Tag Archive for 'ethiopian'



Ethiopians immigrants 19 Comments

One Aspect of the Ethiopians’ life in Washington their tense relations with the African Americanis especially perplexing. In certain respects, says Yosef Ford of the Ethiopia Community Center, Ethiopians are drawn to this city because of its highly developed black community and its vibrant black political, economical, and social structure not to mention its well-established [...]

NiT'ir Kibe 40 Comments

A friend who decided to cook for a group of people did not have NiTr Kibe, so she decided to cook with regular butter. I must say it lacked depth compared to what I am used to. Ethiopian food is complicated to start from scratch. In a sense, all ethnic food is complicated. For Indian [...]

I am Against music sharing! 20 Comments

Especially for our Ethiopia artists! Sources told me that Zeritu was paid a flat rate of 13,000$ for distribution rights in North America and Europe of her new album. That was big for someone new but small in comparison to what possible profits it would have made if all copies of her CD’s were to [...]

Aheya! 1,059 Comments

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 for [...]

Aleqa Mezmur Za Dawit 133 Comments

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 [...]