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October 1 , 2022 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Customer's King. Do Local Companies Know?

I chewed over with myself the meaning of the word customer. It was first used to refer to someone that acquired ownership of a house after long use or possession. The word is derived from the Latin custodia, which meant guarding or keeping. By the end of the 15th century, it took on its meaning of ...

September 24 , 2022 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

The Age of 'E' Ought Not End that of Plays

Last week came and passed swiftly, unusual for the weeks I was used to for as long as I remember. It looked at times like coming out triumphant from addiction, while at times, it seemed like merely succumbing to a new brand of narcotic. I was arguing with myself whether it was a routine per se, as it entailed nothing other than only going to a theatre but at increasingly higher rates. I believed it was time to face up to one of my New Year's resolutions to attend art and creative endeavours in Addis Abeba, especially each and every theatre show, and write a note of my impression on the same...


September 17 , 2022 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Hedge Risks, Or Leave It Up to Fate

I met up with a longtime friend at a coffee house. Famous for its taste and service ambience, it was a favourite spot. It was shortly after we met up that she conversationally recalled anecdotes I shared with her ages ago. After I joked about the word “anecdotage,” which is an older person strongly inclined to tell reminiscent anecdotes, a renowned insurance company from the 17th century popped into our discussion. At the outset, it wrote only marine insurance, taking its name from a coffee house run by Edward Lloyd. It was formed by businessmen willing to insure against sea risks and m...


September 3 , 2022 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Colours of the Past Through Art's Lens

On a Friday, I happened to be at an old friend's house as he invited me for lunch. I accepted provided that he accepted my invitation to a theatre show that day's evening with his family. Unbounded emotions were unleashed, as it was quite a while since we met. I arrived as he was engaged in what I had thought looked unproductive sparring at first with his young daughter. It was an argument between them on social media memes, which was liked and shared with him from her. In the meme, a young girl argued in a quest to prove whether it was only after she was born that reality gained any colour...

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September 10 , 2022

New Year’s Resolution of Hope

As the New Year in the Ethiopian calendar approaches, I pondered what my resolution should be, as is customary for most people. It was then instantly I was caught up with nostalgia for what went on in...

August 27 , 2022

Identify, Develop the Brave. Otherwise Become Athletics History

On one of the recent Saturdays, I went out with a friend for a walk. My plea for the rain heeded, we quickly paced the wet streets as though we were late from a very serious appointment. It was six o...

August 20 , 2022

Heed the Old Friend to Complex Geopolitics

Last Sunday, at Ras Hotel on Gambia Street, I was waiting for a friend that showed no hint of appearing. Incensed and fuming, I started to fiddle with my mobile phone. A man with horn-rimmed glasses I...

August 13 , 2022

Finding Be'alu Girma, Direction of Ethiopia's Literature

It was as though two people inside me were arguing with each other as I was heading to attend the monthly debates on the arts at the historic Hager Fikir Theatre. It was a Monday afternoon with an unu...

August 6 , 2022

Highs, Exhilarations of Churchill Avenue on Dreary Saturdays

The previous week's Saturday had a tempestuous morning under weather that was not ideal. Yet I had to get a move on. It was because I vowed to return to the good old days of frequenting Addis Abeba's...

July 30 , 2022

Qera: Sights, Sounds, Smell, Not to Mention Bulls

It was last Saturday. What would have passed as a routine morning turned into a reminiscence of the 1980s. I had to attend a graduation ceremony in Qera. It first brought some sweet memories with the...

July 23 , 2022

Software Won't Eat the Human Element. Not Yet

Last Saturday, I had a rendezvous with a longtime friend. Most of the time, we used to meet at the historic Ras Hotel for lunch on weekends. This was after our separate visits to the barber shops, the...

July 17 , 2022

Marshal Through Ethiopia's Muddy Art Scene

I left my house, last Monday, as the rain fell in torrents, to be on time for the monthly debate on the arts. It was being staged at Hager Fikir Theatre, the oldest such place in Ethiopia. It was as...

July 9 , 2022

Reading Remains King, Bookstores the Castle

There was a time when it used to take hours to download small megabyte-sized files from the internet. The urge to browse, back then, was screeched to a halt because of the slow internet connection. It...

July 2 , 2022

How 'Man from the Stars' Helps Navigate the Good, the Bad

It was a Thursday. It all started from the thought of having a tight schedule that day, as I complained about the list of items I had to attend to and my ineptness to follow some of them online, as so...

June 25 , 2022

The Internet Gives More than It Takes

It is not talked about as much. But the age we live in offers unprecedented access to a world of information. For those willing to learn, there is no shortage of knowledge. I recently attended a cl...

June 18 , 2022

The Arts, Windows to the Soul of Society

Last Monday, I had to rush to the historic Hager Fikir Theatre. It was almost as immediately as I noticed the notice on Facebook with a catching title that I left my home as I had only a few hours lef...

June 11 , 2022

Few Drive Traffic Accidents Like Minibus Drivers

It is not hard to find something to lament about these days. One glaring issue in Addis Abeba is what may bring such changes on our roads regarding road traffic accidents and attitudes towards safety...

June 4 , 2022

Run from Potemkin Village, Embrace the Parisian Path

In line with the vow we made six years back with my niece, I started to regularly walk in the evenings on the sidewalks of the areas under near-Manhattanisation and the roads leading to them here in A...

May 28 , 2022

Switch Off the TVs, Video Games. Bring on the Poetry

Some stories flow like poetry. It is reported that, to the amazement of many, “Happy Birthday to You” had been, till very recently, a copyrighted song that earns million of dollars a year; as it i...

May 21 , 2022

Times May be Hard but Fear, Resignation Does No Good

Distance is never an issue for people looking for new ideas. John Trudgen introduced the Trudgen stroke to Europe in 1893, after seeing it used in South America. The stroke, employing a double over ar...


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