As a music lover, I’ve always been open to different genres and musicians. I always want to hear the next best thing. Over the last few years, I’ve been privy to a lot of new and good music. Meklit and I have never met. We have mutual friends and have heard about each other. It [...]
Published by April 9th, 2010 in African, Music and Social.Tag Archive for 'ethiopia'
Ethiopia from olivia wyatt on Vimeo. Filmmaker Olivia Wyatt went to Ethiopia to document the music of 13 different tribes for her a film on tribal Music on Ethiopia. Along with the film, she took some Polaroid’s of her experiences with the locals. The shots somehow found my inbox via two sources. See more on [...]
Published by March 2nd, 2010 in African, Design and Social.This is a question I have frequently encountered growing up as an Ethiopian kid in the middle of nowhere, Texas. Actually, the question was more of “what are you?” I would rightly claim my Ethiopian identity each time it was asked but as I got older and moved to a part of the country where [...]
Published by August 27th, 2009 in Thoughts.Gofere Gofere or Afro in English, is one of my favorite hairstyles on a lady. The first thing that comes in my mind when thinking about gofere are the women patriots (arbegnoch) that fought the Italians during the war and occupation of Ethiopia (1935-1941) These freedom fighters fought side by side with their male counterparts [...]
Published by February 13th, 2009 in African, Music, Podcast and Series.
