Author Archive for Nolawi



Mezmur & Hip Hop Collab! 61 Comments

The Pente Church is recruiting young Ethiopians unlike the Orthodox Church. Mezmur & Hip Hop! what's next? Its been a while since I went to a Pente wedding. I find it very very boring. No music, I mean no good music, only Machebcheb with some singing. A lot of Pente people are getting married. I [...]

Giambattista Bodoni 15 Comments

Giambattista Bodoni is an Italian engraver who designed the font known us Bodoni. He is the first font designer to create variations in stroke thicknesses. He developed a style in which parts of the fonts are hairline thin.  The serifs of Bodoni, in addition to being very thin, are also nearly perpendicular to the main [...]

Miscommunication between friends 16 Comments

I went to a graduation celebration party last weekend. I ran into a friend from out of town. After the what's up's & the howudoing's; I inquired as to what reason that he graced us with his presence. He claimed that he came for the graduation celebration. Later he told me that he came in [...]

Jamming to Hamelmal! 266 Comments

Yesterday I received a copy of Hamelmal Abate's new album. Its called Gize Mizan and was recorded with a  full band. I only started paying attention to details of how an album is produced thanks to EthioJazz. I wouldn’t say that the album is progressive, but has virtues. It was recorded with Abegaz Kibrework on [...]

Immigration…. Que Pasa? Comments

The talk in the US right now is immigration, specifically illegal immigration. Americans seem angry towards illegal Mexican immigrants. The American government knew about the illegal immigrants long ago but didn’t do anything about the securing the border. Why? Given that the illegal immigrants are needed for the sustenance of the US economy. The US [...]