Category: Interviews

“I find that interplay between our world of flesh and the Spirit still existing in Ethiopia. I felt it most acutely when I traveled this year to the South among the Omo people.”

A 22-year-old university student from Gambella won the title of Miss Ethiopia beauty competition held in Addis Ababa last week.

High School students in California assist in building a community center nearly completed, in the small village of Gira Dima in Ethiopia.

Here are our 20 favorite people we interviewed and/or featured their work last year. Happy 2009!

How do you feel? That was the question we posed to some of our readers and contributors right after the historic election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States. Here are their reflections:

I live in Canada and I am writing this from Ethiopia on my way to Sudan. Couchsurfing all along. How many of us crash on our friend’s friend or friend’s cousin’s couch when traveling?

The annual soccer tournament, hosted by ESFNA, was held in the nation’s capital this year. Where you there? Have your say.

As a Black man born and raised in America, it never occurred to Steven Ivory that he would face racism and mistrust on a Friday night in an Ethiopian restaurant.

Publisher’s Note: We ran this article on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007. Today’s edition includes photos by Stuart Tyson from the gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday evening. Enjoy!

Here are hot shots from USDFA’s New York Gala Benefit at Cipriani Wall Street (55 Wall Street), honoring, among others, Russell Simmons (Chairman & CEO of Rush Communications).

According to the singer’s upcoming international tour dates posted on her website, the 26-year-old R&B star is scheduled to perform at the Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 17, 2007.

We braid it, cornrow it, plait it, dread it. Hair may seem like a simple feature to many people, but it is more than just fashion in today’s world. It is social, cultural, and political.

In 1979, Fidel Castro welcomed 2,400 Ethiopian students to Havana. Interview with filmmaker Aida Muluneh about the untold story of Ethiopians in Cuba.

Norman Perdue apologized on Sunday following a Tadias article that raised questions about the Mesgana Dancers’ dizzying travel schedule and his failure to acknowledge the support of Ethies in New York.

Can I just put this out there: there are some crazy fucking Ethiopians with internet access. You don’t believe me? Read on!

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We recently had the opportunity to interview Julio Leitao, the internationally renown producer, choreographer, musicologist, and consultant to governments on matters of traditional African culture.

My modeling career started about five years ago following my brief involvement with a modeling contest search called “The Face of Africa”.