Author Archive for Nolawi



Getachew Kassa's 47 Comments

Eneeeeee wedeshaaalew…. aydelemmm dendeedede dedendeeem aydelemm! I recall 1988, the Hibret Tireet TV program comes one and this fancy looking skinny old man comes out to the foam, bubbles and fluorescent lights while consequently  moving his fist up down & up down. I remember thinking that it had to be the best Amharic music video [...]

The Alien Ethiopian! 36 Comments

When I was asked about a week ago, how the designs for the new set of Bernos shirts are going, and I responded by saying well. We drew up concept after concept and showed them around. Most received bilateral reactions. We wanted to proceed with designs that had mass appeal from the group of people [...]

Ye Nazareth Fabirca Setoch! 638 Comments

The Fabirica I referring to is Nazareth School. Over the past five or so years I’ve had the honor of meeting girls from the above mentioned school. Forgive the generalization, because generalizations are never 100% accurate. Still though, I love generalizations because they are truthful in their intent. The intent being to simplified truth. I [...]

Wok Wot! 44 Comments

About five years ago I bought a Wok. Why? because the Japanese version the Iron Chef became the hottest show on the Food Network. For those of you who do not know, I cook a mean everything. Bobby Flay’s southwestern style mixed with anything works for me. Just wait till you taste my cheese steak [...]

Cheb Cheb 14 Comments

If you thought that Melkamu Tebeje's Awassa Langano was the hottest tune that ever graced the air-waves back in the early pre-revolution seventies, there was and still is very little or no hope for you.You didn't know it then, but your taste of zefen represented the first tell-tale sign that you were and will remain [...]