By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press | Greeneville Sun
Ethiopia-American Maaza Mengiste and Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga are among six finalists announced for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction.
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By Ebimo Amungo
At the height of the Covid 19 pandemic when most of America was put under lockdown and several people lost their jobs, one former Ethiopian refugee, Tashitaa Tufaa, who runs a transportation business in Minneapolis continued to pay his 250 strong staff their full salaries despite the negative impact of the pandemic on his business.
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Fifty years ago, lawmakers in Washington opened the doors to immigrants from Africa. Today, dozens of new Americans — from Liberia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somalia, and more — are running for office in Minnesota. And they’re winning.
By IBRAHIM HIRSI | SAHAN JOURNAL
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by Merrill Lee Girardeau | City Guide
If you’ve ever found yourself scooping everything with bread during a meal, Ethiopian food is for you. This African cuisine also suits those with a taste for unique, affordable eats that are packed with flavor.
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By CAREY SWEET | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Traditional Ethiopian dining involves an interesting setup: you park yourself on a low-to-the-ground barchuma stool at a multicolored mesob wicker table. The mesob has a domed cover that looks like a mini woven Taj Mahal, and when you remove it, a centerpiece tray awaits with a dramatic array of dishes arranged around African injera flat bread.
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By Trhas Tafere | The Utah Statesman
In light of the civil unrest that is going on in this country, I want to focus on the unique experience of many African immigrants, like myself, who had no prior understanding of the history of racism and the seriousness of the issue in this nation. Many African immigrants have had to face some kind of discrimination to realize the complex nature of race relations in the United States, and to identify themselves as “Black.”
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At Romeo and Milka Regalli’s Crown Heights restaurant, vegan proteins stand in for meats, and tangy, fermented injera soaks up sauces spiked with traditional berbere spice or puckery lime.
By Hannah Goldfield | The New Yorker
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by JACQUELINE CAIN | The Boston Magazine
According to Lettensa Afeworki, owner of Asmara Restaurant in Cambridge, Ethiopian cuisine is a kind of “friendship food.” Who could disagree? There’s something special about sitting around a communal basket to share colorful stews—more nuanced in their savory-spiciness than strictly fiery—that are long-simmered with aromatics and spices, like the signature blend, berbere. And of course, no meal is complete without injera, the fermented flatbread used to scoop up each morsel of flavor. Still, from tender-braised lamb to crisp-fried sambusas and plenty of vegetarian fare, Ethiopian cooking offers plenty of hearty, flavorful options for solo takeout (and leftovers), too. From Roxbury to Malden, here is where to order the best Ethiopian food right now.
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By DENISE M. WATSON | THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Even when he isn’t thinking as a photographer, Dawit N.M. knows how important it is to be seen.
Not looked at. Seen.
His photo of two girls playing in a street in Ethiopia, shyly hiding their faces in matching pink hoodies, is a portrait of innocence and youth. It isn’t one of starvation, death and calamity, which are often associated with the country in which Dawit was born.
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By Tigist Geme | VOA
Only a few weeks after the slaying of a popular singer in Ethiopia, thousands took to the streets in diaspora communities in the United States and elsewhere to mourn his death and peacefully protest the government in Addis Ababa.
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