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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...
Tirunesh Dibaba & Meseret Defar post victories in Boston
Boston, MA – Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia posted victories in their respective races at the 17th edition of New Balance Indoor Grand Prix here last night.
Dibaba won the women 2 Mile in 9:21.60, while Defar took first place in the 3,000m in 8:33.57.
The track meet, which is part of the USATF Visa Series, is held annually at the Reggie Lewis Track Facility at Roxbury Community College.
Rousing...
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,...
Tiki Gelana wins Half-Marathon race in Japan
Marugame, Japan – (IAAF) Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia broke away after 5Km and won the 66th annual Kagawa-Marugame Half Marathon race here today by nearly two minutes in 1:08:48. As expected, Gelana set a huge personal best, which stood at 1:10:22 until this morning.
Meanwhile, a race of attrition was in progress in the large chase pack behind the Ethiopian. By 20Km the chase pack was reduced to Kaoru...
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...
Mkwasa – We Respect Ethiopia
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Tanzania Daily News). — The national women soccer team, Twiga Stars coach, Boniface Mkwasa was delighted to learn that his team next opponents in the Africa Women Championship (AWC) qualifiers would be Ethiopia, but said they will not underrate them.
Ethiopia cruised to the next round and booked a corresponding date with Twiga Stars after dispatching Egypt on Sunday....
Samrawit Hailemariam Gets a New Chance At Life
Samrawit Hailemariam (Photo: CBS)
NEW YORK (CBS NewYork) – A little girl from Ethiopia, born with a potentially fatal facial disfigurement, will leave Manhattan for her homeland soon.
She has a new chance at life thanks to help from doctors and a special fund.
Samrawit Hailermariam, or Sami for short, acts like a typical 4-year-old but her life journey has been anything but ordinary.
From a remote...
Twiga Stars to Face Dinkinesh
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – TWIGA Stars will face regional rivals Ethiopia in the last qualifying round of the Africa Women Championship (AWC) qualifiers after the horn-of-Africa nation eliminated Egypt on Sunday to set up the thrilling first round tie with the Tanzania outfit.
The Ethiopian ladies nicknamed “Dinkinesh” defeated their Egyptian counterpart 4-0 in the return leg match...
Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant, Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina (USA) – My first visit to Meskerem on Kings Drive was a tentative one. I had never tasted Ethiopian food before and my only motivation for the trip was from “The Simpsons” foodie episode in which Marge’s taste buds having a party after taking one bite into the pancake-looking bread and variety of dips.
My date and I ordered beef sambusas for appetizers, which are...
Film Review: “Zeraf”, a tale of cultural clash, outrageous acts and acceptance
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - (The Reporter) What happens when an overaggressive, politically incorrect, prejudiced father with a special dislike for people from China to the point that he refuses to use Chinese product meets his future Chinese son in law? Issues of Cultural clashes take center stage in ‘Zeraf’ staring Shewaferaw Desalegn, Mekdes Tsegaye, and Lan Zhi.
The conflict centers on the relationship...
