Ethiopia

A wedding is almost always a unique and huge affair, but the magnitude of importance increases exponentially when it comes to Ethiopian weddings. It is a moment of a lifetime that should... Read more »

Aleqa: A man with good sense of humor

He was born on November 1821, in South Gondar, Fogera Woreda in a place customarily known as Nabega Giorgis. He followed his religious education at his birthplace and then moved to Gojam... Read more »

Advantages of Ethiopian children traditional games

Games are among the most effective tools for keeping relationships fresh and exciting. Playing together brings joy, vitality, and resilience to relationships among groups particularly children. In this regard, Ethiopian children have... Read more »

How parchment books, scrolls kept history in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has a long tradition of using Parchments or/ and scrolls for writing. Manuscripts containing compilations of protective talismans date to the fourteenth-century. Different documents indicate that Ethiopians were used to use... Read more »

New generation breathing the air of victory through art

By the early March, in 1896 an estimated 120,000 Ethiopian warriors from all around the country amassed to Adwa Northern Ethiopia, following Emperor Menelik II’s declaration to all Ethiopians to show solidarity... Read more »

A Black Empress’s Legacy (Taytu Betul)

I . Taytu Betul as a leader Ethiopia is famed for being A peaceful, hospitable And warrior nation How come then it failed To come to your attention, As bees whose hive... Read more »

(A poetic drama) Indomitable Ethiopia

l Scene I Rodolfo Graizani is seen sat his new office in Addis Ababa . A messenger salutes and hands him over a letter telling him it is from Benito Mussoloni. Graizani... Read more »

TEKT Fifty Years On

Teshome and Eshetu were classmates in college. They were both cerebral bookworms. There was a fierce academic competition between them. If either of them got a B in any subject it was... Read more »