By MAAZA MENGISTE i-am-a-man-protest1Ernest C. Withers When we lose a body, we lose everything. Today in class, I was prepared to talk about Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition, a collection of short stories set against the backdrop of the Iraq wars. I was prepared to talk about the role of politics in art, of the
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By Hermi Hermona Jigesa የእኛ ጉዶች ከጓዳ ሲወጡ ============== በሃና ላይ የደረሰው ጉድ፣ ጉድ ያሰኛል፡፡ የድሮው ኢቲቪ፣የአሁኑ ኢቢሲ ስለ ሃና ምን አለ? ልማታዊ ጋዜጠኞቹስ ምን አሉ? ምንም፡፡ ከተሞቻችን የከተሞች ቀን ሲያከብሩ የከተማ ኗሪውንስ መቼ ይሆን የሚያከብሩት? አይታወቅም፡፡ጫት እንደ ጉድ ሲቃም፣ ሃሺሽና ሺሻ እንደ ጉድ ሲጨስ፣ መጠጥ እንደ ጉድ ሲጠጣ ምን ተባለ? ምንም፡፡ እፀ ፋርሶች የሰው ህሊናን
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By Hermi Hermona Jigesa የእኛ ጉዶች ከጓዳ ሲወጡ ============== በሃና ላይ የደረሰው ጉድ፣ ጉድ ያሰኛል፡፡ የድሮው ኢቲቪ፣የአሁኑ ኢቢሲ ስለ ሃና ምን አለ? ልማታዊ ጋዜጠኞቹስ ምን አሉ? ምንም፡፡ ከተሞቻችን የከተሞች ቀን ሲያከብሩ የከተማ ኗሪውንስ መቼ ይሆን የሚያከብሩት? አይታወቅም፡፡ጫት እንደ ጉድ ሲቃም፣ ሃሺሽና ሺሻ እንደ ጉድ ሲጨስ፣ መጠጥ እንደ ጉድ ሲጠጣ ምን ተባለ? ምንም፡፡ እፀ ፋርሶች የሰው ህሊናን
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This relationship isn’t paying off—at least not for most Zimbabweans.(Reuters/Diego Azubel/Pool) WRITTEN BY Jake Flanagin Did you read the story on Chinese investment in Africa? They’re being published in droves, usually with a vaguely racist headline, like “Booming African lion economies gear up to emulate Asians.” Their texts inevitably frame African nations as witless newcomers
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By Alemayehu G Mariam ሜሮን ጌትነት ሃገሬ Meron Getnet Hagere: http://youtu.be/4ojRIPrO_Aw Meron Getnet The poet-artist with an “unconquerable soul”? Last week, Meron Getnet, the extraordinary young Ethiopian actress, put out on Youtube a powerful Amharic poem entitled, “Hagere, Hizbe, Kibre” (My Country, My People, My Honor). The last time I “saw” Meron was this past
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Ethiopia has not been a good example over the decades despite priding itself of not having been colonised. DEVELOP ME WITH TAPIWA GOMO There are number of reasons why the world may not have fairly judged Ethiopia, some of which include the 1984 drought, the incompatibility of their governance to those of the generally acceptable
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Geldof’s right to fight ebola. But, for all its noble intentions, Band Aid’s done more harm than good, writes IAN BIRRELL By Ian Birrell for the Daily Mail Bob Geldof, left, and Midge Ure, right, have teamed up again on the 30th anniversary of Band Aid to re-record the single to raise money to fight
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By Amnesty International Thousands of members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are being ruthlessly targeted by the state based solely on their perceived opposition to the government, said Amnesty International in a new report released today. “Because I am Oromo” – Sweeping repression in the Oromia region of Ethiopia exposes how Oromos have
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HuffPost Germany | By Sebastian Christ When the crisis in Ukraine first escalated in February, many German experts on Russia were caught off guard. Almost none of them had foreseen that the revolution in Kiev would be followed by the events in Crimea. Not least because many journalists and scientists had misjudged Vladimir Putin. While much
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By Nathan Jacobson Hani Jacobson is an OB-GYN nurse at CentraCare Health Plaza. She moved to America from Mogadishu, Somalia when she was eight years old. (Photo: Kimm Anderson, St. Cloud Times) Editor’s Note: Sahan Journal readers sent a flurry of hateful messages about Hani Jacobson, a Somali mother and a nurse in the town of St.
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