“The Siesta”

Known in Italian or Spanish as “Siesta”, popular like jazz and precious like orchestra, all in all opposite to rap, in ordinary language, it’s called a noon-time nap. Taken with your face... Read more »

Impressions on Lemma Guya’s art and the celebration of Ethiopian naturalism

Different artistic styles come and go like fads. Some of them are easily forgotten. Others tend to remain longer than expected. Still others refuse to go away and become part of people’s... Read more »

Coffee, the ever-captivating stimulant crop

Coffee has a prominent place everywhere around the globe and more so in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia people entertain their guests by offering coffee for which its unique preparation process tantalizes the sense... Read more »

Welcoming a New Ethiopian Year

Many people, especially those outside Ethiopia, think that there is only one New Year, i.e. at the end of December. In Ethiopia, we are accustomed to celebrating two New Years, namely at... Read more »

The current dIstabilizing issues

Years have rolled by unnoticed; the time for the evaluation of the behavior of people has slid through our fingers just like that. Events swiftly pass through the corridor of time making... Read more »

The Influence of Western Films

[The purpose of this article is to examine whether Western Films have any relevance to education and especially to the widening and spread of general knowledge. Its limitation is that it is... Read more »

Fear- our friend and our enemy

 Fear, under normal circumstance, is a feeling of anxiety about something. It is uneasy feeling of something worst will happen. It is emotional condition in which one feels that there is something... Read more »

The Café

The wall picture was taken by night. In the foreground was a portion of a sea shore with tiny windows emitting light from high storey buildings. The scene was inside a cafe... Read more »

Why Haile Gerima’s ‘Teza’(Morning Dew) remains a masterpiece

The Ethiopian film industry has a long history of dating back to the 1960s but its growth is in no way commensurate with its long existence. The first film was staged in... Read more »

Ethiopian winter

 Splash Rain, Rain and Rain A sought-after Ethiopian winter Farmers are happy To welcome you again Tilling their land, Select seed at hand. Rain, Rain, Rain, A tiny water ball, Diagonally you... Read more »