Samuel Yirga: Piano virtuoso
Posted on 14 October 2011 | 2:53 pm
(Source: Real World Records) – Samuel Yirga’s musical life so far has been full of obstacles: social restrictions, family regulations, hurdles thrown up by the reality of life. Yet in the face of all of this, the young and gifted pianist who grew up in the capital of Ethiopia and the centre of the heady [...]
Steve Jobs’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech
Posted on 8 October 2011 | 6:43 am
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.
Love stories of the late Asnaketch Worku
Posted on 2 October 2011 | 5:37 pm
By iZefen – Ethiopian veteran radio journalist Alemneh Wasse tells a candid story of the love life of an artist that lived life on the edge and yet was a revered icon of Ethiopian music lovers across generations. He presents a personal account of Asnaketch’s enigmatic love triangle set in the glitz and glamour of [...]
ONE NIGHT STAND: no strings attached
Posted on 23 September 2011 | 8:24 pm
(Source: Ethiopian Reporter) – The question of whether her parents were her true biological relatives did not cross Betelhem Tilahun’s mind for a moment during the first twenty years of her life. The illusion was finally shattered on the day she received an anonymous phone call from a woman claiming to be her biological mother. [...]
Searching for a missing dog in the city of stray dogs: Addis Ababa
Posted on 23 September 2011 | 7:26 pm
Directed by Miguel Llansó and Yohannes Feleke. Screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011. The search for a dog provides an exceptional insight into Ethiopia’s capital. Friends, street kids and a film crew go in search of ‘Leman’ who is missing in a city full of stray dogs. Do we believe what we see? [...]
Asnaketch Worku: “The Lady with the Kirar”
Posted on 17 September 2011 | 1:09 pm
By iZefen – “The kirar is a really powerful instrument” reckons a bed ridden Asnaketch Worku. “It stirs my emotions”, she reminisces fighting to hold back the swelling tears in her sunken eyes. She ironically longs to play the instrument hanging on the wall in front of her – an instrument that she played magically [...]
Eyob Mekonnen and DC
Posted on 7 September 2011 | 10:14 pm
By iZefen “Do you know where I was born?”, he asked with an intriguing voice that resonated well beyond the drums and bass that seemed to overwhelm him.” I was born in Harar”, he answered his own question. There was a sudden pause as the audience was trying to guess as to where this was [...]
Pictures from Eyob Mekonnen, Helen Berhe and Tibebu Workiye’s concert in DC
Posted on 3 September 2011 | 9:39 pm
11:38 PM – We are at DC star eagerly awaiting the start of the show…testing our mobile publishing platform as well. 12:07 AM- 12:14 AM- cant wait to see Eyob with his reggae vibes.. 12:32 AM – Tibebu werkiye kicks the show 12:56 – Helen hits the stage with extraordinary flamboyance Libe lante inji lelela [...]
2010 UMBC Valedictorian Benyam Kinde
Posted on 3 September 2011 | 8:23 pm
Benyam Kinde may not be a Nobel Prize winner yet, but he is headed in that direction: he was recently invited to attend this summer’s Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Germany as a young researcher. It is an honor that he has worked hard for throughout his time at UMBC. At the Howard Hughes Medical [...]
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