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Do you care? 27 Comments

Do you see those kids? They were orphaned by AIDS.  Every Year in Ethiopian about 3 quarters of a million kids under the age of fifteen are orphaned by AIDS. It is estimated that there are 2.5 million AIDS orphans in Ethiopia and increasing at a rapid rate. Without digressing too much into my personal [...]

How to Ask Ethiopian Girls Out? 3,631 Comments

I am not an expert, however, I’ve learned a few things over the years. Sure, it might seem like I am a talker and not an observer but I do listen. A rough guesstimation assures me that about a quarter of my conversations are about dating. This is a topic everyone seems to be interested [...]

Bandochu (The Bands) From Ras to Abyssinia (1961-1991) 1,878 Comments

PART II (continued from Part I)    Soul Ekos Band Soul Ekos with producer Amha Eshete (late 1960′s) Left to Right-Alula Yohannes, Tesfaye “Hodo” Mekonnen, Tamrat Ferenji, Amha Eshete, Teshome Mitiku, Feqade Amdemesqel & Tewodros Mitiku. Before they named themselve “Soul Ekos”, the Soul Eko’s were first known as the Zula Band, named after the Zula [...]

YOU WERE…. Comments

(In memory of Gashie Tsegaye GebreMedhin)   Creative expression, Deeply hidden emotion, Reflection, manifestation, Self-realization, Words of confession. Words…….. Words of attribution! You were… a poet, a legend, an idol, A hero, in words of the battle. A man who had his ways with letters, An intellect, wise and fearless. A mind, an icon, a voice [...]

YeTintu Tiz ALegn 78 Comments

That was a song as well. I want to extend my appreciation for providing us the platform to reminisce tizetachinen. As I was reading the articles in this bulletin it took me be back to the 1950‘s in the Ethiopian Calendar. Ene “Alemush Manbo sherebush whiskey jenenushe“ (???? ??? ???? ??? ????) Ene Woy Kalibso [...]