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 [...]
Published by April 2nd, 2006 in Social.Author Archive for Nolawi
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 [...]
Published by March 30th, 2006 in Food.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.Today I heard Tewodros Tadesse sing live. The song I’ve heard before, its one of my favorite songs. There are a few songs that I classify as memory songs. One is ‘Abeba yehoye?Lem Lem,’ the Meskerem song. This past Ethiopian New Years I saw Neway Debeb doing his version with Chachi Taddesse at the New [...]
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 [...]
Published by March 23rd, 2006 in Social.
