The week opened not with speeches alone, but with recorded sounds, shared memories and searching conversations about what it means to preserve music in...
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....
The aroma of lasagna drifted through the kitchen at the Skylight Hotel this week, rich and comforting—yet distinctly Ethiopian. In place of traditional wheat...
History, Faith, and an Enduring Presence (Jerusalem, Israel) Around 95 kilometers from the town of Nazareth, the mountain ranges begin to rise, unfolding across the horizon...
Meaza Worku still remembers the first time she stepped into the Ethiopian National Theatre—a cavernous building whose silence feels older than its walls. She...
At the National Archives, a celebration of sound, image, and the power to remember On an overcast October morning in Addis Ababa, the quiet corridors...
Redefining a City’s Soundscape At Golden Tulip, Thursday nights transform into an oasis On Thursday nights in Addis Ababa, as the city’s traffic dissolves into...
A Young Photographer Captures Ethiopia’s Changing Landscape At just 24, Amanuel Tilahun has built his life around a camera lens. His journey into photography...
Born and raised in Bahir Dar, in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, filmmaker Elisabeth Adame traces her earliest connection to cinema to the quiet moments of...
On a recent afternoon in Addis Ababa’s Friendship Park, rows of glass vessels glimmered under museum lights. Round-bodied, long-necked, and unmistakably Ethiopian, the Berelé...
