When was the last time you were served by a male waiter in an Ethiopian restaurant? If you are like me, only once; and in that instance the waiter happened to the owner of the restaurant. Ethiopian restaurants servers, in general are only females. Of course, I am talking about the restaurants here in the [...]
Published by April 14th, 2006 in Design and Food.Tag Archive for 'united-states'
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 [...]
Published by March 28th, 2006 in Music.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) [...]
