What’s out Addis Arts and Culture
Author Mihret Sibhat was born and raised in a small town in western Ethiopia before moving to California when she was seventeen. A graduate of California State University, Northridge, and the University of Minnesota’s MFA program, she was a 2019 A Public Space Fellow and a 2019 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grantee. Her […]
The History Of A Difficult Child; Debut Novel Read More »
The 17th Ethiopian International Film Festival (EARTHOPIAN), in partnership with TeleBirr, willbe organized from 1-5 May 2023, at Ethiopian Officers Club and Russian Cultural Institute. Thefestival will be celebrated with various events including screenings, a three days-long filmMarket Expo and closing/award ceremony, in the presence of a great number of targetedpotential local and foreign participants.The
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The much beloved Ethiopian nun, classical pianist, violinist and composer has died at 99. She spent the last 40 years living in an Ethiopian monastery in Jerusalem, following her mother’s death in 1984 when Emahoy and her family found themselves targeted as aristocrats and had to flee the country. Born in Addis Ababa and named
The Musical Nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: 1923-2023 Read More »
What can’t you find in Merkato, the open-air market near Piazza that is a city unto itself? A new children’s book, Spaced, follows the young Fekadu, a boy with his head in the clouds, as he finds an old motorcycle helmet and remakes it into a spacesuit, ready for a flight to the moon. While
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Gudi fecha ጉዲፈቻ is originally a practice indigenous to the Oromo culture, which allows ‘outsiders’ and children to integrate and be fully accepted in the social order. Beyond just being tolerated into the society, the newcomers are to be treated really well, like welcomed guests into a warm community. The local adoptions are open, meaning
Lions Roaring Far From Home ~ An Anthology By Ethiopian Adoptees Read More »
Disney has put a Queen of Sheba a one hour scripted drama series is in development. Sheba, is also exec co produced by actress-writer-producer Azie Tesfai who came up with the idea (Tesfai was born and raised in California, the daughter of Eritrean immigrants who grew up in Ethiopia). The drama explores the rise to
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‘Extraordinary and thrilling … This story should be known to every man, woman and child’ – Lemn Sissay In 1868, British troops charged into the mountain empire of Ethiopia, stormed the citadel of its monarch Tewodros II and grabbed piles of his treasures and sacred manuscripts. They also took his son – six-year-old Prince Alamayu – and
BOOK REVIEW: “The Prince and the Plunder” By Andrew Heavens Read More »
By Edom Belete Habtegebriel Clouds are water droplets that have evaporated and float in the sky until they precipitate, falling as rain to the ground. But nowhere does the water fall on the place it started from. There is a constant shift. Not many, aside from those who study clouds, pay that much attention to
Artist Alemayehu Biratu: Profile Read More »
What’s Out! Addis, in partnership with Hilton Addis Ababa, presents The Big Art Sale 2023. The Big Art Sale, now in its 18th year, has become the most awaited annual event for art lovers and artists alike. It is regularly attended by over 5000 people over the weekend. The Big Art Sale is one of
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Kassmasse (Fikru Semma), an Ethiopian artist, took home the award for Best East African Artist at the 2022 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). The annual awards ceremony, which was created in 2013 by the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in partnership with the African Union (AU), honors outstanding achievement in the
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