I wanted to write this post a long time ago when the incident that I’m going to describe happened, but I was busy then and later forgot about it. Now the thing came back to my mind due to the news about the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida. I can’t [...]

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If you’re looking for children books that have a multiracial view and promote understanding of other people’s culture, Patricia Polacco is the perfect author. She has been writing and illustrating children books for a while now and she has received many awards. She’s an excellent illustrator who combines beautiful drawings with [...]

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All pictures taken from the Online Exhibit: Ethiopic Manuscript Production site
The Internet is full of surprises… The other day while I was browsing I found an amazing site that describes the art of Ethiopic manuscript production. I wish I had discovered [...]

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I don’t know if you heard about the Sudden Flowers project. Photographer Eric Gottesman travelled to Ethiopia in 1999 where he started working with six children that lived in Addis Ababa and whose parents died of HIV/AIDS. They formed the group Sudden Flowers and started taking photographs and videos that reflected [...]

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