Jumping from 14,000 feet high,
Published by August 17th, 2007 in Personal and Social.Archive for August, 2007
The Sixth Ethiopian Music festival was held between January 9, 2007 through January 17, 2007. This year, the festival was dedicated to Amha Eshete, Ethiopia’s first independent music producer. Though I was in Addis during some of these dates, prior engagements and unforseen events prevented me to attend all but one date. [...]
Ethiopia Hagere: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Almaz Yeharerwa: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIt was at the University of Maryland’s ESAi’s annual culture show we were introduced to Mike E. There was so much hype surrounding him as an artist I couldn’t wait for his performance. I don’t think any of us were ready for what was in store for us. His performance began with an introduction video [...]
Published by August 13th, 2007 in Music and Poetry.First off I would like to apologize in advance for those who are apt to be sensitive. I was once asked a question;
Why should they support you?
I believe it was Chelema that eloquently put it on a reply to a comment I made. He was referring to the level of [...]
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i wrote this email to my friends about three weeks ago about my experience in Ethiopia. for what it worth, i thought the bernos community would like to hear about some of the things I experienced.
enjoy. any feedback/questions/comments are welcome.
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it’s been some 18 days since I got to addis and this will be the [...]