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The glimmering light in Ethiopian Cinema
The framing, color composition, camera movements could definitely alter the way a picture is received by the audience. An Ethiopian cinematographer, Abirham Haile Biru, says that an understanding of the concept of film details could have a big implication in the final output. His heart is captivated with the simple beautiful stories.
One of his films entitled ‘Abouna’ (our father) got him critical...
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian and social crises – population growth. It is a critical time to talk about this subject because for the first time, in 2011 the world population reached 7 billion; a startling seven-fold increase since the first billion occurred 200 years ago.
Population...
Tadias Magazine: Interview with Elias Negash
New York (TADIAS) – The latest CD by California-based musician Elias Negash, whose songwriting combines Ethiopian music with international influences, is entitled Jazzed Up. “It is a reflection of the various dynamic genres incorporated into the music,” Elias said in a recent interview with Tadias Magazine. “Ethio-smooth is included along with R&B, Reggae and Salsa.” He added: ” In...
Why Did the African Union Snub Emperor Haile Selassie?
Emperor Haile Selassie with Ketema Yifru (Photo: www.oau-creation.com)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Assembly of the African Union this month. The leaders took the opportunity to inaugurate the new Headquarter building constructed at a cost of 200 million US dollars as a donation of the Chinese government.
Amidst the many dazzling features enjoyed...
Bayu’s Ethiopian Cuisine – San Diego
San Diego, California – Bayu’s has been open for just over a year at the corner of 5th and University in Hillcrest. Despite it’s forgettable facade, the doors open onto a nicely laid out dining room with white linen on the tables, big windows, a spacious bar, and a facsimile of a thatched hut covering some tables in the back of the dining room.
The restaurant runs full lunch and...
Club H2O makes big splash
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – One of the most highly anticipated additions to Addis Ababa’s night life was officially inaugurated on Thursday, January 26th 2012. Heavily promoted with flyers, billboards and intensive advertisements on the cities airwaves, the new club, H2O, at Yoly Building on Mickey Leyland Street stands out as one of the most sophisticated night clubs in Addis.
The club employs...
Jazz & World Music Festival in Ethiopia
Gyrum Mezmur, leader of Addis Acoustic group (Photo: © http://www.rnw.nl/africa)
During the last four days, some of the Ethiopia’s finest and most talented jazz musicians and selected bands from abroad have been playing in the “Acacia Jazz Festival & World Music”. It is one of the first “Outdoor Jazz” festivals to be held in Addis Ababa and it is designed to entertain not only...
Nile Ethiopian Restaurant opens in Rochester
Rochester, New York – Nile Restaurant has been on the sign for a few months, but a more important sign went up just last week: Now Open.
Owner Halefom “Rico” Dorry is happy to be serving dishes from his native Ethiopia at last.
“People always enjoyed our food when they came over for meals, and several of them said we should consider opening a restaurant,” says Dorry, who grew up in Rochester,...
Restaurant Review: Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant in Boston
Boston, MA – An Ethiopian meal among friends is the very definition of breaking bread. There are no utensils, just stacks of the spongy flat bread known as injera, used both to cradle and to scoop a range of mild to spicy salads and stews served on a common plate. A recent, welcome addition to the string of small, unpretentious eateries in Jamaica Plain’s Hyde Square, Blue Nile offers fresh,...
Meklit Hadero: The Great Harmonizer
Meklit Hadero of Ethiopia (Photo: Montreal Mirror Magazine)
Montreal, Canada – With a voice as fresh as the flower that’s always tucked into her hair, Meklit Hadero mixes genres and styles, as comfortable with Ethiopian jazz as San Francisco coffeehouse folk. Always active, she’s releasing two albums this year, is a TED senior fellow (a title bestowed upon “young world-changers” in the...
