One of Ethiopia’s most popular singers, Manalemosh Dibo, passed away today from natural causes, according to news sources in Ethiopia.
Manalemosh died in South Africa where she went to receive medical treatment after suffering from intestinal cancer for over a year.
Before going to South Africa Manalemosh was receiving treatment at Tikur Anbessa (Black Lion) Hospital in Addis Ababa. When her condition deteriorated, Tikur Anbessa doctors recommended that she gets treatment abroad. Ethiopian billionaire Al Amoudi covered her expenses to travel to South Africa.
Manalemosh was a young singer who's popularity grew with each song she released. She is particularly well-known for her traditional songs such as Asabelew, Awdamet, and Minjar.
Manalemosh Dibo: Together We Can Answer Her Plea
Tiberah Tsehai, TsehaiNY Staff
Published October 11, 2009
-Tigist Kelkay, Designer
Her designs are eye-catchy, her work uplifting. Tigist Kelkay - a gifted designer - is an example of what we can become with ambition.
The oldest of five, Tigist describes her upbringing in Ethiopia as a well-rounded one, thanks to her parents. “They have done everything to help us focus on our studies and we all did great in school. I’m always indebted to them, for they have never failed to make us happy and content, even if it meant going out of their way.” As a child, she dreamt of becoming an astronaut. “I used to read books about the outer space a lot.” By ninth grade Tigist knew she wanted to become a designer/architect. “After graduation, although I still had an interest in architecture, I was more drawn toward the field of graphic design.”
Ellal Aklilu (left) member of The Ethiopan American Youth Inititive along with Allen Habtamu (right), Philadelphia Branch Finance officer for The Ethiopian American Youth Initiative
TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published August 12, 2009
The facts are overwhelming. The literacy rate is estimated to be 42% percent in Ethiopia, 99% of schools have no books and 44% of the population lives in poverty. Young and driven, Ellal Aklilu and Allen Habtamu are hoping to change that and they just might.
Ellal and Allen, both from Pennsylvania, are part of The Ethiopian American Youth Initiative – a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The organization has branches in Boston, Massachusetts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Through The Ethiopian American Youth Initiative, Ellal and Allen are taking part in a book drive that plans to raise books for colleges, universities, and libraries in Ethiopia.
President Obama praises the work of Rising Tide Capital
and other non-profit organizations
TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published June 30th 2009
Today President Obama highlighted innovative non-profit organizations making an impact across the country. Invited to this conference was Alfa Demmellash, C.E.O. and co-founder of Rising Tide Capital. President Obama highlighted the work of Alfa Demmellash and other non-for-profits.
Obama noted “The hours are long and the pay could be better, let's face it…you teach us there's no such thing as a lost cause." President Obama promised his administration will support organizations such as Rising Tide Capital.
Dr. Mehret Mandefro appointed as a White House Fellow
About: White House Fellows
Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.
White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.
Intimate Ethiopian Reggae Night at L’Orange Blue, NYC
EthiDolls: Telling the stories of African women leaders
Tiberah Tsehai
Tsehainy.com
Published November 18, 2008
EthiDolls, established in 2003 and based in New York City, is the maker of the eye catching Queen of Sheba Doll, Makeda. Makeda comes fully dressed in hand-woven hager lebse and even has tattoos on her neck. Patti Gindoff is the Senior Vice President of Marketing for EthiDolls. “My job is to garnish as much exposure as possible. I do that by getting in touch with newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations,” she explains. EthiDolls has been featured on CW11, BET J, Forbes.com, Addis Fortune and The Star-Ledger, Ebony, and Uptown Magazine to name a few.
Makeda (The Queen of Sheba) the first doll introduced by EthiDolls
Abonesh & Meskerem…Oh, What A Night!
TsehaiNY.com Staff Published November 4, 2008
While most of New York was celebrating Halloween dressed up as either fictional or non-fictional characters, the majority of audience goers went as themselves to see Abonesh Adenew and Meskerem Bekele perform.
On Saturday, November 1st, Abonesh and Meskerem performed live at the Paramount Hotel in New York.
On a fall afternoon, the Fried’s residence, which is adorned by both American and Ethiopian flags in front, is busy with last minute preparations. On this particular day the children are getting ready to go back to school. Their oldest son, Desalegne, a freshman in high school is missing and with good reason.
Desalegne, who couldn’t imagine playing on a real turf field with uniforms and cleats in Ethiopia, has just made the Junior Varsity team and is at practice. “Being part of that soccer team is a dream come true for my son,” says Randi.
The aroma of Ethiopian coffee and eTan (incense) filled the air and evoked the feeling that one was right at home. Adding to this at home feeling was the warm presence of members from Beaata LeMariam and event goers.
On Saturday, September 20th, members of Beaata LeMariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church held an ‘Ethiopian New Year’ celebration and commemorated the ‘Founding of the True Cross’ at the Jersey City Woman’s Club, located at 375 Fairmount Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Friendship without borders. Sofia, Ekaterina and Tsegai's family at the concert in New York City
Sofya Dremucheva
For TsehaiNY.com Published September 22, 2008
America. Everywhere - flags, Starbuck's, sandwiches, coca-cola, "How are you?.. Can I help you?.. I appreciate it...Have a good day!" (whatever to sell you anything). Everybody everywhere is talking about money, finding a second, third, fourth job... – crazy! What could I expect to discover in the heart of the system, in the neighborhood of the White House, in Washington DC, where the main topic of the summer - the elections in November? Those who have been there can answer - U&9 street, Adams Morgan.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Most of the Muslim Mideast began the first day of Ramadan on Monday, but Iraqi Shiites, some Lebanese Shiites and Iran will start observing the holy month of fasting on Tuesday.
Ramadan begins the day after the sighting of the crescent moon that marks the beginning of a new lunar month. Some Muslim countries use astronomical calculations and observatories, while others and particular sects in some countries rely on the naked eye alone, leading to different starting times.
Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia
By ANITA POWELL
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.
As one of some 14,000 Ethiopian children born with the virus every year, Solomon's prospects for survival — much less adoption — were grim. But Erin Henderson's heart stirred when she saw him, and she decided, on the spot, to adopt him.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors…Exercise Your Right to Vibe!
TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published August 22nd 2008
Wednesday, August 20, was a cool summer evening and proved to be the perfect night for an outdoor concert. What was even cooler was the diverse crowd that vibed all night to the different types of music.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, which celebrates its 38th annual edition of the summer festival, brings a various range of genres and artists to the stage. The performances vary from dance, to music to family events for three weeks in August and it’s all FREE!
Plenty of Good Times at Amanuel’s Annual Summer Picnic
Tiberah Tsehai
Published August 19th, 2008
While most of the world was glued to the Olympics, on Sunday, August 17, members of Amanuel Church, along with others, took a break to attend the 2nd Annual Amanuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Summer Picnic. Organized by the Board members of Amanuel Church, the picnic was held at Mayapple Hill Picnic Park in West Orange, New Jersey, a short driving distance from Amanuel.
Domestic Violence, a Crisis in the Ethiopian Community?
TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published July 20, 2008
It is a topic that often gets minimal attention and seen as taboo. However, domestic violence is running rampant within the Ethiopian community. Domestic abuse that includes physical violence is called domestic violence. Also known as spousal abuse,it takes place when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate the other person. Although it affects men as well, the majority of domestic abuse victims are women. Women face attacks in secrecy, often confiding in no one. Ethiopian women are often too ashamed, have no self-assurance, and are afraid of revenge if they speak out.
NEW YORK (AFP) — Kenya's Catherine Ndereba won the New York Half-Marathon women's crown on Sunday, solidifying her favorite status for the Beijing Olympics marathon, while Ethiopia's Tadesse Tola took the men's title.
Ndereba, the 2004 Olympic marathon runner-up, won the inaugural women's race here in 2006 and made her move in the final mile to win the 13.1-mile race in 1hr 10mins 19secs.
It was the Rome Olympics of 1960 and an unknown produced the biggest surprise. Abebe Bikila, who'd begun running as a shepherd boy in the hills of Ethiopia, strode barefoot to victory in the marathon. He was the first black African to win Olympic gold. Tim Judah tells his story
YOU go to a restaurant for a good time and a good meal — not to be reminded of bitter things like war and repression. Still, it’s instructive and moving to learn the story behind Mesob, a restaurant so sweet, calm and unassuming you’d never guess its painful, storm-tossed origins.
Berekti Mengistu, its co-owner and guiding spirit, fled to New Jersey from Ethiopia in 1982, at 16. To this day, she does not know what became of her father, a businessman who was caught up in the genocidal Red Terror of the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam (no relation). “So many people disappeared,” she said in a resigned voice the other day.
Tezeta Girma, TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published July 13th 2008
Washington DC is known for inhabiting one of the most concentrated Ethiopian population in the nation. To top that of, the long awaited annual Ethiopian soccer tournament was held in the nation’s capital attracting thousands more from all over the world. This year’s tournament was not only a yearly soccer game but it was the 25th anniversary for the organization.
Berhan Tsehai, TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published July 13th 2008
Last week, the 25th anniversary of the Ethiopian Soccer Federation of North America (ESFNA) brought together thousands of Ethiopians from across America and around the world. Players from 27 teams made their way to RFK stadium and so did hundreds of vendors ready to sell goods and services. During the middle of the week however, a press conference was called by Executives of ESFNA to address the controversy surrounding the organization that led to some groups calling for a boycott of soccer matches and events sponsored by ESFNA.
ON a balmy spring evening, the smell of butchery still lingers in the air of the meatpacking district, and a white stretch Hummer blocks the intersection of Washington and Gansevoort Streets. The keening voice of the Malian singer Salif Keita wafts from Merkato 55, a five-month-old pan-African restaurant just down the block.
Inside the cavernous space, a former biscuit factory, two diners stare at their dishes of kofta and doro wat, served in cast-iron pots, and momentarily freeze, as if to say, “What, exactly, did we order?”
With the weather scorching at 100 degrees, some schools were
forced to close early this week.Commuting was anything but fun as some trains had no or minimal air
conditioning.Outside, children took to
fire hydrants, finding relief in the cool water as they splashed about.In
New
York City
, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
opened cooling centers in all five boroughs.To locate a cooling center near you, call 311 (TTY: 212-504-4115) or log
onto OEM's
website.New Jersey
also opened its cooling centers. Cooling centers are open to the public and are
air-conditioned.While it is common to
feel helpless and overwhelmed during a heat wave, there are some things that
you can do to overcome it.
Medhanealem Church:
Preserving the Ethiopian Culture-One Youth at a Time!
TsehaiNY.com Staff published May 30th 2008
Earlier this month, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior (Medhanealem), located at 490 Riverside Drive in New York City celebrated its annual Ethiopian Cultural Day. Close to five hundred individuals was on-hand to observe this high-spirited cultural show headlined by the Children of Medhanealem. Medhanealem has been serving the Ethiopian community in the metropolitan area of New York City since 1984.
While this Sunday marks the celebration of Mother’s Day in America, let us not forget the many children who are left motherless in Ethiopia. The number of children left behind due to the AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia is increasing at alarming rates. A joint survey by the nation's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and UNICEF revealed that by the year 2010, the percentage of AIDS orphans in Ethiopia will reach 43 percent, or 2.2 million, of all orphans in the country.
Ethiopia Reads' founder Yohannes Gebregeorgis is a CNN Hero
Ethiopiareads.org
Ethiopia Reads is thrilled to announce that co-founder and director Yohannes Gebregeorgis has been named a CNN Hero and will be featured by the network during the week of Thursday, May 1-Thusday, May 8. The feature story, as well as additional material and footage, will be available on CNN's web site.
Rising Tide Capital CEO Alfa Demmellash addresses
The United Nations Global Summit for Women
Tsehainy.com Staff Published: March, 12th 2008
A few months ago Tsehainy.com featured Alfa Demmellash, a 27-year old C.E.O. and co-founder of Rising Tide Capital. The video on the right is a recent speech she gave at the United Nations Global Summit for Women.
Alfa continues to use her life to improve that of others, and in doing so is an inspiration to the community she serves and beyond.
Tsehainy.com Staff
(with contribution from Sherif Abakoyas)
Published, January 14th 2008
Muslims of New York city and surrounding area residents gathered to celebrate Eid al-Adha on December 19th 2007. This marked the first day of a three day celebration that takes place at the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).
On a very cold Saturday morning in New York City, churchgoers gathered to take part in the annual celebration at Saint Mary of Zion. Clergy men and choirs from states as close as West Orange, NJ and Washington D.C. to as far as Ohio, and California also took part in the occasion. For more, including Video Click Here:
Exploiting Dreams and
Attempting to Cash In!
Berhan Tsehai Tsehainy.com Staff,
Published December 3rd, 2007
America is often referred to as ‘the melting pot’ it is a country where people from all over the world come together. There are also millions more across the world dreaming of coming to the ‘land of milk and honey’ to take advantage of the vast opportunities. This dream also creates opportunities for scammers who are waiting on the sidelines hoping to cash in.
