I often listen to the Canadian radio program Q with Jian Ghomeshi and this particular episode is very enlightening about how stereotypes about Africa continue to propagate in the western world. Neelika Jayawardane, a professor of post-colonial literature at Oswego State University of NY, discusses how usually books about Africa carry [...]

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My husband Miguel, who loves photography, sent me this information about a film project shot in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. The film is called People of the Delta and has already been fully funded through Kickstarter. The film director, Joey L, a young and talented Canadian photographer, [...]

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It’s been a few weeks since I watched the movie Mother of George and I know it’s still around in some theaters. It was a limited release so maybe it will be easy to watch once the DVD is for sale, anyway, don’t miss it. The [...]

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A while ago, I read a story about an Ethiopian woman who managed to get a job into the construction industry, a reflection of the construction boom in the country and also how the female role is slowly changing. Ethiopian women moving into non traditional occupations [...]

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