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Raising Ethiopian Food to Haute Cuisine

Aug 3 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Sometime in the late 1970s and 80s, a certain enterprising Eritrean diaspora in Los A...


Planting Trees by the Number

Jul 27 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Over the last few decades, Ethiopia had launched several tree planting schemes including one led by an august sounding institution, the Ethi...


Hollow Promises to Entice the Ethiopian Diaspora

Jul 20 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The attempt by the government to draw the Ethiopian diaspora into investing in Ethiopia puzzles many, par...


The Swinging Era of Ethiopian Music

Jul 6 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Sometime in the early 1990s, a lavish wedding is thrown at a posh Northern California hotel by a Middle Eastern tycoon who spares no expense...



Pause, But a Little!

Jun 29 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

On November 3, 1935, Benito Mussolini has already launched his fascist invasion of Ethiopia, and his troops have occupied the ancient city o...


But Wait! Africa, India Do It, Too

Jun 22 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Ethiopia is exotic, mysterious, elusive, wondrous and shrouded with so many inexplicable marvels that it never tires the senses to witness t...


The Ethiopian Gold Rush: Artisian Mining

Jun 15 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Two young men in Debre Berhan, apparently brothers and recent converts from farming into quarry mining, a...


Inaccessible Justice

Jun 1 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The judge sits behind his desk in a cluttered room and spreads open a file that is tethered by a worn and frayed file cover, gingerly beginn...



LOST IN THE TUMULT : Decorum, Propriety and Ceremonies

May 25 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

A rudimentary website search for the “the most expensive dinner” in Ethiopia hosted by Prime Ministe...


Rudeness, A Rare Addition to Poor Service

May 18 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Near Tele Bar, near National Theatre, in Addis Abeba, a customer in a suite enters condescendingly into a...


Military Pageantry Needs Drills, Practice

May 11 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

A slew of official public processions, albeit almost all of them for former Ethiopian leaders, passed th...


Beware, Abiy, of Frequent Foreign Escapades

May 4 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

Belete, first cousin to Emperor Haile Selassie and matriarch of a powerful family, sat listening to her g...




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