የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ (መድረክ) የዜጎች የንብረት ባለቤትነት መብት ይከበር ሲል በትናትናው ዕለት በሰጠው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ አመራሮቹ ከመንግሥትና ከህወሓት የሚዲያ ተቋማት ጋዜጠኞች ጋራ ተወዛገቡ።

በጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላይ የተሳተፉ የአዲስ ዘመን ጋዜጣ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት (ኢዜአ)፣ የኢትዮጵያ ራዲዮ ድርጅት፣ እና ባለቤትነታቸው የህወሃት የሆኑት የራዲዮ ፋና እና የዋልታ ጋዜጠኞች “በጥያቄና መልስ ላይ የመጣንበትን ተቋም መመልከቱን ትታችሁ ለጥያቄያችን ብቻ መልስ ብትሰጡን፤ እኛ ጋዜጠኞች ነን” ሲሉ ለመድረክ አመራሮች አቤቱታ አከል ተቃውሞ አስምተዋል።

By Alex Perry Walking into the jazzamba lounge in Addis Ababa as it readies for a Friday night is like stumbling into a gig by an Ethiopian Buena Vista Social Club. The venue is hung with low-lit golden chandeliers, candles dot the tables, the barman is flirting with the waitresses, and on stage, running through [...]

As recently as the mid-1980s, it was thought that famine was usually an “act of God” — a “biblical” failure of rains or crops or seasons. But in the 1990s ­Amartya Sen, the Nobel-­winning economist, showed this was wrong by proving one bold fact: “No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.” Famine, it turns out, is not caused by a failure to produce food. It is caused by a failure to distribute food correctly — because the ruler is not accountable to the starving.

To demonstrate this thesis, Keneally — best known for his remarkable novel “Schindler’s Ark” — closely studies three of the greatest hungers in history: the Irish potato famine that began in 1845, the Bengal famine that raged in 1943 and 1944, and the Ethiopian famines of the 1970s and ’80s. They are scattered across continents yet they are uncannily similar; Keneally says that “it is as if they shared part of the same DNA.”

አኔ ዱፌ ጅራ” በሚል የኦሮምኛ ሙዚቃው የሚታወቀው ድምጻዊ ዳዊት መኮንን በቅርቡ “ኦሮሚያዊነቴን”/ኦሮሙማ” የሚል ነጠላ ዚማውን ለሕዝብ አድርሷል። የዳዊት ኦሮሚያዊነቴን እወደዋለሁ ሊሰማ የሚገባው መልእክት አዝሏል። ዳዊት ሙዚቃውን የተጫወተው በአማርኛ እና በኦሮምኛ ነው።

በየትያትር ቤቶች እጅህ እስኪቀጥን ያጨበጨብክለት ድርሰት የተፈጠረው ዶሮ ማነቂያ ውስጥ ሊሆን ይችላል፡፡ የድርሰቱ ቃለ ተውኔት የሚሸመደደውም በእነ “መካ ቤት” የጫት ጉዝጓዝ ላይ ነው፡፡ ደግሞ አርቲስት ብቻ አይምሰልህ የዶሮ ማነቂያን መታወቅያ የወሰደው፡፡ የተማሩና የተመራመሩ፣ ኢትዮጵያ ጨረቃ ላይ ከወጣች መወጣጫ መሰላሉን ያዋቅራሉ የሚባሉ ምሁራን ተራ ሰው መስለው ዶሮ ማነቂያ ይሽሎኮሎካሉ፡፡ ማን መሆናቸውን የምታውቀው ግን ከእነርሱ ጋር ለማውራት እድሉ ሲገጥምህ ብቻ ነው፡፡ እውቀታቸው መሬትን ከሰማይ ይደባልቃል፡፡ እነርሱ ግን ከዶሮ ጋር አባሮሽ ይጫወታሉ፡፡

ዶሮ ማነቂያ ሺሻና ጫት ቤቶቿ በየጊዜው በዘመቻ ይታሸጉባታል፡፡ በዚያ ስታልፍ በቤቶቹ በር ላይ በቀይ ቀለም “ታሽጓል” የሚል ጽሑፍም አንብበህ ይሆናል፡፡ ግን እውነት የታሸገ እንዳይመስልህ፡፡ በጀርባ በኩል መስኮት የሚመስል በር አለው፡፡ የቤቱ ደንበኞቹ ብቻ ናቸው በር መሆኑን የሚያውቁት፡፡ ቀበሌዎችን ለማዘናጋት ዶሮ ማነቂያዎች የፈጠሯት መላ ናት፡፡

ስብሓት ‹‹ትኩሳት›› ብሎ በጠራው መጽሐፉ ጀርባ ላይ ምን አለ? “ወጣት ሁን” አለ፡፡ ቢመርህ ‹‹ሪቮሉሽን›› ታስነሳለህ፣ እጅግ ቢመርህ ራስህን ታጠፋለህ…፡፡ ለማንኛውም ወጣት ሁን፡፡ እኔ ግን እልኻለሁ፣ ወጣት መሆኑን ሁን፣ ነገር ግን ራስህን ከማጥፋትህ በፊት ፒያሳ ሂድ፤ ሐሳብህን ልትቀይር ትችላለህና፡፡ ለመሞትም ቢሆን የፒያሳን ያህል መልካም ሰፈር የለም፡፡ ቀባሪ አታጣም፤ በፒያሳ ሰው ባያይህ ማዘጋጃ ያይኻል፡፡ ለመሞትም ለመኖርም ስታስብ ፒያሳ ሂድ፡፡

Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibawbaw, one of Ethiopia’s best-known singers, is releasing her latest album Mesgana Ethiopia on October 19th through MOD Technologies, the label founded by Grammy-winner Bill Laswell (who has collaborated with countless legends from Mick Jagger to Laurie Anderson to Tony Williams). This release features Gigi singing her original songs mixed with some Ethiopian [...]

Ethiopian film producers are inviting to enjoy their new releases. Two new movies will commence this coming week.

Yared Shumete, editor of the popular Ethiopian movie “Siryet”, has been declared winner of the short-film award for Africa in the “2010 Global Democracy Video” competition

A couple of months before we started Addis Neger newspaper, the same team launced a website called Ethiomirror. It was a short-lived project. Technical glitches and the success of the newspaper killed the project. Most of the articles on the web were republished by the newspaper during its first few weeks. As they were read only by a very small number of people, we will from time to time publish some of those articles. Here is an interview with astrophysicst Legesse Wetro Kebede, a man who started physics on radio in Ethiopia.

የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ (መድረክ) የዜጎች የንብረት ባለቤትነት መብት ይከበር ሲል በትናትናው ዕለት በሰጠው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ አመራሮቹ ከመንግሥትና ከህወሓት የሚዲያ ተቋማት ጋዜጠኞች ጋራ ተወዛገቡ።

በጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላይ የተሳተፉ የአዲስ ዘመን ጋዜጣ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት (ኢዜአ)፣ የኢትዮጵያ ራዲዮ ድርጅት፣ እና ባለቤትነታቸው የህወሃት የሆኑት የራዲዮ ፋና እና የዋልታ ጋዜጠኞች “በጥያቄና መልስ ላይ የመጣንበትን ተቋም መመልከቱን ትታችሁ ለጥያቄያችን ብቻ መልስ ብትሰጡን፤ እኛ ጋዜጠኞች ነን” ሲሉ ለመድረክ አመራሮች አቤቱታ አከል ተቃውሞ አስምተዋል።

By Alex Perry Walking into the jazzamba lounge in Addis Ababa as it readies for a Friday night is like stumbling into a gig by an Ethiopian Buena Vista Social Club. The venue is hung with low-lit golden chandeliers, candles dot the tables, the barman is flirting with the waitresses, and on stage, running through [...]

As recently as the mid-1980s, it was thought that famine was usually an “act of God” — a “biblical” failure of rains or crops or seasons. But in the 1990s ­Amartya Sen, the Nobel-­winning economist, showed this was wrong by proving one bold fact: “No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.” Famine, it turns out, is not caused by a failure to produce food. It is caused by a failure to distribute food correctly — because the ruler is not accountable to the starving.

To demonstrate this thesis, Keneally — best known for his remarkable novel “Schindler’s Ark” — closely studies three of the greatest hungers in history: the Irish potato famine that began in 1845, the Bengal famine that raged in 1943 and 1944, and the Ethiopian famines of the 1970s and ’80s. They are scattered across continents yet they are uncannily similar; Keneally says that “it is as if they shared part of the same DNA.”

አኔ ዱፌ ጅራ” በሚል የኦሮምኛ ሙዚቃው የሚታወቀው ድምጻዊ ዳዊት መኮንን በቅርቡ “ኦሮሚያዊነቴን”/ኦሮሙማ” የሚል ነጠላ ዚማውን ለሕዝብ አድርሷል። የዳዊት ኦሮሚያዊነቴን እወደዋለሁ ሊሰማ የሚገባው መልእክት አዝሏል። ዳዊት ሙዚቃውን የተጫወተው በአማርኛ እና በኦሮምኛ ነው።

በየትያትር ቤቶች እጅህ እስኪቀጥን ያጨበጨብክለት ድርሰት የተፈጠረው ዶሮ ማነቂያ ውስጥ ሊሆን ይችላል፡፡ የድርሰቱ ቃለ ተውኔት የሚሸመደደውም በእነ “መካ ቤት” የጫት ጉዝጓዝ ላይ ነው፡፡ ደግሞ አርቲስት ብቻ አይምሰልህ የዶሮ ማነቂያን መታወቅያ የወሰደው፡፡ የተማሩና የተመራመሩ፣ ኢትዮጵያ ጨረቃ ላይ ከወጣች መወጣጫ መሰላሉን ያዋቅራሉ የሚባሉ ምሁራን ተራ ሰው መስለው ዶሮ ማነቂያ ይሽሎኮሎካሉ፡፡ ማን መሆናቸውን የምታውቀው ግን ከእነርሱ ጋር ለማውራት እድሉ ሲገጥምህ ብቻ ነው፡፡ እውቀታቸው መሬትን ከሰማይ ይደባልቃል፡፡ እነርሱ ግን ከዶሮ ጋር አባሮሽ ይጫወታሉ፡፡

ዶሮ ማነቂያ ሺሻና ጫት ቤቶቿ በየጊዜው በዘመቻ ይታሸጉባታል፡፡ በዚያ ስታልፍ በቤቶቹ በር ላይ በቀይ ቀለም “ታሽጓል” የሚል ጽሑፍም አንብበህ ይሆናል፡፡ ግን እውነት የታሸገ እንዳይመስልህ፡፡ በጀርባ በኩል መስኮት የሚመስል በር አለው፡፡ የቤቱ ደንበኞቹ ብቻ ናቸው በር መሆኑን የሚያውቁት፡፡ ቀበሌዎችን ለማዘናጋት ዶሮ ማነቂያዎች የፈጠሯት መላ ናት፡፡

ስብሓት ‹‹ትኩሳት›› ብሎ በጠራው መጽሐፉ ጀርባ ላይ ምን አለ? “ወጣት ሁን” አለ፡፡ ቢመርህ ‹‹ሪቮሉሽን›› ታስነሳለህ፣ እጅግ ቢመርህ ራስህን ታጠፋለህ…፡፡ ለማንኛውም ወጣት ሁን፡፡ እኔ ግን እልኻለሁ፣ ወጣት መሆኑን ሁን፣ ነገር ግን ራስህን ከማጥፋትህ በፊት ፒያሳ ሂድ፤ ሐሳብህን ልትቀይር ትችላለህና፡፡ ለመሞትም ቢሆን የፒያሳን ያህል መልካም ሰፈር የለም፡፡ ቀባሪ አታጣም፤ በፒያሳ ሰው ባያይህ ማዘጋጃ ያይኻል፡፡ ለመሞትም ለመኖርም ስታስብ ፒያሳ ሂድ፡፡

Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibawbaw, one of Ethiopia’s best-known singers, is releasing her latest album Mesgana Ethiopia on October 19th through MOD Technologies, the label founded by Grammy-winner Bill Laswell (who has collaborated with countless legends from Mick Jagger to Laurie Anderson to Tony Williams). This release features Gigi singing her original songs mixed with some Ethiopian [...]

Ethiopian film producers are inviting to enjoy their new releases. Two new movies will commence this coming week.

Yared Shumete, editor of the popular Ethiopian movie “Siryet”, has been declared winner of the short-film award for Africa in the “2010 Global Democracy Video” competition

A couple of months before we started Addis Neger newspaper, the same team launced a website called Ethiomirror. It was a short-lived project. Technical glitches and the success of the newspaper killed the project. Most of the articles on the web were republished by the newspaper during its first few weeks. As they were read only by a very small number of people, we will from time to time publish some of those articles. Here is an interview with astrophysicst Legesse Wetro Kebede, a man who started physics on radio in Ethiopia.