By Derek Fanning The Simien Mountains in Northern Ethiopia are vast and beautiful, and, like all mountains, they can be extremely challenging. Few would undertake to scale them without proper weatherproof clothing and sturdy boots. But some people are made of sterner stuff as I discovered when climbing the slopes of a mountain called Bwahit,
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By Derek Fanning The Simien Mountains in Northern Ethiopia are vast and beautiful, and, like all mountains, they can be extremely challenging. Few would undertake to scale them without proper weatherproof clothing and sturdy boots. But some people are made of sterner stuff as I discovered when climbing the slopes of a mountain called Bwahit,
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By Gemoraw, Gondar Online መ/ር ሳሙኤል ተስፋዬ ጥያቄ በየዓመቱ የጥምቀት በዓል በድመቀት ይከበራል፡፡ ከበዓሉ በፊት የከተራ በዓል የሚከበርበትን ታሪካዊና ሃይማኖታዊ ፋይዳውን ብታብራሩልን ዮስቲና ከአዲስ አበባ መልሱ ከተራ ከበበ ካለው የግእዝ ግሥ የወጣ ነው፡፡ ፍችው ውኃ መከተር፣ መገደብ ማለት ነው፡፡ የጥምቀት ዋዜማ ታቦተ ሕጉ ከቤተ መቅደስ ወጥቶ ውኃ ባለበት አካባቢ ስለሚያድር የየአጥቢያው ሕዝብ እየተሰበሰበ በወንዝ ዳር ወይም
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By Gemoraw, Gondar Online መ/ር ሳሙኤል ተስፋዬ ጥያቄ በየዓመቱ የጥምቀት በዓል በድመቀት ይከበራል፡፡ ከበዓሉ በፊት የከተራ በዓል የሚከበርበትን ታሪካዊና ሃይማኖታዊ ፋይዳውን ብታብራሩልን ዮስቲና ከአዲስ አበባ መልሱ ከተራ ከበበ ካለው የግእዝ ግሥ የወጣ ነው፡፡ ፍችው ውኃ መከተር፣ መገደብ ማለት ነው፡፡ የጥምቀት ዋዜማ ታቦተ ሕጉ ከቤተ መቅደስ ወጥቶ ውኃ ባለበት አካባቢ ስለሚያድር የየአጥቢያው ሕዝብ እየተሰበሰበ በወንዝ ዳር ወይም
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Press Release CLINTON, Massachusetts – Sixty Ethiopian icons and artifacts from a European private collection will be on display at the Museum of Russian Icons here beginning January 21. “The Vibrant Art and Storied History of Ethiopian Icons” involves the German-based curator, Dr Marc Loerke, according to a press release whose full text is as
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And it all started with some goats…. Ethiopian coffee ceremony (Photo: Steve Evans) KALDI was an Ethiopian goat herder from Kaffa who is said to have “discovered” coffee after he noticed his goats dancing, unable to sleep at night and acting strange after they had eaten red berries from a certain tree. Many believe the
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By Sandra Dindi One of the best international writers of African decent, Dinaw Mengetsu, has been nominated for the prestigious Folio prize in 2015. The accomplished Ethiopian-American author was nominated last month alongside other favorite African writers-Damon Galgut and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. The £40,000 literature prize was initiated in 2014 to recognize accomplished literature writers
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By: Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN, Silicon Africa When tourists visit sub-Saharan Africa, they often wonder “Why there are no historical buildings or monuments?” The reason is simple. Europeans have destroyed most of them. We have only left drawings and descriptions by travelers who have visited the places before the destructions. In some places, ruins are still visible. Many
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By CHRISTINE MUNGAI, Mail & Guardian Africa Digitisation is allowing for virtual restitution of stolen artworks, and could even open the door to recreating slices of historic cultures in Africa. Benin bronze sculpture in the British Museum, London. (Photo: Flickr). AFRICA’S colonial experience not only displaced people, but histories, memories and cultural artefacts too. In the Congo, the
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By CHRISTINE MUNGAI, Mail & Guardian Africa Digitisation is allowing for virtual restitution of stolen artworks, and could even open the door to recreating slices of historic cultures in Africa. Benin bronze sculpture in the British Museum, London. (Photo: Flickr). AFRICA’S colonial experience not only displaced people, but histories, memories and cultural artefacts too. In the Congo, the
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