Noah Samara

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June 25th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
".........A Radio!

You may have heard that due to the generosity of the Google and AMD each of the TED Global Fellows will soon be getting a new Mac or PC laptop. What you may not have heard is that due to generosity of Noah Samara from Worldspace each fellow is also getting a satellite radio and an annual Worldspace subscription. As you can imagine we went, as a famous Kenyan blogger would put it, bananas. But I quickly realised I was going bananas for a different reason from everyone else. All the other fellows are going nuts over the Macs (is anyone seriously choosing a PC?) But me, I was going bananas over the radio.
Walalala.
Satellite radio, for one year. Yani I can wake up at 3am and tune into what the good people of Papua New Guinea are up to? And I’ve always wondered what the theme music for radio news in Peru sounds like. Now I’ll know. On News Year Eve I’ll start listening from Time Zone 1 and check out how each time zone celebrates the New Year! Imagine how many countdowns I will catch! Yeah ok, Macs are cool, very very cool. Lakini, you guy, a radio with a ka small satellite dish, come on now, what is cooler than that! Seriously!........."

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Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi

Africans in general and Ethiopians in particular have produced one of the richest persons in the world. Sheik Dr. Mohammed Al-Amoudi is the richest man in Africa and one of the richest people in the Middle East. This by all standards is a remarkable and extraordinary achievement for the great son of Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Al-Amoudi and Oprah Winfrey are the only Black People on the list of billionaires. BET founder Bob Johnson is not even on the list. That makes Al-Amoudi the Richest Black Man on the Planet.
Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi is also leading investor in Ethiopia. He leads the pace not only in terms of a massing wealth, but is also armored with the conviction stamp out the deep rooted and centuries old poverty from his beloved, Country. He once said,” I am the son of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is unique for me. And Mother needs special care.Eternal Love to Motherland - Ethiopia Read more @ eyasu solomon

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kiros Alemayehu

He's the great Tigrgna singer of all time and one of highly talented Ethiopian songwriters ever.
May God rest his soul in peace.

General Stanley Mathenge

After I have read this article, attempted to get the very detail life story of this Ethiopian guy. And I'll be back with those findings in Amharic. Happy Ethiopian millennium to you all.
bati_____________


The Mau Mau staged a rebellion against British colonial rule
A leading Kenyan independence fighter - General Stanley Mathenge - has returned to Kenya for the first time in 47 years to attend celebrations marking 40 years of independence.
General Mathenge, 84, returned at the invitation of President Mwai Kibaki to attend Sunday's ceremonies.

He was a commander in the Mau Mau independence movement, but he fled Kenya in 1956 after the nominal leader of the movement, Dedan Kimathi, was captured and executed by the British colonial power.

He was a brave, courageous, fearless and partly ruthless commander

Kamau wa Kihote

More than 13,000 Africans were killed in the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s as well as about 100 Europeans.

"I am so delighted to be back home. I thank Kenyans for their ungrudging hospitality," he told a crowd of about 300 people in the airport lounge.

He spoke in Amharic, the only language he speaks, which was translated into English by Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya Muradi Mussa.

Mr Mathenge had the rank of general bestowed on him after he returned from service in Burma in the second world war.

Call for support

"He was a brave, courageous, fearless and partly ruthless commander," said Kamau wa Kihote, 81, who fought alongside General Mathenge in Mount Kenya and the Aberdares forests in central Kenya, reports AFP news agency.

"Mathenge, I swear, used to punish us for a good cause, if we failed to take his commands in the bush," said another former veteran, Francis Muruiki, 80.

He added that the general's war tactics led the British army to start bombarding the Mau Mau in the forests.


"The local fighters dodged the bombs for weeks, but when the food supplies dried up, our lifeline was cut off, each of us fled on our own. Many died in the forest and were consumed by wild animals."

General Mathenge and 28 other fighters fled to Ethiopia, with the hope of getting support there, but they never returned.

A Must-Read Article........Sankofa.....Adwa.....

'Sankofa' director back with film of Ethiopian battle
By Mary Gabriel
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (Reuters) - With the 1994 picture ``Sankofa,'' Ethiopian director Haile Gerima became something of a legend in the independent film world.
His haunting story of an African American woman's time travel back to the days of slave trading was rejected by Hollywood, which said it did not know how to market it. But Gerima did. He simply let the movie speak for itself.

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Inventing his own telecom.......(..interview language --> Amharic)

ጠቢቡ እስራኤል የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌኮምኒከሸንስ መስሪያ ቤት ብቸኛ ተወዳዳሪ ሆኖ ቀርቧል (ብዙ በጀት ሳይፈልግ በጨበጣ ):: በትንሽ ከተማ ውስጥ ነዋሪ የሆነው ጠቢቡ እስራኤል ለከተማው ህዝብ (ጊንጪ ) ቴሌኮምኒኬሽን መስሪያ ቤት መስጠት ያልቻለውን አገልግሎት ማቅረቡ በመቻሉ ምክንያት የሳይንስ አዋቂዎችና መስሪያ ቤቱን ባድነት በቂጣቸው ዘጭ እንዲሉ አድርጓል :: እኔም ወንድ ወንዳታው ቶክቻው ያራዳ ልጅ ብዬዋለሁ !! This interview reminds me the story of DOS & people around with that program. God knows how many billions of users around the world are dependent on that MS-DOS today. But, before Dos got its popularity" Bill Gates contacted Tim Patterson of Seattle Computer Products and purchased a copy of his 86-DOS (previously QDOS - Quick and Dirty Operating System) for $50,000."
I hope the Ethiopian telecoms would keep the intellectual right of this young man, Israel & work with him.

Ethiopian Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin

"I crave for knowledge.
I envy tolerant, peaceful folks.
I am frightened by ignorance.
I loathe violence." The poet T.G.Medhin

ጥበብ ይናፍቀኛል
ተቻችሎ የሚኖር ህዝብ ያስቀናኛል
ድንቁርና ያስፈራኛል
ጦርነት ያስጠላኛል::

A Short Walk Through His Literary Park


The funeral of the prolific Ethiopian Writer, Poet, Playwright and Anthropologist Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin was conducted at the St. Trinity Cathedral Church.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin has written 40 plays in Amharic and seven in English, while he also published his collections of poems in one volume under the title 'Esat wey Abeba' (meaning 'Fire or Flower').

Five of Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin's works have been rendered into English, French and Russian.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin translated the great tragedies of William Shakespeare such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear with a competing flavour, while he also rendered the great comedies of Moliere such as Tartuffe and 'A Doctor in Spite of Himself'.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin obtained his LLB Degree from Blackstone University in Chicago, United States, and studied anthropology in Dakar University in Senegal. He also attended courses in Theatrical Arts in universities in France and Britain.

Laureate Tsegaye has served as Artistic Director of the Ethiopian National Theatre, Editor of the Oxford University Press in Addis Ababa, and permanent representative of the Ministry of Culture and Sports with a rank of Vice Minister.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin is also credited to found the Department of Theatrical Arts at the Addis Ababa University, where he also served as Instructor and department head. Laureate Tsegaye was also the founder of the Ethiopian Writers Association, and a member of the Afro-Asian Writers' Association.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin has won the Haileselassie I prize for Literature, as well as many other international awards.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin died at the age of 69 on February 24, 2006.

The funeral of Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin was conducted yesterday at the St. Trinity Cathedral Church in the presence of families, friends, and admirers.

Laureate Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin is survived by his six children.

(This edited article was copied from keyquestions.blogspot.com )

ኮሎኔል አብዲሳ አጋ

የአምስተኛ ክፍል የአማርኛ የመማሪያ መጽሐፍ ውስጥ ይመስለኛል ድንቅ የሆነው የ ዘራይ ደረስና የኮለኔል አብዲሳ አጋ በጠላት ሃገር ያሳዩት ጀግንነት ታሪክ በአጭሩ የተዘከረበት:: ብዙዎቻችን ቁንጽል ዕውቀት ስለነዚህ ጀግኖች ቢኖረን እንጂ የጀግንነት ውሎአቸውን በትንታኔ የሚያቀርብ ጽሁፍ አንብበናል ማለት ያስቸግራል:: ይህን ከዚህ በታች ትርጉም የማቀርብላችሁ በጥሩ ሁኔታ ተቀናብሮ የቀረበው የኢትዮጵያዊው ጀግና አብዲሳ አጋ ታሪክ, ቅድሚያ በ እንግሊዝኛ ቋንቋ በዶ/ር ፍቅሬ ቶሎሳ የተጻፈውን ነው::

ኮሎነል አብዲሳ አጋ የተወለደው በወለጋ ክፍለ ሃገር ነበር:: ወላጅ አባቱ ድንገት ቱግ ብለው ወንድማችውን ገድለው ለፍርድ ሲቀርቡ, የ አስራሁለት አመት ዕድሜ በወቅቱ የነበረው አብዲሳ አባቱን ለማስፈታት አዲስ አበባ በመሄድ ጥረት ቢያደርግም, ከተበየነው ከሞት ቅጣት ሊያድናቸው አልቻለም::በጣም ያዘነውና እንግሽግሽ ያለው ወጣት የኢትዮጵያ ጦር ሰራዊት ውስጥ የተቀጠረው ገና የ አስራ አራት አመት ዕድሜው ላይ ነበር:: በ 1936 ከፋሽሽት ጣሊያን ጦር ጋር ፍልሚያ ላይ ተማርኮ ለእስር ጣሊያን ሃገር ሲሲሊ ደሴት ላይ በሚገኘው የማጎሪያ ካምፕ ይታሰራል:: እዚያ ካምፕ ውስጥ ነበር ከዩጎዝላቩ ጀግና ከ ካፒቴን ጁሊዮ ጋር የተገናኘው::

ሁለቱ ጓደኞች ሆነው ከእስረኞች ማጎሪያ ደርዘን የሚሆኑ በማስከተል በድንቅ ሁኔታ አምልጠው ጫካ ተመሸጉ:: ክጥቂት ቀናት በኋላ በጣሊይኖች እጅግ በሚፈራው አብዲሳ እየተመሩ ወደ እስረኛ ማጎሪያው ይመለሰላሉ:: አብዲሳ የካምፑን ጠባቂዎች አንቆ በመግደል, እሱና ጁሊዮ የሞቱትን ወትደሮች ልብስ በመልበስና መሳሪዎቻቸውን በማንገት የፋሺስት ጠባቂ በመምሰል ቀድሞ እስር የነበሩበትን ካምፕ ይቆማሉ:: ከሌሎች የህቡዕ ውጊይ ተባባሪዎቻቸው ጋር በመሆን ካምፕ ውስጥ ጠልቀው ገብተው እስረኞችን በጠቅላላ ይፈታሉ:: ከፋሺስት መኮንኖች ጋር ተዋግተው ትጥቅና ስንቅ እንዲሁም አንድ የጭነት መኪና ሙሉ የጦር መሳሪያዎችን በመዝረፍ ወደ ጫካ ይመለሳሉ..............ይቀጥላል

Colonel Abdissa Aga

I believe, my fifth grade text book had two
famous and inspiring short stories of Zerai
Deress & Abdissa Aga. Obviously, Most of us
have a glimpse of understanding about these
most important and highly respected Ethiopian
heroes. Now let's examine closely the most
fascinating achievements or actions of
Colonel Abdissa Aga, from the excellent
article of Dr. Fikere Tolassa.
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Abdissa Aga

Colonel Abdissa Aga was born in Welega. His
father lost his temper and killed his own
brother when Abdissa was about 12 years old.
Though he went as far as Addis Ababa to
appeal for the release of his father, he was
executed. Sad and embittered, he joined the
Ethiopian Army around the age of 14 and
fought against Fascist Italy in 1936 in Ethiopia.
He was captured and imprisoned in.............More Abdissa Aga