Art
Tradition gets a twist
Irrecha fashion blends roots and reinvention
In the bustling district of Shiro Meda on September 26, 2023, a vibrant scene unfolded in Addis Ababa during...
Pendulum swings again for nightlife DJs
Music is a vibrant cultural force that both shapes and reflects the societies within which it evolves. In Ethiopia, this relationship between musical expressions...
Breathing life into comics
On the evening of September 5, 2023, as the sun began its descent behind the hills of Addis Ababa, a collection of creatives converged...
From Kalashnikov to the brush
Brothers at War, was the phrase used by the Western media to describe the Ethio-Eritrea war that took place from May 1998 to June 2000.
To live or leave: the story of roommates
The informal term for roommate is roomie, which is commonly used by university students in different parts of the world.
It is getting quiet in here!
Given the city’s status as the headquarters of the African Union and the special attachment that the country has with reggae artists, which they publicize in their songs, one would expect A-list artists would be flocking to Addis Ababa to perform all the time.
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Dire Dawa: city in the doldrums
People used to refer to Dire Dawa as the second biggest city in Ethiopia. Indeed the town was once a vibrant trade center in the eastern part of the country and it was all thanks to the now defunct Ethio-Djibouti Railway System.