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FILM: Motherland

[Translate] Motherland (Enat Hager) is a bold, epic journey through Africa with a authentic African voice. Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa’s past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive [...]

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BOOK RELEASE: Beneath the Lion´s gaze by MAAZA MENGISTE

[Translate] An epic tale of a father and two sons, of betrayals and loyalties, of a family unraveling in the wake of Ethiopia’s revolution. This memorable heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution.  Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the [...]

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VIDEO: Two contemporary ways of making Ingera in USA!

[Translate] Injera- The Self-Rising Flour Step Ingera factory in D.C.

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“Mezeker Means To Remember” Mike Ellis (Def Poetry)

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MOVIE: Sele Feker

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MOVIE: Desert Flower – Liya Kebede’s Upcoming Movie

[Translate] More Pictures of Liya Movie Mysterious, proud, beautiful, as the young Somalierin Waris Dirie (Liya Kebede) in a London fast-food restaurant by star photographer Terry Donaldson (Timothy Spall) is detected, celebrating the international fashion world inspired the birth of a new top models. But behind the glamorous facade hides a deeply moving destiny. Born in [...]

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VIDEO: Mixing ethiopian beats to arabic lyrics

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Eritrean Scandinavian Festival in Stockholm – the can do people

[Translate] Fellow Eritreans and friends of Eritrea ! Once again the Eritrean National Holidays Organizing Committee in Stockholm – Sweden or more known as Awahahadit Shimagele Hagerawi Beealat is proud to present the annual Eritrean Festival. It will take place at Eggeby Gård located on the field between Rinkeby-Tensta and Husby. This year the festival will [...]

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The Penguin Prize for African Writing

[Translate] Penguin Books is pleased to announce today a new literary award for writers from the African continent. The Penguin Prize for African Writing has two categories: one each for a previously unpublished full-length work of adult fiction and non-fiction. The prize in each category will be R50 000 and a publishing contract with Penguin Books [...]

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VIDEO: Go Forth And Multiply – the Ethiopian way!

[Translate] “How the Ethiopians used the same mathematical approach to multiplications as computers do these days by using powers of two and divisions.” This is brillant! And strange. And then again, brillant! This short video aired on swedish television at a late hour and I just happend to see it randomly. Is this system still in use? What is it called? Some many [...]

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VIDEO: Ethiopia Watch Over Me

[Translate] Kenny Allen is a singer/songwriter/producer from Washington, DC, who now is living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The music video directed by Aida Muluneh with Zeleman Productions filmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more about Kenny Allen´s latest record at Addis Connexion or go direct to his homepage at http://www.kenny-allen.com/

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VIDEO: Obama to a Teddy Afro beat…

[Translate] Keep it up ethiofekade! : a Here is another movie to the same beat…

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VIDEO: Solomon Deressa, one of the greatest Ethiopian poets…

[Translate] Read more about Solomon Deressa´s work “Letter from ADDIS ABABA” in a post by Addis Journal

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Ethiopian Coffee Brands Go Global, Wake Up Local Economy

[Translate] Before branding, some farmers cut down valuable trees to plant a narcotic By Phillip Kurata Staff Writer Washington — Ethiopia is beginning what it hopes is a steady climb out of poverty, with strong reliance on intellectual property rights protection. “I believe that every country, whether poor or rich, has the capacity to create intellectual property assets,” says Ethiopian [...]

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