Month: October 2012
- Africa
Addis and Krakow – A tale of two cities with similar venues (almost) and a titanic difference (for sure)
A difference made in preserving and protecting the past Rose Mestika Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, is rich in different ways. Each city in the country hosts a mixture of history that is known and unknown by its own people and has nine unique sites registered by the UNESCO. Poland, in Eastern Europe, has 10 sites…
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And the winner is…
A Leza Radio Show Listeners’ Choice award night that could become Ethiopia’s answer to Hollywood big bonanzas On September 22nd, Berhanu Degafe, host of the famous Leza Radio Show on Sheger FM 102.1 has put on the 2nd Leza Show Listeners’ Choice Award ceremony for musicians, actors and actresses that was held at Embilita Cinema here in Addis Ababa. …
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A Mexican Gastronomic Week comes to live at Radisson Blu Addis Ababa
It was a plain idea brought in a few months ago by Alfredo Miranda, the Mexican Ambassador in Addis Ababa, who asked the management of the Radisson Blu hotel on whether the hotel could entertain the Mexican National Day party on September 14th. However, “because we were already booked for an event on that day, we had to decline,”…
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Professional dance development in Addis Ababa
A two day dance workshop that addressed a sense of isolation and added professionalism to dancers Zela Gayel At any other time, dancers in Addis Ababa would have been delighted to receive such a profound and rare opportunity to express themselves and to ultimately satisfy their hunger for the exploration of unfamiliar dance styles, which took place at Abiot School…
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Remembering the great Leo Tolstoy and an evening of Russian literature
Zela Gayle As its monthly habit of celebrating Great Russian authors, in the month of September the Russian Cultural Centre in Addis Ababa hosted Russian language week and the 184th commemoration of Leo Tolstoy, which this year coincided with the 200th anniversary of the 1812 Patriotic War of Russia. Berhanu Shiberu, Ethiopian film director who studied Russian literature in Russia…
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Obituary of the late PM
Dear Editor, Allow me to express my genuine appreciation to you and your team at Addis Standard magazine. Having said so, your obituary on the late PM Meles Zenawi (Obituary – the late PM Meles Zenawi Sep. 2012) deserves the most appreciation for its professional, easy to read and well balanced assessment of the life of the late PM Meles…
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