Novelist Sissai Nigussu and I had a long, nice chat last week at the office of the Ethiopian Writer's Association. Sissai, who is the secretary general of the Association said the office serves as ...

That was of course an act of protest not a case of writer's block. The literary history of Ethiopia has witnessed moments when writers were persecuted for speaking truth to power.

Aurora, the most diverse city in the state of Colorado, embraces its Ethiopian community 02:43. Editor's note: The 2025 Global Fest festival will take place on Saturday, June 14.. The City of ...

Seeing so few Black writers, and even fewer Ethiopian writers, Girma chose to work as a teacher, a role “that would sustain my writing,” she says. “I needed an actual job until this dream ...

Realness Institute selects writers from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa for AuthenticA Series Lab (exclusive) By Mona Tabbara 2024-09-09T14:02:00+01:00. No comments.