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Ketema Yifru: The architect behind the OAU
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A country is best represented by its people or leadership and leaders are the ones who are of the people by the people and for the people.
As a result, leadership shapes the character, behavior and culture of its people and the country.
A country’s good or bad image is determined by the good or bad image of its leader.
In this regard, it is the right time for Ethiopia to...
North Texas family takes higher education to a new level
by JASON WHEELER
UNIVERSITY PARK — At an SMU commencement ceremony this weekend, Roza Essaw looked and sounded like a typical graduate.
“I just graduated. It’s exciting! It’s a wonderful feeling!” she said.
But her story is pretty remarkable. Essaw picked up bachelor’s degrees in political science, human rights and communications.
Three degrees. That’s impressive on its own. But...
Marcus Samuelsson: On Becoming A Top Chef
A longer version of this interview was originally broadcast on June 28, 2012.
Marcus Samuelsson owns two restaurants in New York City and two restaurants in Sweden. He’s cooked for President Obama and prime ministers, served as a judge on Top Chef and Chopped, and recently competed against 21 other chefs on Top Chef Masters. (He won.) He’s the youngest chef ever to receive two three-star...
Celebrating African Unity in Washington D.C.
Press Release
CELEBRATING AFRICAN UNITY
Washington D.C. – On Friday, May 24, 2013; the eve of the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU); now known as the African Union (AU), Little Ethiopia DC honors Emperor Haile Selassie I and 31 African Heads of State and Governments who founded the OAU. It also honors the over one billion resilient people of Africa...
Meet Morehouse College’s 2013 Valedictorian, Betsegaw Tadele, a Future World Leader
Betsegaw Tadele impressed the family and students in attendance at the 129th Morehouse commencement.
Meet Betsegaw Tadele. He is the 2013 Morehouse College Valedictorian, and has the added distinction of being one of only a few people to speak on the same stage as the President of the United States.
President Obama gave Morehouse’s 129th Commencement speech to thousands of family members,...
Ethiopia’s Bogaletch Gebre wins King Baudouin Prize
Ethiopian activist Bogaletch Gebre has won an international prize for her campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM).
Ms Gebre was awarded the King Baudouin Prize in Belgium for confronting “culturally entrenched taboo subjects”, the selection committee said.
She helped reduce cases of FGM from 100% of newborn girls to less than 3% in parts of Ethiopia, it said.
FGM is practised...
In quest of an exotic honeymoon
For Bethel Maru, 26, the most fascinating part of marriage is the . Currently, she is engaged to be married in a couple of years.
She feels that the books she read about love and marriage have impacted her view on the subject. “I don’t know why, but I worry about having a memorable honeymoon than an actual wedding,” she says. Bethel is not alone in insisting on having an exceptional honeymoon;...
Menbere Aklilu Named Commencement Speaker at Holy Names University
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Menbere Aklilu (Photo: salutemarinabay.com)
Menbere Aklilu, East Bay community leader, recipient of 2009’s Contra Costa Woman-Owned Business of the Year Award, and owner of Salute e Vita Ristorante in Richmond, Calif., will deliver the keynote address at Holy Names University’s (HNU) 87th commencement on Saturday, May 18.
Born in Ethiopia, Aklilu has demonstrated resilience, determination,...
Liya Kebede: The Ethiopian Supermodel With A Beautiful Heart
Ethiopian Supermodel, Liya Kebede, lights up runways in Paris and New York, all honey brown skinned and long limbed. And like Warie Daris, Iman, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks and her other black supermodel sisters, she broke through the colour barrier in the modelling world to become the first woman of colour appointed face of Estee Lauder cosmetics in a multimillion dollar contract in 2003 – it was...
The prince and the adventurer
By Wight Living
Prince Alemayehu Tewodros (Photo: Julia Margaret Cameron.)
FOR ME, one of the most haunting of all the images captured by Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is of an Ethiopian prince and his captor.
The picture illustrates the paradoxes of Britain’s 19th century imperial adventure.
By 1900, the British Empire controlled a quarter of the planet. Although ultimately enforced...
