አደገኛው የማህበራዊ ሚድያ የውሸት አለም

ሁኔታው ይህ ሆኖ ሳለ ይህ ቴክኖሎጂያዊ እመርታ የሰው ልጅ ህልውና ላይ የፈጠረው አደጋ ራሱ ቴክኖሎጂው የፈጠረው ሳይሆን ቴክኖሎጂው ማህበረሰብ ውስጥ ያለውን ክፉ አውሬ አደባባይ የማውጣት ችሎታው ነው። ማህበረሰብ ውስጥ ያለው ክፉ አውሬ ደግሞ የሰው ልጅ ህልውና ላይ አይነተኛ አደጋ ይሆናል። Continue reading →

የበኒ ዐምሩ ወጣት

ባለፉት ጥቂት ዓመታት ባደረግኩት ፍተሻ እንደተረዳሁት የወጣቱን ፎቶግራፍ ያነሳው ለአሜሪካው ናሽናል ጂኦግራፊክ ሶሳይቲ ይሠራ የነበረ ጀምስ ብሌር የሚባል የፎቶ ጋዜጠኛ ነው፡፡ ብሌር ፎግራፉን ያነሳው እ.ኤ.አ. በ1965 በያኔዋ ሰሜን ምዕራብ ኢትዮጵያ (በአሁኗ ኤርትራ ምዕራባዊ ክፍል) በምትገኘው የተሰነይ ከተማ አቅራቢያ ነው፡፡ ወጣቱ የበኒ ዐምር ጎሳ ተወላጅ ስለመሆኑ በናሽናል ጂኦግራፊ መጽሔት ላይ ተገልጾ ነበር (በድረ ገጹም ላይ ይገኛል)፡፡ Continue reading →

Ali Birra – the Universal Ambassador of the Oromo Language and Culture

By Mekkonen Taddese Ali Birra is a virtuous creative singer. His melodies are rooted in Oromo culture. His lyrics are deeply philosophic. His vocal talent is amazing. He is rich in words. That is why Ali Birra’s songs are liked by many – be it those who speak the Oromifa language/Afaan Oromoo/ or those who … Continue reading →

Piracy: from movies to trademarks- common & simple in Ethiopia

Not even a slow internet can stop the bootleggers of Addis Ababa DOWNLOADING a movie, legally or not, is prohibitively slow in Ethiopia, thanks to glacial internet speeds. Bootleg DVDs are everywhere, but even so it can be hard to find a reasonable-quality version of the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Only one cinema in Addis Ababa, … Continue reading →

Ethiopia’s addiction to Kana TV

From a half dozen individuals working from cafés and borrowed offices for the first six months formulating the business plan and strategic direction, Kana TV has grown to occupy four floors of a tower block in the centre of Addis Ababa. It has around 180 mostly young Ethiopian staff – the median age is 25, with 50% female – including a dubbing team of about 100. Continue reading →

​ፓስተሮቹ ምን እየሰሩ ነው?

በአብይ ሰለሞን መንደርደርያ ኢትዮጵያ በአለም ከምትታወቅባቸው ዋነኛው የጥንታዊ ስልጣኔና የራሷ የሆነ ልዩ ሀይማኖታዊ ማንነቷና ባህሏ ነው። በኢትዮጵያ የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶና እስልምና ረዥም ታሪክ ያላቸው ሃይማኖቶች  ሲሆኑ ተመሳሳይ የኦርቶዶክስም ሆነ የእስልምና ሃይማኖቶች በሌላው አለም ካላቸው ስርዓትና ምዕመኖች ራሱን የቻለ እጅግ ልዩ የእምነት፣ የመቻቻል፣ ልዩ ስርዓትና ቅርሶች ባለቤት ናቸው። ብዙ ታዛቢዎች፣ ተጓዦችና የታሪክ ፀሃፊዎች በተደጋጋሚ ስለሃገሪቱ ልዩ … Continue reading →

Vinyl records in Ethiopia: cultural artifacts or fetished commodities?

This Article appeared first on http://www.musicinafrica.net  By Amira Ali A new generation has come to appreciate Ethiopia’s rich musical history and reissues have made their way onto the international market. Trying to get hold of the original releases from the 60s and 70s on vinyl in Addis Ababa is a different ballgame, as Amira Ali … Continue reading →

Racers’ Passion Fuels Ethiopian Motor Sport

Ermias is too much obsessed with welding extra space at the back of his Fiat 600 car at a local garage to accommodate the Fiat 128 engine he assembled for a car race on the next day he is taking part- The 2nd Addis Ababa City Circuit of Ethiopian Motor Sports Association. This is part of … Continue reading →