tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249118352012-01-28T22:09:23.885-05:00Peace & Love for Progress!!!Selamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01623393561753285869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24911835.post-87886294228407363432012-01-28T22:09:00.000-05:002012-01-28T22:09:23.901-05:00

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DC Mayor Vincent Gray signed last week an Executive Order prohibiting local law enforcement authorities from questioning people they encounter about their immigration status. This Order is a good step in responding to the misguided efforts of states like Alabama and Arizona that seek to have their authorities become immigration officers, a duty that has always been carried out by the federal

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Rickey McCombsMaurice Ashley became a national master in 1986 and an International Master in 1993. He earned his International Grandmaster title in 1999.Picture Source: http://www.chessbase.com

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"All water is recycled. All the water we have now is all the water we've every had, every drop of water has gone through some animal's kidney, or thousands of animals."Irvine RanchSource: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/greenla/irvine.htmlPicture Source: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=201259753234088&set=pu.157337864292944&type=1&theater

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Hilton Kelley has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Award for his work confronting refineries on pollution in the town of Port Arthur.

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An outdoor series of 13 large-scale portraits from Ethiopia displayed at the NYU/Kimmel Center Windows Gallery at LaGuardia Place and West 3 rd Street. An exhibition curated by Lydie Diakhaté and organized by the Institute of African American Affairs at New York University.THE EXHIBITION: Portraying contemporaneityChester Higgins Jr. came back with remarkable images from his visits to Ethiopia (

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that “most Americans spend about 90 percent of their time indoors, where pollutant levels may be 2-5 times higher, and occasionally 100 times higher, than outdoors. The Agency defines indoor air pollution as chemical, physical or biological contaminants in the breathable air inside a habitable structure or conveyance, such as in homes, schools, offices,

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Source: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/africa/ Main Author: de Fer, N. (info)Title/Description: Afrique Publication Info: Paris: 1705-1746; from Jacques Robbe's Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement Geographie Date: 1705 Scale: 1:88,700,000 Original Source: Antique Atlas

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I've heard there was a secret chordThat David played, and it pleased the LordBut you don't really care for music, do you?It goes like thisThe fourth, the fifthThe minor fall, the major liftThe baffled king composing HallelujahHallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, HallelujahYour faith was strong but you needed proofYou saw her bathing on the roofHer beautyin the moonlightoverthrew youShe tied youTo a

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Tipping, Talking and Tableware – 25 Etiquette Tips | Lifescript.com

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What to feed a year old baby?Our baby is independently feeding herself. We just put her on her high chair, chop the food, and put it in front of her. We are staying away from anything that has refined sugar, salt, or white flour. Wash the vegetables and fruit well and soak it in lime juice and water.Breakfast:Ripe organic banana or egg (boil or scramble) Organic oatmeal, grained walnut,

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"No, I didn't pull an Angelina Jolie. I'm talking about an "art adoption." This month Holly Bass Performance Projects has officially been adopted by the Eighteenth Street Lounge! The "adoption" includes access to free rehearsal space and the ability to host fundraiser happy hours among other things. All the cool kids are doing it: Words Beats and Life was adopted by Busboys and Poets and Bomani

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Naming a child can sometimes stamp a child.So is it any wonder what an Ethiopian electrical engineer had in mind when he named his son Electron?But while engineering may have been in the boy’s blood, this youngest of five children — with siblings named Positron, Neutron, Deutron and Proton — grew up to have medicine in his heart.Now, as a UCSF endocrine surgeon and a research scientist, Electron

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Dr. Gebisa Ejeta is announced as the 2009 World Food Prize Laureate at a ceremony at the US State Department, featuring Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.He received the prize because he developed a plant whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of

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B. Sheba is a rapper. Her lyrics are very powerful and her voice is mesmerizing.Listen to her song at:http://www.myspace.com/bshebamusicKeep it up sister.

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On December 12, 2009 Artists for Charity, an organization that supports orphans in Ethiopia, raised over $23,000 in Washington DC, according to the founder of the organization, Abezash Tamerat. She thanked the donors and the people who assisted her to coordinate the event.“Our heartfelt appreciation and deepest gratitude also goes out to our artists, sponsors and volunteers, who donated their

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The artworks of Sheba Azeb Zekiros were exhibited at the Harvard Kennedy School during the Africa Week celebration from April 4 to April 12, 2009. Ms. Zekiros’ artworks were accepted well by the gusts and the Africa Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School that prepared the program. Ms. Zekiros explains the experience as “encouraging and inspiring for me and will focus on creating more. I'm also

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The Corvallis-Gondar Sister Cities Week event will be held in Corvallis, OR from May 10-16.The host organization of the event, the Corvallis-Gondar Sister Cities Association, is a non-profit organization in Oregon that was formed in 2004. According to the website, the organization aims to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Gondar, Ethiopia, by developing sustainable solutions to

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Langston Hughes Award - Last week, M.K. Asante Jr. was honored to receive the 2009 Langston Hughes Award from the Langston Hughes Society. Best Documentary at AWDFF – This week, his latest film, The Black Candle, narrated by Maya Angelou, won the Best Documentary prize at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival.

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Just in time for the warmer weather comes stunning and sustainable footwear from Ethiopian soleRebels. The soleRebels Collective makes some of the most stylish and green footwear on the planet.Started by Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu several years ago, the company has grown from a small operation to a major employer in an impoverished community of Addis Ababa.The African company produces Ethiopia’s

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Chris Brown was recently spotted shooting hoops in his home state of Virginia at the University of Mary Washington. A photo has surfaced on TMZ that shows Brown with the school's women's basketball team. In the photo, Brown is surrounded by smiling team members while he poses with his arms crossed and his head tilted back. Source: www.mtv.comWe strongly believe abusing a person mentally,

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SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN (WRCB)- Desta Bume's 11th grade classmates at Signal Mountain High School listen when he speaks. Occasionally he helps teach them Pre Calculus. The 17-year-old Ethiopian exchange student is attending the school thanks to host parents Jock and Megan Dunbar, who found Desta through the Cherokee Gives Back student exchange program.Desta says, "Day to day, I help students in

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By Hohete ArefeaineI am pleased to announce that Washington area professional photographer, and my friend, Andargé Asfaw, will be bringing his traveling gallery exhibition Ethiopia From the Heart, to the Rouse Foundation Gallery at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.The exhibition reception, artist talk and book signing will take place March 19 from 6-8pm. The exhibition itself will

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The District of Columbia will participate in Earth Hour 2009, a global event in which tens of millions of citizens, businesses and government leaders will turn off their lights to make a statement about the urgent need for action on climate change.Beginning at 8:30 pm on March 28th, the District will turn off non-essential lighting on many buildings and landmarks, including four facilities owned

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The Ethiopian film "Teza" won three special prizes during the 21st pan-African Cinema and Television Festival (FESPACO), the brightest of African scenarios, according to information monitored here. The Ethiopian film "Teza" by director Haile Gerima took the Golden Stallion of Yennenga on Saturday for best film at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival.It deals with big themes -- emigration,

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Ms. Johnnetta Cole, 72, is the new director of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. She is an anthropologist and the former college president.

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Ouagadougou prepares for Africa's Oscars The jury of the bi-annual Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou, will announce on Saturday which film gets the coveted African Oscar, The Golden Stallion of Yennenga.In all there are 19 films from Africa vying for FESPACO's top honour. Here is an overview of some of the movies tipped to win."Teza," Ethiopia 2008, directed by Haile Gerima

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The 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) took place on early 2009. On 31 January, the audience awards at the International Film Festival Rotterdam were announced in the Rotterdam, The Netherlands.. “The Dioraphte Award for Hubert Bals Fund film held in highest regard went to the film Teza by the Ethiopian film maker Haile Gerima. The KPN Audience Award went to Slumdog Millionaire by

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Picture source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html

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By MARCIA VANDERLIP of the Tribune’s staffPublished Wednesday, January 14, 2009 You can learn a lot about a person’s culture by exploring her pantry.I didn’t know anything about teff, for example, until my Eritrean friend Akbaret Hailu Hagos invited me into her pantry last week to see the 10-pound bag of teff flour. She goes through the teff pretty quickly because it is used in the family's daily

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"...Lord, ... we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around ---- when yellow will be mellow ---- when the red man can get ahead, ---- and when white will embrace what is right.Let all those who do justice and love mercy say amen.AUDIENCE: Amen!REV. LOWERY: Say amen --AUDIENCE: Amen!REV. LOWERY: -- and amen.AUDIENCE: Amen!..."Picture

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Business Start-ups Important to Job Creation, Study FindsStart-up companies are a major contributor to job creation, even in the midst of significant economic downturns, a new U.S. Census Bureau study funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation finds.The first of three issue briefs to be released this year highlighting data from Business Dynamic Statistics (12 pages, PDF), the report, Jobs

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A Negod-gwad and Pandora Film production, Teza, was premiered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 3rd, 2008. Approximately, 1,260 people came to the opening day, which is full capacity at the National Theater. Among the attendee were many African Union dignitaries and other diplomats.The movie will be showing at the National Theater for a month. The movie so far has won more than ten awards in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ Well I heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do ya? Well it goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her

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The 2nd Annual Artist for Charity (AFC) Holiday Benefit event took place on Friday December 5, 2008. The main organizer of the event, Abezash, mentioned, “the benefit raised over $10,000 dollars.” AFC cares for 16 children HIV positive children and orphans. The event was sponsors by Blen GraFix, Custom Signs Today and Touchstone Gallery. Many volunteers also supported the event. Musical

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SALEM MEKURIA is Associate Professor of Art at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and an independent film producer, writer, director, originally from Ethiopia. For a number of years, she worked with NOVA, Public Television's premier science documentary series, a production of WGBH-TV, and with numerous international film productions focusing on issues of African women and development. Salem

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The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering,And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should beThe will of its Inquisitor,The liberty to die. * * * If I Can StopIF I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain;If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain,Or help one fainting robinUnto his nest again,I

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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant Emily DickinsonTell all the Truth but tell it slant---Success in Cirrcuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightening to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind---

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Video by Markos Tadesse

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Thank you dear Miriam Makeba. Your angelic and unforgettable voice transcended all kind of boundaries.Grammy award-winning South African singer Miriam Makeba passed away. She was known around the world as "Mama Africa." She was 76.Rest in peace.Watch her performance with Paul Simon.

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By Tegist Dagnew & Bekalu YegzawIt was incredible to see Washington DC residents in collective happiness. The unplanned and peacful celebration on November 4th, 2005, started around 10:00pm lasted until 3:00pm, which was caused by Obama's victory. After a long time of living in fear and insecurity, it seemed on November 4, 2008, African Americans, Whites, and Hispanics, Ethiopians, and people

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by Robert Frost TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5 Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really

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Ethiopian film "Teza" scooped four main awards at Africa's Carthage Film Festival Saturday, including the coveted Golden Tanit for its "modesty and genius."The film by Haile Gerima bagged the top prize on the last day of the festival in Tunisia, beating the Palestinian film "Leila's Birthday" and Tunisia's entry "Khamsa" to second and third place respectively."Teza" tells the story of an

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The Associated Press Tuesday, September 30, 2008 DAKAR, Senegal: A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in Africa Wednesday, a program that many on the continent fear has a hidden agenda skewed by the war on terror and a self-interested scramble for resources.Africom is also facing skeptical U.S. lawmakers who slashed its budget by a third last week and said the command's rollout

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$125m boost for African Mining SME sector from new ‘Pan-African’ fundThe largest ever fund to target Africa’s under-served sub $1m SME sector has reached the $125m milestone.Promoted by South-African based company GroFin, in partnership with Shell Foundation, the “GroFin Africa Fund” has raised $125m which aims to unlock the potential of Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises. These firms

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Ethiopian film explores nation's recent violent past Tue 2 Sep 2008Mike Collett-WhiteVENICE (Reuters) - A powerful new film chronicles the life of an Ethiopian intellectual who flees his country during the Marxist "red terror" in the 1980s, only to be viciously attacked in Germany by racist youths.Anberber, the central character, returns to his homeland longing for peace, but life with his

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Meron Dagnew is our current day young hero. She is the director of Meqdela NYC, which is an educational organization. Meqdela NYC provides Amharic and Ethiopian culture, history, folklore, music, and dance lessons for young students in New York City.According to the organization’s web site, www.meqdela.org, “Meqdela NYC is an Ethiopian school that teaches children about different aspects of

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By Hewot TerunehIt's on! Get out your pom poms and start cheering! :o) The Ethiopian Olympic Committee announced its strong squad of 36 athletes for Beijing 2008, which is due to begin on Friday. You can find out the list of athletes below and the schedule for Team Ethiopia. All times are local time in Beijing which is 12 hours ahead of EDT. For instance 8 AM in College Park, Maryland is 8 PM

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http://www.reggaesummerfest.net/facebook event pagemyspace

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> Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher is an African Environmentalist and our hero.Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher won the Right Livelihood Award in 2000 "for his exemplary work to safeguard biodiversity and the traditional rights of farmers and communities to their genetic resources."Tewolde Berhan graduated in 1963 from Addis Ababa University and received his doctorate from the University

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Gabriel Teodros is the everyday journeyman with more stories to tell than most people twice his age. Having seen both city and countryside through the eyes of a struggling artist and immigrant child, Teodros spins observations and wordplay into internationalism on wax. Linking first and third world people's struggles, he is sincere when he says "we in this together son, your beef is mine."From

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The DC Sports and Entertainment Commission will host the Ethiopian Sports Federation festival in the District June 29th through July 7th at RFK Stadium.    "We are very proud to help bring the first Ethiopian soccer tournament and festival to RFK Stadium," said Erik A. Moses, DC Sports and Entertainment Commission chief executive officer.  "The Sports and Entertainment Commission and the District

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Queen of Sheba's Palace Discovered in Ethiopia, University Says By Catherine HickleyMay 8 (Bloomberg) -- A team of archaeologists from the University of Hamburg said they discovered the Queen of Sheba's palace and an altar that may have once held the Ark of the Covenant in Axum, Ethiopia. A Christian king built a new palace over the 10th-century B.C. structure, which probably didn't survive for

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Empress Zewditu was the daughter of Emperor Menelik II and Woizero Abechi. Her mother passed away while Zewditu was still a very young child, so Zewditu was raised by her father and step-mother, Queen Taitu Bitul.Zewditu had very good relations with her step-mother. Zewditu had earned a reputation of kindness. Zewditu treated everyone with the same sweet friendliness. In 1900, at the

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"The co-producer of the highly acclaimed film Sankofa, Mrs. Shirikiana Aina has been dedicated to independent cinema for over fifteen years. She received a Masters Degree in African Film Studies from UCLA in 1982, and a B.A. in Film in 1980 from Howard University. After starting a family she returned to her alma mater to teach scriptwriting.Aina is one of the founders of Positive Productions, Inc

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Coming soon to Selam Africa: Interview with the legendary singer, Maritu (the honey) Legesse. Maritu used to sing inside King Haile Selase’s palace. She comes from Wolo, the birth place for most of Ethiopia’s musical notes.

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Professor Haile Gerima just completed his tenth move, Teza.¹ “The movie is produced as an ancient riddle,” Professor Gerima explained. Professor Haile extracted the name of the movie also from an ancient African riddle: “Seehade Agegnehuwat - Semeles AtaHuwat,” which means I found it when I was leaving - I lost it when I was returning.” The movie is a truly touching story told in artistically

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Wayna extends an invitation to the CD release party for her new album Higher Ground, THIS SATURDAY APRIL 5th 10pm at Zanzibar on the Waterfront. The first single from the project is #3 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles chart and #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles, one slot below Janet Jackson's, Feedback. You can listen to the song, along with 5 new tunes from the album on my myspace

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The legendary musician and Masinko player, Setegn Atenaw, performing at the Takoma Park Community center. Masinko is an Ethiopian string instrument. (Photo: Naomi Brookner) By Mike Meno, The GazetteThe aromas of incense and freshly ground coffee filled the Takoma Park Community Center on Saturday, March 15th 2008. Takoma held the city’s first art exhibit to exclusively showcase local Ethiopian

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By Solomon TeklaiIn the past three weeks three Ethiopians who lived here in the United State have committed suicide. Among those three individuals, one worked with us in organizing the New York Abay Sport team during the late 80’s and early 90’s. He was a father and a highly dedicated community activist. The second individual was also a father and a devoted Orthodox Christian. He attended and

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On February 25, 2008, President George W. Bush that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) would support five new private equity investment funds, with a combined target capitalization of $875 million, designed to invest in a variety of sectors vital to Africa’s economic development, including health care, housing, telecommunications and small and medium-sized

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Source: HilltopOnline, Howard University, WashingtonNATALIE CONE, 2/26/08On Monday night, a bus full of New York Abyssinian Baptist Church members drove to Washington, D.C. to join the Ethiopian community to honor the church and its pastor, the Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts III. The event, which was hosted at the Ethiopian embassy, was also intended to celebrate Black History Month and to strengthen the

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DNA studies trace migration from EthiopiaResearch dates origins up to 100,000 yearsLos Angeles TimesScrutinizing the DNA of 938 people from 51 distinct populations around the world, geneticists have created a detailed map of how humans spread from their home base in sub-Saharan Africa to populate the farthest reaches of the globe over the last 100,000 years.The pattern of genetic mutations, to be

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Holly Bass will perform as Josephine Baker in Washington DC where she lives and works. She is a graceful dancer and spoken word artist. She is known as a writer-performer.Holly is energetic and poetic artist. This young diva has dedication, vision, and originality to recreate the Harlem Renaissance sentiment in her performances. Holly is also very active in her community. She often

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Behailu Zerihun traveled all over Africa on a journey to explore kinship. Enjoy Behailu’s pictures thought the mother land. Behailu has been volunteering at the Marima Tutoring and Mentoring Program (MTMP) in Washington DC for several years. Mariam Tutoring and Mentoring Program (MTMP) was founded in 2002 to operate and develop educational and recreational programs for elementary and high

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Selamawit Nega is a talented vocalist. She lives in Washington DC. She is currently working on her latest and much anticipated CD. Here is Selamawit Nega's latest music video about the Ethiopian millennium. On this single CD release, she says let it be peace, unity and love. This is one of the best millennium songs. Be on the look out for her latest CD and CD release parties near you. Enjoy Music

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By Elsa GebeyehuDinaw Mengestu is the author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Seattle Reads pick of 2008, as well as the forthcoming novel How To Read the Air. He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. In 1980, he immigrated to the United States with his mother and sister, joining his father, who had fled Ethiopia during the Red Terror. He is a

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Scientist Sossina used her knowledge to create energy at lower cost to human and earth. She created the world's first solid-acid fuel cell, which is a clean technology that converts chemical energy to electricity for powering cars, buses and power plants. The fuel cell that scientist Sossina made emits only pure water. What makes scientist Sossina’s discovery extra special is that her fuel

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By Dr. Tedla W. GiorgisSelamawit Nega, SelamKen, is a young renowned Ethiopian musician who has performed around the world. With fifteen years of experience in musical composition and performance, she is very much sought after by the Ethiopian communities and organizers of World music festivals.In addition to her acclaimed performances across the Ethiopian communities both in the US and Europe,

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