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Difret is Ethiopia’s Official Selection for the Academy Awards
Difret, written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, has been submitted as Ethiopia’s entry for Oscar consideration under the Academy Award’s Best Foreign Language Film category. 2015 sees...
The Beta Dance Troupe brings the Amharic alphabet to life in ’Hahoo.
For Dege Feder, the Amharic alphabet is more than a means of transferring thoughts into writing; it is a portal into a specific period in her past.
“When I was about six years old,” explains...
Founder of Whiz Kids Ethiopia, Bruktawit Tigabu, Awarded 2014 Tremplin Prize
Bruktawit Tigabu, co-founder and CEO of Ethiopia’s Whiz Kids Workshop, has been awarded the 2014 Tremplin Prize, which recognizes innovative social business projects. The award given in partnership...
China to send artists to countryside for ‘re-education
During Chairman Mao's heyday, he sent millions of young people to the countryside to learn from the masses.
Now in an echo of history, the State General Administration of Press, Publication,...
8 days of Ethiopian entertainment
The fifth annual Hullegeb Festival will soon be upon us. It is one of the primary institutionalized vehicles for presenting the artistic skills and creativity of the Ethiopian community to the...
Salty Coffee – Amazing Love Story
He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she...
Armenia, Ethiopia to cooperate in culture
The governments of Armenia and Ethiopia on Thursday signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of culture, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Culture said.The agreement was signed by...
Ethiopia: 7,550 Miles from Home, Chicago’s Ethiopians Build a Cultural Museum
For the 10,000 Ethiopians living in Chicago, that distance seems a lot smaller due to the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago (ECAC), a nonprofit refugee resettlement agency, in Rogers...
Haile Selassie I
Haile Selassie I (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty...
Ethiopia: Kevin Wright Shares Ethiopia’s Top Ten Religious Highlights
NTA (National Tour Association) recently conducted a Product Development Trip to Ethiopia, sponsored by the Ethiopian government, to introduce American tour operators to the country’s tourism...
Ethiopia’s thriving art market
Business and art are becoming increasingly entwined in the Ethiopian capital, but journalist James Jeffrey asks if this has come at a cost to creativity and true artistic experimentation.
Until...
Top Ten African Restaurants In New York City
There are over 50 African restaurants in the Greater New York metropolitan area alone.
New York African Restaurant Week is an annual week-long celebration of African cuisine and culture by New...
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