During the Cascade Festival of African Films, I went to see the movie Sankofa but I didn’t have time to write my review until now. This is one of the classics. It’s a movie about slavery, but don’t expect anything Hollywood style. The Ethiopian director, Halie Gerima has a very personal way [...]

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44 pounds, twice a day. That’s what many Ethiopian women have to carry on their backs during most of their lives to have clean water. “Clean water” is more a wish than a fact, since this water comes from hand dug wells and it is untreated and [...]

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For those who live in London or are planning to visit the city, there are to upcoming exhibitions at The British Museum that seem quite interesting. The first one is called Impressions of Africa: money, medals and stamps and will show images of Africa that illustrated [...]

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Ethiopia is well known for its runners, but did you know that they also have Olympic skiers? Even when there is no snow in Ethiopia, and nowhere to practice any kind of winter sport, a smart athlete figured out how to train and compete. His name is Robel Teklemariam and he’s [...]

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