This article was originally published on October 08/2019. Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba October 8, 2019 – An Oromo fashion and literary night was held at Grand Eliana Hotel, Addis Abeba on the night of October 2, 2019. The event held as part of celebrations for the coming home of the …

Reviewed by Mekdes M. (@Mekmz) (Tadelech Hailemikael’s memoir “ዳኛው ማነው? የብርሃነመስቀል እና የታደለች ሕይወት በኢሕአፓ የትግል ታሪክ” (loose translation – “Who is the Judge?: The Life of Berhanemeskel and Tadelech in the History of EPRP’s Struggle”) brings to life a firsthand account of one of leading figures of the Ethiopian …

Reviewed by Mohammed Ademo (@OPride) Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 – In the Ethiopian popular imagination, emperors and rulers are glorified, lionized and monumentalized while the stories and histories of those who resisted their oft-brutal rules are silenced. The oral archives of many of Ethiopia’s peoples are replete with rich stories …