Share Artist Abebe Melese አበበ መለሰ ህይወቴን ታደጔት ድረሱልኝ ይላል ዘመን ተሻጋሪ ከሆኑ ብዙ የኢትዬጵያ ሙዚቃዎች ጀርባ ሁልጊዜ ስሙ ይጠራል። በ1970 ዎቹ እና 80 ዎቹ ከተሰሩ ሙዚቃዎች የአብዛኞቹ የዜማ ደራሲ ነዉ ቢባል ማጋነን አይሆንም። ከ ሁለት ሺህ በላይ የሚሆኑ የዜማ፣ ግጥምና ቅንብር ስራዎች ባለቤት አበበ መለሰ። ለተወዳጆቹ ጥላሁን ገሰሰ፣ ሙሃሙድ አህመድ፣ ኤፍሬም ታምሩ፣ አስቴር...
ShareBy: Andrew Laurence Not since the millennium has the Great Ethiopian Expo been celebrated together with the Anniversary of the Ethiopian Yellow Pages and ”Enqutatash” all at once and it was worth the wait. The Washington Capital Hilton was the location of this year’s activities and a great time was had by all....
Share Published: April 20, 2012 LALIBELA, Ethiopia ON the roads through Ethiopia’s highlands traffic raises a brick-red haze that coats your clothes, powders your skin and starts a creaking in your lungs. Despite the dust people wear white. Farmers wrap themselves in bleached cotton. Village funerals look like fields of snow. At churches and...
ShareWednesday, 11 April 2012 07:52 Ethiopia’s renowned and acclaimed painter the most honorable Maitre Artiste World Laureate Afewerk Tekle has died late last night at the age of 80 at Kadisco Hospital, Capital learnt. The country’s much-admired artist died due to a severe illness after receiving treatment in the capital Addis Ababa, a close family, who...
ShareComing up on our next Bawza Issue: An Exclusive Interview with Ethiopian Singer and Comdian Yeredaw Tenaw. ከገጠመኞቼ ሁሉ የማልረሣው በአዲስ አመት ለእንቁጣጣሽ ህፃናት ቤቴ መጥተው እንቁጣጣሽ ሲሉኝ ከነበሩኝ 1 ባለ 10 ብር እና 1 ባለ አንድ ብር ውስጥ ባለ 10ሩን ሰጥቼ መሸወዴን ያወቅሁ ዕለት ነው። ሙሉ ቃለ ምልልሱን በሚቀጥለው እትማችን ይጠብቁ ...
ShareFour Ethiopian women sit on a bare stage. They wear brightly colored head coverings that match their outfits. The performance begins with them shaking their heads from side to side until the rhythm and routine build to their moving their shoulders and upper bodies. This performance, called Opus for Heads, from the Beta Dance...
ShareAlthough he’s based in Brooklyn, filmmaker Peter Buntaine’s mind is far away these days. He is preparing to film a feature length documentary in Ethiopia titled “Church Forest.” The film is about the last pieces of Northern Ethiopia’s once contiguous forest, the inhabitants living within the forest and the danger of deforestation facing these...
Share An ensemble of 10 Ethiopian dancers captured the rural spirit of the ancient African nation with an hour-long performance here of the traditional dances and music of the country. The dancers were from the National Theatre of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. They made the green lawns at the India International Centre here their...
ShareWith an amazing ability to bring together different streams of music, vibraphone master Mulatu Astatke is recognised as the orginator of his own invention: Ethio-jazz. Ahead of his first New Zealand show, Volume talked to the Godfather. The Ethiopian music scene has always stood out because of its incredible diversity. Spend a day listening...
ShareIn Ethiopia, the sick travel to Entoto mountain by the thousands. There, on the highest peak overlooking Addis Ababa, it is said that a pool of holy water can cure HIV/AIDS. For women that remain unhealed by the pool, ostracized by their families and without financial hope, design company Raven + Lily is providing...
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