‘The Lounge’ Archives
Ethiopian-Born Celeberty Chef, Marcus Samuelsson Opens in Harlem
// By GLENN COLLINS, NY Times: “FOOD can be cooked from the soul,” said Marcus Samuelsson as he moved through the raw space of Red Rooster Harlem, his upcoming restaurant on Lenox Avenue near West 125th Street. “But that doesn’t make it soul food.” And so, Red Rooster won’t be devoted to the Southern cooking that has [...]
Ethiopians in the Bay Area Celebrated Enkutatash
// By Laura Hautala, OaklandNorth: Labor Day might mark the end of summer for some, but in Ethiopia, September means the springtime celebration of a new year. Called Enkutatash, the holiday enticed a crowd of African ex-pats and other curious locals to an outdoor festival at Berkeley’s Civic Center Park this Sunday. Organized by [...]
An Event to help Build The First Free-Standing Children Hospital in Ethiopia
New York (Tadias) – The 3rd Annual Fundraising Gala for Gemini Health Care Group, a U.S. based NGO that focuses on providing pediatric medical services and professional training in Ethiopia, is scheduled to take place in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday, September 25, 2010. According to Zeithuna K. Ebba, GHCG’s Public Relations Officer, [...]
MLK’s Dream: An Ethiopian’s Perspective
By Tewodros Abebe, Via Art-topia: Although I was familiar with the name Martin Luther King, Jr. during my teenage years in Ethiopia, I never had a full understanding of either the man’s fascinating story or the level of his greatness. That understanding came to me during my undergraduate years at an American college. As a young student who had [...]
City Makeover: Addis Ababa Edition
From, The Economist: AMHARIC has no precise word for architecture, but it needs one. Ethiopia’s capital, founded by Emperor Menelik II in 1886, now has 4.6m people but that figure may well double by 2020. Dirk Hebel of Addis Ababa’s revamped architecture school says that “the first thing we do is to sit down with the students for a day [...]
Ethiopia, The Remain of Volksvagen
by Matt Gibbs, ColorfulTimes: It remains an odd sight to see an old Volksvagen beetle motorcar trundling around Addis Ababa. “Odd,” simply because I associate them with the swinging sixties, a relic of my parents’ generation. “Remains,” because they have been in the country for some time and yet still seem out of place – contrary [...]
The Ethiopian Flag: Stop putting political symbols on it
by Teddy Fikre, BrownCondor.com: I know I am about to wade into potentially explosive debate, one that is strife with tensions on multiple side and could well drag out the worse side of Ethiopian political divides. With that said, as an Ethiopian who has an affinity for anything that is related to Ethiopia, it goes without saying that I am [...]
Ethiopia’s religious heritage of underground churches
BBC NEWS: The churches built underground in the Ethiopian town of Lalibela draw tourists from all over the world. Many marvel at just how an army of workers at the end of the 12th Century managed to chisel the 11 churches out of rock. As the BBC's Will Ross reports the people of Lalibela are determined to preserve their religious [...]
Ellias Fullmore: Young Achiever Makin’ It Happen
Name: Ellias “Profit” Fullmore Age: 32 Current Residence: San Jose, California by Teddy Fikre, BrownCondor.com: Meet Ellias Fullmore, also known as the Profit. If I could emulate a bit of Ellias’s freestyle form to describe him to you, I would say that he is a man on a mission, to fulfill a vision, who dares to attain his aims [...]
Painting the town: Ethiopian artist enjoys creative stay in Stanford
By TODD KLEFFMAN amnews.com: Ethiopian artist Tibebe Terffa’s “Corralling Colors” exhibit of paintings completed in Stanford will open Monday at Lincoln County Public Library, 310 N. Third St., Stanford. An artist’s reception will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. STANFORD — As his time in Stanford draws to a close, Tibebe Terffa has more than 20 [...]
