Author Archive for Nolawi



The worked look- or yetashe Comments

‘ve tried many times in discussions/conversations to explain this concept; understanding though was to no avail maybe its not something to drop in casual conversations. Visual artist in most cases know what I mean, by the worked look, because it is something that is used/ recreated intentionally to give a certain look or visual perception, [...]

Ethiopian Stamps (antique) Comments

Beleive it or not Ethiopia was ahead of other african countries on getting modern style stamps printed in color. This is one of the first stamps ever printed in Ethiopia. 1895, I dont know how they got the equipement to print in color but this was not Post-Adwa, which i beleive is lasted 1894 – [...]

Web Colors and News Sites Closed

News sites are on white background! News sites are white. It’s as simple as that (well, maybe not quite that simple, as of course there are exceptions). A reason for this might be that we more associate news with newspapers, and there black text on white is the norm. If we look at some other [...]

Omo River Closed

This was taken from Wikipedia The Omo is an important river of southern Ethiopia. Its most important tributary is the Gibe River; smaller tributaries include the Wabi, Mago and Gojeb Rivers. This river rises in the Shoan highlands and is a perennial river with many affluents. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, [...]