What’s out Addis Arts and Culture
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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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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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 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
‘My connection with British Council Library started more than 30 year ago. At the time, the British Council was my only connection to the rest of the world. I joined the library as a member and I had access to different books, audiobooks (my favourite), and VHS movies. I miss British Council Library.’ This is
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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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The Alliance Ethio-Française of Addis Ababa and the French Embassy in Ethiopia are organizing a Book Fair as part of a project aimed at strengthening the use of the French language as a lever for access to employment in Ethiopia. This fair will be held from the 9th to the 17th of December 2022 within
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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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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
Meet Mastewal Abera, a children’s book author, librarian, and educator at ICS Addis who is passionate about her work. Come on Adey, her second published title, takes the reader on a journey through Addis Ababa in search of the adey the main character has promised to bring to her grandmother for New Year’s celebrations. Will
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