What’s out Addis Arts and Culture
Congratulations to Aziz Ahmed for contributing to tourism transformation in the Oromia region, recognised as the Best Wildlife Photographer 2021. His wildlife odyssey began at a very young age; a journey that was to become filled with passion, sacrifice, courage, and hope. From the age of four Aziz often used to accompany his father on […]
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Tesfahun Kibru (40) is a painter, sculptor, and a mentor to others; he uses mixed media to create artistic works of art. He is especially well known for crafting amazing pieces of sculptures made from metal scraps as well as paintings that use rust as paint. Coming soon he will be exhibiting at At Fendika
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Fekat Circus is one of the few independent creative/cultural spaces in the heart of Addis. It cultivates a new generation of creative minds and spreads positive emotions involving children of all backgrounds into the circus world. It is a circus troupe searching and staging artistic performances in Ethiopia and abroad. It is the organiser of the African
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Don’t Quit When things no wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressingyou down a bit, Rest if you must, but dOn’t you
Born and raised in Jimma in 1941, the singer rose to fame in the 1960s, matching his Ethiopian heritage against jazz improvisation and a soulful appeal. Performing with the famed Police Orchestra in Addis Ababa, Alemayehu Eshete enjoyed his first hit ‘Seul’ in 1961 before going on to form his own Alem-Girma Band. Releasing 30
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Don’t catch a leopard by the tail, but if you do, don’t let it go – Ethiopian Proverb Author Sam McManus has collated 15-years’ worth of adventure travel writing in Ethiopia, Japan, Bolivia, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Mongolia, Lebanon, Oman & Costa Rica in this collection of travel stories, which revolve around a central solo journey
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As you reach the gate of Teferi Mekonnen School (TMS), now called the Entoto Poly Technique College, you’re greeted with the welcoming faces of the guards followed by a request to leave your ID cards. Once you begin the long walk in the college compound, the heavenly tranquillity, the cold breeze with the scent of
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Ethiopian artefacts that were looted at the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 have been officially handed over to Ethiopian Embassy in London by the Scheherazade Foundation. The items include a handwritten Ethiopian Bible, crosses, an Imperial shield, a set of beakers, an icon and a magical scroll, were procured by the Scheherazade Foundation through a
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In the dawn mother’s day And light confides in the dark We are an island in an island Two and one apart I paint every sunrise And every one for you Every swirl of light In every pearl of dew In the way light talks to a river In the way a river holds night
Getatchew Haile was an Ethiopian-American foremost scholar of the Ge’ez language. He was acknowledged for his contributions to the field with a MacArthur Fellows Program “genius” award and the Edward Ullendorff Medal from the Council of the British Academy. He was the first Ethiopian and the first African to win the award. As a boy,
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