Now based in Sweden, Mengistu has authored seven books spanning history, heritage, and tourism. Much of his writing engages ...

As a matter of tradition, books and matters of the mind seem to be assuming particular importance during the rainy season in Ethiopia in general and in the capital Addis Ababa in particular. This does ...

Everywhere you go in Addis these days it seems that books are available to buy, whether it is from a book stand around Addis Ababa stadium and the National Theatre or from book shops or book vendors.

In the autumn of 1961, after graduating from Oxford in the summer with a rather unsatisfactory degree in Classics (a Second in Lit. Hum. which should have been a First), I headed out from Ireland to ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed emphasized the vital role of higher education institutions in Ethiopia’s path to prosperity, noting ...

Addis Ababa Noir is another African collection from Akashic Books. And once again, it’s surprising, diverse, and contains some superb writing. The stories range widely. In this exclusive interview ...

He spent his life between sit-ins, flash mobs, chalks and notebooks, training courses and battles for the rights of school workers. But this time Andrea Degiorgi, a historic face of Cobas Cagliari, ...