Arts & Culture

Fekat Circus is one of the few independent creative/cultural spaces in the heart of Addis. It cultivates a new generation of creative minds and spreads positive emotions involving children of all backgrounds into the circus world. It is a circus troupe searching and staging artistic performances in Ethiopia and abroad. It is the organiser of the African […]

Born and raised in Jimma in 1941, the singer rose to fame in the 1960s, matching his Ethiopian heritage against jazz improvisation and  a soulful appeal. Performing with the famed Police Orchestra in Addis Ababa, Alemayehu Eshete enjoyed his first hit ‘Seul’ in 1961 before going on to form his own Alem-Girma Band. Releasing 30

Ethiopian artefacts that were looted at the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 have been officially handed over to Ethiopian Embassy in London by the Scheherazade Foundation. The items include a handwritten Ethiopian Bible, crosses, an Imperial shield, a set of beakers, an icon and a magical scroll, were procured by the Scheherazade Foundation through a

Lemn Sissay has been named in the Queen’s annual Birthday Honours List (UK). The University of Manchester Chancellor, poet and playwright Lemn Sissay, has been awarded an OBE for services to Literature and Charity in the Queen’s Birthday Honour’s List. Since taking up the Chancellorship in 2015, Lemn Sissay MBE has contributed to the University