ሌሊሳ ግርማ “Ted Talks” በሚል ርዕስ የሚስተናገዱ የምዕራባዊያን የሀሳብ እርሾዎችን አነፍንፌ ለመከታተል እሞክራለሁኝ፡፡ ሁሉም ሀሳቦች አስገራሚ ናቸው፡፡ አንዳንድ የሚያስደነግጡም አይጠፉባቸውም፡፡ ዋናው ቁምነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ በመጪው ዘመናት ወደዬት አቅጣጫ በማምራት ላይ እንዳለ አመልካች ናቸው፡፡ ፕሮግራሙ “ምርጥ” ብሎ የሚያምንባቸውን የሀሳብ ዘረ መሎች በአለም ዙሪያ ባሉ አእምሮዎች ውስጥ ማስረፅ ዋናው አቋሙ መሆኑን “ሎጎው” ላይ ይገልፃል፡፡ ልብ ብዬ … Continue reading
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Politics through entertainment
By GIRMA FEYISSA (Addis Fortune) Music is entertainment on the main. However, it is also a powerful medium through which different messages can be conveyed. In the Ethiopian tradition, we also have musical works (songs) with double-edged puns accompanied by Masinko, a traditional Ethiopian single-stringed bowed lute. Masinko is skillfully operated by five fingers in … Continue reading
I didn’t visit you for I was sick
“One long ailing man who wished to be visited by his friends and relatives spent the time of his sickness alone without any visitor until he recovered. Then after, he went to every of his friends and relatives with a gift of vegetables satirically saying, ‘I didn’t visit you for I was sick’” Limenih Taddese … Continue reading
The Ethiopian Millennium: A Blessing in Disguise
“A thousand years from now, when the Ethiopians gather to celebrate the fourth millennium they shall say the eve of the third millennium was the beginning of the Ethiopian renaissance.” This is an extract from Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s speech addressed on the eve of the Ethiopian millennium at the big 10 mil. Dollar concert hall … Continue reading
sisyphus-typical example of the modern man
The Greek mythical character – Sisyphus – had been condemned by the gods to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back to the bottom. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than “futile and hopeless labour”. According to the myth, … Continue reading