Selam Hiz’boche –back at you, once more to lecture about an alarming anxiety. The Ethio-male, too often are being depicted as struggling to express themselves emotionally in appropriate ways, unable to think and feel at a deeper level, and sometimes not even good at ‘traditional male’ pursuits, including that of professionally and socially outside of [...]
Published by January 31st, 2007 in Advice.Archive for January, 2007
What really happened to the Wueyete Taxi cab? Its quaint the amount of influence economy plays a role in our daily life. Most of you would say duh, obviously; the more money you have the better you live. Well I am not talking about the individual existence rather the amount of cultural & traditional influence [...]
Published by January 29th, 2007 in Current Issues.I once heard filmmaker Haile Gerima speak: You know we have so many stories, so so many stories to be told” I couldn’t help but think that he couldn’t be so right. We Ethiopians lack the ability to speak about ourselves. Keeping secrets is not only tradition & culture but also a requirement. As the [...]
Published by January 27th, 2007 in Thoughts.Ethiopian artists are generally in a consensus. They would argue about the level of support the Ethiopian community provides the arts. Be it visual or music; most Ethiopian artists are apt to complain about it. In the same manner, plenty Ethiopian professional service providers protest, that the fellow Ethiopian consumer neglect Ethiopian owned businesses. At [...]
Published by January 24th, 2007 in Noteworthy.Continuing the series, the second song picked … The interest being on the song rather than the artist; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. Tizita, I probably do not need to say much her; this song has been around so long that no one knows the true [...]
