Donkey is English is also known as Ass. When people say "…being and an ass," they are referring to a Donkey. In Ethiopia they have the same saying; "Ante Aheya." Ok, I checked this really; the word "Donkey" came to existence because they didn't want people to confuse Ass with Arse; Arse is butt [...]
Published by March 23rd, 2006 in Social.Archive for March, 2006
Or My great grandmother's older brother, he was a talented 19th /20th century painter sculpture and illustrator. I’m pretty sure most of you haven’t heard of him but I’m sure some of you have seen his work. He specialized in the church paintings and sculptures. Among the ones he worked on, is Kidist Mariam Bete [...]
Published by March 21st, 2006 in History.Meskerem Bekele's archive
Since this column is so popular, I'm making it available for all to read and enjoy. An archive from the last 11 issues from Zethiopia. Best vieiwed in PDF, download here. Otherwise in jpegs here.
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A lot is known about our famous singers. Through written biographies or TV and Radio interviews we are aware how they got started and where and when they sang a particular song. What is less known though are the stories behind the songs. The lyricists (yeGitim Derassi), the music writers (yeZema Derassi), the arrangers (aqenbabari) [...]
Published by March 15th, 2006 in Music, Noteworthy and Thoughts.
I know what you�re thinking. Why did I sign that 3 year contract for only an mp3/radio/camera/video/bluetooth cell phone? That's right, for some, that�s not enough. We will soon enter a phase of a far more sophisticated phone. For now, businesses are taking full advantage of it (of these ridiculous gadgets) and tomorrow it shall [...]
Published by March 14th, 2006 in Social and Thoughts.