Sub-Saharan Informer - Entertainment


		The Pan-African Newspaper

Entertainment

National Photo Journalist Association established in Addis
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Founded by Biniyame Mengesha, the National Photo Journalists Association (NPJA) was recently established in Addis Ababa by photo journalists who have worked in various media formats. The association’s main aim is to train and conduct workshops to enhance the quality of the field. Read More>>>

The struggling Ethiopian blogsphere
By Endalkachew H/Michael
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: News web logs, youtube and podcasting make up the new forms of journalism, a profession that looked quite different a decade or two ago. If anything that remains of the past, it would perhaps be the basic principles of journalism, which are accuracy, telling the truth, and fair and balanced reporting. Read More>>>

Another six months shopping festival to kickoff at Bole
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A six-month bazaar and trade fair is going to open in 13 days’ time. The festival that is going to be held in front of the Midroc’s largest Millennium celebration hall construction site will have hundreds of shops, a fashion show, a music and circus show in its six months’ duration. Three partners have teamed up for this project and Michael Ayalew is one of the partners. Talking to SSI this week, this organizer stated that the show is going to be a unique program that will present Ethiopian tradition. Read More>>>

The Dancing Dream one man’s quest to give back to the community
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The message of Black Diamonds Hip-Hop group has always been to pass positive messages to the youth. Training 37 children for three months on a unique cultural dance performance, one member from the three-man group, Temesgen Meles, did just that.
Read More>>>

Season Ras Africa
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Designer Osman Mohamed’s Last Fit Summer collection is going to unravel tonight at the Addis Sport & Le Petite Café on Garad Building. With 20 works of the gifted designer being showcased in the show tonight will feature leather and wool women’s wear. Read More>>>

The educated Chocolatez
Ever since its emergence Hip Hop music has been associated with slamming the powers that be and degrading women. But the recently formed Ethiopian Hip Hop band “The Chocolatez” is destined to change all of that. With all its members coming out of a higher learning institutes, some even having their second degrees The Chocolatez are striving to bring positive messages through Hip Hop. Read More>>>

Enkilf ena Edme: The Ethiopian nights
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The young poet Bewketu Seyoum has been known for his unique poems. Having his first comedy video with the comedian Dereje Haile “Eyesaku Menor” released he has also tried his share at acting. Read More>>>

From pneumatic items to health boosters
New products in the WOMAN world
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
hen the term network marketing is mentioned, many people here associate it with the network market that has rigorously been publicized for the past five year (Quest-Net) selling its “pneumatic” items. As heads are turning to the other opportunities, new products seems to have popped out from the same company and others. Read More>>>

ye-Sase FableII Puppet film Screens
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ye-Sase Fable II an Ethiopian puppet film was screened last Saturday for kids at the Alliance Ethio-Française. The 30 minutes film includes the acting of five children has some old animations. Read More>>>

Johnny Ragga’s new music clips to hit streets in couple of weeks
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
The Ethiopian Reggae-Ragga Dance hall musician Johnny Ragga is on the verge of completing his new music video that is expected to hit streets in a couple of weeks. Johnny’s songs will be included in an anticipated Next Music Video Collection. Read more>>>

Ambassador Comes back to life
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - After years under government management, the Ambassador park was outsourced to a private owner, last year. And the winner of the five years’ lease to run the park was an electronics engineer, Dinberu Alemu. Read More>>>

Blue Note Band rocks with Ethiopian Jazz
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
The four Ethiopian young-men established jazz band, Blue Note presented a jazz music concert at the Alliance Ethio-Française. The group that has members Ashenafi Admassu on bass guitar, Nathenael Tessema a drummer, Kibrom Ashebir pianist and Girum Gizaw as a lead guitarist was established a year ago. It’s members aged between age 22-29, however were playing a year before their formal establishment. Read More>>>

People’s View of European Films
On May 7, 2007, as a part of the European film festival, the National Theatre screened a Norwegian feature film, ‘Buddy’. It is a story of a 24 -year’s old happy-go-lucky young man, Kristoffer who earns his living working as a billboard hanger. When his girlfriend, Elisabeth abandons him for her boss leaving Kristoffer to pick up the pieces. Read More>>>

Trip to Remember
By Victoria Inganji
I will never forget a recent trip I took to Ethiopia’s Menagesha forest, for an event knows as the Suba-Fores Runt. The trip is known as the Hash Harriers, and occurs once a month and allows you to camp in the forest weekend. Menegasha is only a three hour drive from Addis Ababa, making it an easily accessible escape from the crowds and traffic of the capital city.Read More>>>

Celebrating Beauty in Style Ethiopian Life Foundation gears up for 5th anniversary
By staff writer
The Ethiopian Life Foundation, is gearing up to hold is 5th year anniversary pageant later on this year, at an event called the Millennium Festival of Beauty™. In a press release the foundation informed that it is still the undisputed organization which holds all major international pageant franchises for Ethiopia under one roof, for such respected international pageants as Miss Universe® Miss Earth ®Miss International® and Miss Intercontinental®. This year the foundation has embarked on an ambitious program of events that will see several new additions to its line up. Read More>>>