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Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa

Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa

Senegalese-born – United States pop star, Akon, is in Ethiopia as part of events to celebrate the infamous Battle of Adwa which happened 122 years ago. The global music icon,...

Haymanot Tesfa @ SOAS Concert

The Passion & Tranquility of Ethiopian Amharic Song The music of the Ethiopian highlands uses a unique pentatonic modal system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. Many...
Hailu Mergia at home: ‘The Lady Is a Tramp – I love that one! My favourite is old jazz.’ Photograph: Sait Serkan Gurbuz for the Guardian

Hailu Mergia: the Ethiopian jazz legend who jams in his taxi

He fled his native country with his group, the Walias Band, in 1981 and now drives a cab in Washington DC, in which he also composes. But, despite his...
በፊልሙ ላይ እንግዳሰው ሀብቴ፣ አንተነህ አስረስ፣ ናሆም ጌታቸው፣ ፀደንያ ኤፍሬም፣ መራዊት ዮሐንስና ሌሎችም ተዋንያን ተሳትፈውበታል፡፡

በዝምታ- ፊልም ተመረቀ

በቶፓዚዩን ፊልም ፕሮዳክሽን ተዘጋጅቶ፣ በደራሲና ዳይሬክተር አንተነህ አስረስ የተሰራው “በዝምታ” የተሰኘው ፊልም ተመረቆ አዲስ አበባ በሚገኙ በሁሉም ሲኒማ ቤቶች ለእይታ ቀርባል፡ ፡ 850 ሺህ ብር እንደፈጀ የተነገረለት ፊልሙ፤የ1፡35 ርዝመት...

‘I was dehumanised’: Lemn Sissay on hearing his harrowing abuse report live on stage

In a blistering one-off show, poet Lemn Sissay heard – for the first time – the record of his suffering as a child in care. He explains why the...
An Orthodox priest at Nakuto Lab Rock Church, outside Lalibela, Ethiopia. About three-quarters of Orthodox Ethiopians say they attend church every week. (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Ethiopia is an outlier in the Orthodox Christian world

Ethiopia has the largest Orthodox Christian population outside Europe, and, by many measures, Orthodox Ethiopians have much higher levels of religious commitment than do Orthodox Christians in the faith’s...
ጃንጥላችን ኢትዮጵያችን ነች። ኢትዮጵያ ማለት አንድ ማለት ነው፡፡ ለምሳሌ አሜሪካ ስንል ሃምሳ ስድስት ግዛት የሚለው ወደ አዕምሯችን ፈጥኖ አይመጣም፡፡ ወደ አዕምሯችን የሚመጣው ጠንካራዋና አንድ የሆነችው አሜሪካ ምስል ነው።

ህዝብ መንግስትን ይፈጥራል እንጂ መንግስት ህዝብን አይፈጥርም” – ሻምበል ለማ ጉያ (ሰዓሊ)

እኔ አሁን የ90 ዓመት አዛውንት ነኝ፡፡ የዚህችን ሀገር ብዙ ሂደቶችና ውጣ ውረዶች አይቻለሁ። ከዛሬ 40 እና 50 ዓመት በፊትም ሆነ ዛሬ፣ ከ80 በላይ ብሄሮች በዚህችው በኢትዮጵያ ስር ነው የምንኖረው፡፡...
በማኅበራዊ ድረ ገጽ Getu Temesgen – (ጌጡ ተመስገን) የፌስቡክ ገጽ ከፍቶ 320 ሺህ ተከታዮችን አፍርቷል። Tana Award ጣና ሽልማት መጽሔት ላይ እንዲህ የሚል ታሪክ ተጽፏል፡፡

ETHIOPIAኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን ባለንሥሩ ዓይን ጋዜጠኛ ጌጡ ተመስገንን ከሥራ አሰናበተ

በሁላችንም ኪስ ውስጥ የሚገኝ ሰው፣ ብርቧክስ የዓለም አጫዋች መንደር፣ ከሃያ ዓመታት ቀጠሮ በኋላ (በ9/9/99 ዓ.ም. 9 ሰዓት) የተቀጣጠሩ የጣና ሀይቅ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ት/ቤት ተማሪዎች፣ የአርሆ መንገድ፣ ኾንሶ ኻኖ፣ የፀሐይ...

Promoting tourism potentials for more positive outcomes

Ethiopia is blessed with enormous historic, cultural and natural tourism resources. That is why many experts on tourism and those who are fortunate enough to visit the country are...
The clergy and Debtera (scholars versed in the liturgy and music of the church) lift their voices in hymn and chant just as it has been for over a 1,500 years when Ethiopia accepted Christianity.

​Ethiopian Genna – Christmas

Ethiopia still retains the ancient Julian calendar in which Genna falls on 7 January (of the Gregorian calendar.) People in towns and villages typically dress up in their finest...

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Ethnic Identity and National Loyalty – Conflicting Direction

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Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa

Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa

Senegalese-born – United States pop star, Akon, is in Ethiopia as part of events to celebrate the infamous Battle of Adwa which happened 122...
Hailu Mergia at home: ‘The Lady Is a Tramp – I love that one! My favourite is old jazz.’ Photograph: Sait Serkan Gurbuz for the Guardian

Hailu Mergia: the Ethiopian jazz legend who jams in his taxi

He fled his native country with his group, the Walias Band, in 1981 and now drives a cab in Washington DC, in which he...