What’s out Addis Arts and Culture
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990). He is the only child of Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye, who were Ethiopian immigrants to Canada in the late 1980s. Tesfaye was raised by his grandmother and mother after his parents split up. While living with his grandmother Tesfaye learned Amharic, which he also spoke with his mother […]
Ethiopian born artist “one of 100 most influential people of 2020” Read More »
The Entoto Project in the hills above Addis has been devised with great imagination and ingenuity. A canyon of beauty and lush greenery complete with pleasant hiking trails amidst the ancient Entoto forest. Entoto Natural Park offers visitors absolutely stunning views and comfortable places for relaxation. Kuriftu in the heart of the park offers visitors
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Dr. Anbessa Teferra, an expert in Semitic linguistics at Tel Aviv University, last month became the first Ethiopian Israeli to be appointed a senior lecturer at an Israeli university. Teferra’s a soft-spoken, modest academic in his early fifties, quick to laugh and with a talent for languages. He immigrated to Israel in 1990 after completing
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Fendika Cultural Center is a cultural hub and vibrant creative hotspot in the heart of Kassanches. Owned and run by dancer and choreographer Melaku Belay, it is a melting pot of traditional and contemporary cultural expression, where artists of all generations experiment with new forms and reinvigorate old forms in all artistic disciplines, from music
Congratulations! Fendika Cultural Center receives The Prince Claus Award Read More »
Social Enterprise Desert Rose Consultancy is made up of anthropologists and innovators who work together to merge cross-cultural aptitude with imaginative thinking to help companies and organisations better adapt their initiatives to the Horn of Africa. They use a vast set of experience working in Somali Region to translate anthropological insight and creativity into astute
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Ethiopia’s ambassador to British Teferi Melesse discussed with the Director of Victoria and Albert Museum, Dr. Tristram Hunt on how best to revitalize Ethiopia’s claim to the Maqdala treasures. World-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), (alongside other UK national cultural collections), houses a number of priceless treasures seized by the British Army 152 years ago
Ambassador Discusses with British Museum Official over Return of Ethiopia’s Treasures Read More »
Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an American teacher mother and Ethiopian Ethiopian college professor father. They fled the country in 1977 to escape political turmoil and moved to Michigan, for her father’s teaching position on economic geography at Michigan State University. She has been named as one of Time
Ethiopian American artist named as “one of 100 most influential people of 2020” Read More »
Lemma was a prolific and greatly respected Ethiopian artist He is the renowned painter of goat skin-canvas portraits of the 53 African leaders who founded the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. Lemma was born in 1921 and recently passed away aged 92. He attended teachers training college then switched to join the Ethiopian
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A young Ethiopian journalist Fiyori Tewolde has produced and distributed the country’s first Braille newspaper. Braille is a system allowing visually impaired people to read by using raised dots to represent letters that are felt by the fingertips. “There are around four million Ethiopians with a visual impairment and I noticed that they didn’t have
New braille newspaper “fetil” devised by Ethiopian journalist Read More »
In 2011 American child Rachel Beckwith tragically lost her life in a car accident at the age of 9. She had recently donated her 9th birthday to the charity Water skipping her party and birthday gifts – so kids she’d never met could have clean water. She raised $220 – enough to help seven people.
Honoring one child’s campaign to provide clean water Read More »
