Belay Zeleke was born in 1912 in the Wollo province of Ethiopia . At a very young age in a mysterious situation, Belay Zeleke killed his uncle which prompted him to flee his village and live as a fugitive isolated from his family and friends for 15 years. In his solitary life, Belay Zeleke learned... Read More

Prof Mesfin Woldemariam Professor Mesfin Woldemariam is one of Ethiopia’s well-known intellectuals and rights and political activists.  He taught geography at Addis Ababa University from 1959 to 1985 and wrote several books and monographs on various issues.   Professor Mesfin is the founder of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council, established in 1991 to encourage and... Read More

Abebe Bikila Abebe Bikila was the athlete who won the first ever marathon gold medal for Africa setting a world and Olympic record after running the entire race barefoot on the streets of Rome at the 1960 Olympic Games.  And he bested his own record at the subsequent 1964 Olympics in Tokyo to become the... Read More

The Ethiopian Federal Parliament on Friday convened a rare emergency session. The agenda items were equally extraordinary, appointing a new prime minister was unthinkable as recently as a month ago.   After missing from the public eye for weeks, former prime minister Meles Zenawi was announced dead on 20 August at a Belgian hospital.  Illness? ... Read More

In Ethiopia and for Ethiopians, the very concept of contemporary music is intertwined with the name Tilahun Gessesse.   He was a singer like no other with tremendously charismatic appearance, holding his rightful place in Ethiopia as the country’s one and only king of pop.   From love, family and friendship to liberty, unity and... Read More

The story of independent filmmaker Haile Gerima Haile Gerima is an Ethiopian independent filmmaker based in the United States. He went to the US in 1968 to study acting and directing at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He was later transferred to the Theatre Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where... Read More

The story of Liya Kebede Born and raised in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Liya Kebede is an international supermodel, actress and fashion designer.  Her potential to become the supermodel that she has become was recognised while she was attending high school at the French Lycee Gebremariam in Addis Ababa. A French film director is... Read More

Haddis Alemayehu Haddis Alemayehu was a true all-rounder who contributed to Ethiopia in many number of disciplines. First and foremost, he was arguably the single most talented Ethiopian novelist who wrote some of the most loved and admired novels to date in Ethiopia.   He wrote from the heart and the stories in his novels... Read More

Dr. Aberra Molla is the pioneer who computerized the Ethiopian alphabet having recognized the power of computers and their potential. He collaborated with his own son to make one set of screen and printer fonts for the ancient Ethiopian script of Geez in 1986, which subsequently gave birth to the first Ethiopian word processor.  Dr.... Read More