Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Art

Entangled Stories

A meditation on migration and disappearance In a sunlit veranda in Merkato, in a neighborhood known as Abba Koran Sefer, a young boy once stood...

Healing Through the Arts

Where Words Often Fail It was a quiet morning at Grace Care Homes in Addis Ababa when, for one elderly resident, the haze of dementia...

Where Art Makes Its Own Light

 Inside AAU’s “Angafa” night, where music, poetry and chance converge By 11 p.m., the hall at the Addis Ababa University Cultural Center was already alive...

The Palace That Waited

The Rebirth of Jimma’s Historic Aba Jifaar Palace The first thing you notice is not the roof. It is not the woodwork, nor the symmetry...

Addis Jazz Festival at Five

 Ethio-Jazz Legends Meet a New Generation The Ghion Hotel’s Ballroom in Addis Ababa is set to become the center of a musical reckoning from February...

A Pan-African vision: From Accra to Addis  and the Business of Culture

Royal Panford, a Ghanaian social worker and business leader, has become a familiar figure in Ethiopia’s humanitarian and cultural circles. Known for his work...
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From Fine Dining to Food Trucks

Marcus Samuelsson’s New Chapter in Addis Ababa When Marcus Samuelsson returned to Addis Ababa, it was not merely a homecoming. It was a statement about...

In Conversation with the Seasons

Tesfaye Bekele marks a decade of work with a new solo exhibition Ten years ago, Tesfaye Bekele fulfilled a childhood ambition with his debut exhibition...

Ancient Faith, Reclaimed: Rewriting Ethiopia’s Sacred Past

“History as Medicine”: A scholar argues Ethiopia’s future depends on telling its past right Raised in a landscape where history is not preserved behind glass...
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The Work Behind the Applause

A Life Spent Building the Systems Behind the Music Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Teshome Wondimu grew up in Fitber, a neighborhood where music...

Before the Music Vanishes: Archiving East Africa’s Musical Heritage

The week opened not with speeches alone, but with recorded sounds, shared memories and searching conversations about what it means to preserve music in...

Delayed Promises: Gheralta’s Sacred Cliffs Still Wait in Silence

The sandstone massifs of Gheralta—those improbable, cliff-carved sanctuaries that cling to Ethiopia’s northern highlands—have long been counted among the country’s most extraordinary cultural treasures....
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From Wolayta to the World: Gifaataa joins UNESCO Heritage List

Tesfaye Feo, a 48-year-old anesthesiologist in Addis Ababa, has spent more than a decade in the capital, far from his birthplace of Areka in...

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