Artist Highlight — Assegid Gessesse’s spirited mixed media prints

The Green Desk Wall Space, In Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood recently exhibited Assegid Gessesse’s spirited mixed media prints. “I am a memory tourist,” Gessesse says.

PROFILES

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    We recently spoke with Valerie Steele, CEO of GojoSuites, a brokerage firm that sells property in Ethiopia, about the current real estate market in that country.

HISTORY

  • Mixed Legacy: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia

    Haile Selassie’s legacy is both good and bad. He ruled Ethiopia for almost sixty years as an autocrat. To his credit, however, he presided over the establishment of institutions.

MEDITATIONS

  • What Obama’s victory means to my daughter from Ethiopia

    About six months ago, my seven year old daughter, Tibarek, awakened early one morning and called to me. “Jilly, I had a dream. Joe Biden won! And that means that if he wins, Obama will win, too.”

ART

  • Interview: A Green Photographer With His Lens on Ethiopia

    When Andarge Asfaw returned to his childhood home, Ethiopia, he had not been there for 27 years. He spoke with Tadias about his photography career, his trip to Ethiopia and his new book.

NEWS & HOT SHOTS

  • Ethiopian Immigrants Say Obama Has Restored Faith in the American Dream

    Ethiopian immigrants make up the largest contingent of African emigres in the Washington area and in the buzz of Amharic chatter, every other words seems to be “Obama.”

REVIEWS

  • Haile Gerima’s film ‘Teza’ wins top prize at Carthage Film Festival

    Ethiopian film “Teza” scooped four main awards at Africa’s Carthage Film Festival recently, including the coveted Golden Tanit for its “modesty and genius.”