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Renew Capital Invests in Ethiopian Audiobook and Podcast Company Teraki

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Two tech innovators have created a diverse online audio platform for amplifying Ethiopia’s tradition of storytelling. The company’s name is Teraki, the Amharic word for storyteller, and its two founding entrepreneurs, Nahom Tsegaye and Abel Engida are developing audiobooks and podcasts in various Ethiopian languages including Amharic, Tigrinya and Afaan Oromoo, mostly written by popular […]

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Ethiopian singer Sintayehu Belay has released her debut EP

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The project is available on all major streaming and download platforms, with the video of the song ‘Abanenegn’ also out. The five-track EP combines retro Ethiopian sounds with a dash of the modern and incorporates traditional instruments like the kirar and masinko. It is also fused with West African musical elements. The album was produced

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ZIGZAG SPACE

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ZIGZAG space is a new must-see location in Addis Abeba. The gallery opened recently and is a center for the arts and crafts world. A variety of creative outputs have come together to create the space. ZIGZAG space reflects over 20 years of hard work and the work of many people. The space showcases a collection

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Black Panther; Wakanda Forever And Films Connections To Ethiopia

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a 2022 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Black Panther. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Black Panther (2018) and the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the film, the leaders of Wakanda

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Teenage Ethiopian American Author Writes Bilingual Books For Kids

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Leyla Marie Fasika Angelidis, a 14-year-old young Ethiopian American author has co-authored 8 bilingual books featuring stories about life in Ethiopia.  She was born in Ethiopia in 2008, and was brought to Seattle as a baby. A few years later Leyla learned from her mom that children in Ethiopia don’t always have the chance to

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The Other Side

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Film About Two Orphan Boys Inspired by a true story, this film is aimed at raising awareness for the Ethiopian orphan crisis. In 2018, 20-year old filmmaker Josh Leong travelled to Ethiopia and during his time in the country, he created a documentary series on Ethiopia’s abandoned children crisis. Currently around five million Ethiopians between

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Annual Hub Of Africa Addis Fashion Week Is Back

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Hub of Africa Addis Fashion Week (HAFW) is back once again this year with its annual international showcase from October 19-23, 2022 at Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa, Kana Studio & Italian Embassy. Since 2010, HAFW has featured over 150 international, continental and local designers. HAFW takes great pride in having been a launching and showing platform

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