Day: February 17, 2012
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A Response To Hailemariam Tesfay: “Ich verstehe nur noch Bahnhof”
“Ich verstehe nur noch Bahnhof” (pronounced ‘ESH Feshtehe nur nok banhof,’) is a German Expression usually uttered to show that ‘You don’t understand something and don’t really care either.’ In recent years, this expression has also been used to mean that one cannot understand acoustically what the other person is saying. The expression stems from World…
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Kmbob: A Refined Eritrean Art Form
This is a beautiful clip from Western Eritrea criticizing modern Eritrean songs and comparing today’s music, artists and the characters that accompany them with the dignified, refined music of other giants of Eritrean artists [the singer admires Ogbagaber, Yemane Barya, Hamed Wed Sheik, Wed Amir, and Abrar Osman.] The sarcastic and intelligent music is delivered in a genre…
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Expecting Aguagudom (ኣጓጉዶም) A Play
By: Wedi Batuta Act (IIX) This a play by Wedi Batuta. So far seven parts (Act 1 – 7) have been published, this is Act 8. Character’s Name Sobriquet Party/Affiliation Yemane Baliho Wedi-Baliho Selfi-Swa Mohamed Birhan Imam Wedi-Zemzem Selfi-Alamel Abdela A Zerom Wed-Inharish Selfi-Gebil Amanuel ReDae Wedi-Tiebe Selfi-L’fnti Tirhas Kindya Trishi (Gual ‘Gbitan) Demit Eritrea Mohammed I Abdella Wed-Sudan Hizb Aljemahir Zewdi…