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 Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
Gabriel Abraham | Jan 18 2010
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In her searing first novel, Maaza Mengiste recounts the experiences of the 1974 Ethiopian revolution with memories crisp and scabs still unhealed and festering.


 Teza
H. Asrat | Sep 08 2009
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Set in Ethiopia during Mengistu Hailemariam's regime, Haile Gerima’s Teza tells the story of Anberber, a scientist who, traumatized by his experiences abroad, returns home 


 Madcon: So Dark the Con of Man
H. Asrat | Aug 11 2009
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Hiphop in Norway? Tshawe Baqwa and Yosef Wolde-Mariam give music lovers something to nod their heads to. Like most healthy duos, Madcon happens in twos. The Norwegian hiphop group derives its name from


 Guzo
H. Asrat | May 14 2009
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Aida Ashenafi's Guzo recounts the experiences of two Addis Abeba city dwellers who for the first time, spend a period of 20 days in the Ethiopian countryside, in a small village close to


 La Haine
H. Asrat | May 13 2009
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Set in the projects of the Paris suburbs, Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine circles around three friends—Hubert, Vinz and Said—as they cope with the aftermath of riots incited by


 The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
S. Yoseph | May 04 2009
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Will a show about an African woman become HBO's and the BBC's new success story? These networks seem to believe so, having signed for 13 episodes of the all new The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.


 Camparada
H. Asrat | Apr 22 2009
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Camparada is one of the less abstruse cinematic efforts made by young Ethiopian filmmakers in recent years. Set on Mekelle University's campus, the romantic comedy follows 


 Ayoe Angelica: I’m Amazed
H. Asrat | Apr 15 2009
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“I’m Your Piano”, a song on Danish-Ethiopian Ayoe Angelica’s debut I’m Amazed, is as much the 20-year old's self-description as it features a typical arrangement of her sound. 

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