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FILM: Motherland

20 March 2010

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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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ARTICAL: The Real Genocide is Playing Out in Ethiopia–And the West is Funding It

26 October 2009

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Busting the myth As one of the first to write about the problems in West Sudan/Darfur, in mid 2003, and living side by side here in Asmara for three years with representatives of the Darfur, and other Sudanese resistance, my investigation has found no evidence of genocide. Of course, genocide has and is being committed by Ethiopia against [...]

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BOOK: When we ruled

1 June 2009

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When We Ruled is by far the best general work on the ancient and medieval history of Black people there has ever been. When We Ruled – Front CoverThis landmark publication, which is superbly illustrated with high quality photographs, maps and drawings, provides an extraordinary and cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeological data, the documentary evidence, and [...]

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25 things that you (might) not know about Africa (out of 100)

5 May 2009

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1. The human race is of African origin. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) were excavated at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered at Omo in Ethiopia that were dated at 195,000 years old, the oldest known in the world. 2. Skeletons of pre-humans have been found in [...]

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Belay Zeleke, The last Hero of Ethiopia

12 April 2009

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Belay Zeleke was born in 1896 in the Wollo province of Ethiopia to a mother of Wollo Borena and to a father of Gojam Berenta origins. At a very young age in a mysterious situation, Belay Zeleke killed his uncle which prompted him to flee his village and live as a fugitive isolated from [...]

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