Creativity versus Imitation:  Where are the new and original talents?

Holidays in Ethiopia are arguably the most ideal times for enjoying an endless variety of Ethiopian traditional songs and dances. It all starts as soon the dark clouds clear and the sun... Read more »

 The African fashion industry and Ethiopian women designers

Simply put, the international fashion industry is a multibillion-dollar global enterprise devoted to the business of making and selling clothes. However, the clothing industry and the fashion industry are not one and... Read more »

Soaring with wings of success

“When we hand down This flag to posterity Paying prices of life To the country’s Age-old sovereignty It is with a word of caution ‘This generation Should accord due attention To handing... Read more »

An overriding national f

 Abebe Bekela, Miruts Yefter …Derartu, Haile, Tirunesh Kenenisa, Meseret, … Solomon Eletesenbet Gudaf … and all With a similar footfall! Displaying a superb Long-distance athletic feat When many superstars Awe inspiringly you... Read more »

 Ashenda Festival: A colorful cultural celebration of young girls  

Holding a little variant of names (Ashenda in the majority of Tigray), (Ashendiye in Lalibela), (Shadey in Waghimra), (Solel in Raya) and (Asynewari in Aksum), Ashenda is a young girls’ festival. Ashenda... Read more »

Yacob Woldemariam wrote “immaculate Victorian English”

 An English language major at the former HAILESELASSIE University in the 1960’s agreed that Yacob Woldemariam wrote flawless English but said “ it sounded Victorian to me !” I still don’t know... Read more »

 The demise of an iconic journalist

In the 1990s I was a student at Arat Kilo Science faculty of AAU. I remember, early in the morning, a classmate of mine and I used to rush to the Ethiopian... Read more »

 Need for genuinely Pan-African media institutions for a unified voice

In their time, the champions of African independence and unity, people like Kwame Nkrumah, have been constantly calling for the immediate and unconditional unity of the continent or the need to take... Read more »

Attention to its grotesque faces

 A ship sustaining A tiny crack or thick Is destined to sink, Awaits the same story A pilferers-leached country! All the grotesque Faces of corruption Embezzlement, bribery, red-tape Nepotism Task procrastination What... Read more »

 knuckle of sandwich to the corrupt  (A short story)

 “Though I know full well emotional intelligence is required from grownups, my blood boils when I come across corrupt clerks or officials that pose roadblocks at every administrative echelon to the chagrin... Read more »