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KUNJINA and the fabric of Ethiopia’s fashion industry

Kunjina Tesfaye’s fascination with fashion started from when she was a tiny tot rummaging through her mother’s closet. The two decade love affair has matured into a successful clothing business. After Tesfaye obtained an engineering degree from the University of Addis Ababa, she transitioned into fashion by taking a short fashion course at Wossi International…

Mereba expresses newfound stillness through ‘AZEB’

Mereba has spent her life constantly moving. She was born in Montgomery Alabama, was raised in Pennsylvania and spent her teenage and early adult years in North Carolina, Ethiopia, Pittsburgh and Atlanta. This created a sense of restlessness that would translate beautifully into her music. Her debut album, The Jungle is the Only Way Out,…

Who is the hero? // A reflection on African Sci-Fi Films

In a post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscape, where Michael Jordan is enshrined, masked Nazi-clad bandits steal Ninja-turtle amulets, and witches trade in Michael Jackson records, we meet Birdy and Candy. As a rusted spaceship hovers in the sky, and a defunct bowling ball machine returns to life, Candy embarks on a quest to find Santa Claus. As…