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Recent Reviews
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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