Entertainment & Arts

Filmmaker Merawi Gerima Joins Production Company Serial Pictures for Commercial and Music Video Representation

Production company Serial Pictures has announced the signing of filmmaker Merawi Gerima for commercial, branded entertainment, and music video representation. Gerima, who was born and raised in Washington, DC, is known for his authentic storytelling and focus on important social issues. His work has been described as visually striking and evocative. Gerima recently released his

December 31, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Teddy Yo Arrested: Ethiopian Rapper Jailed for New Song

Teddy Yo, the Ethiopian rap artist and pioneer of the country’s rap scene, was arrested today after the release of his latest controversial song about Addis Ababa,titled Wonberesh. The song, which has caused outrage among some members of the government officials, addresses issues of corruption and social injustice in the city.  Teddy Yo, whose real

December 30, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Ethiopia Habtemariam Steps Down as CEO of Motown Records to Pursue New Endeavors

Ethiopia Habtemariam, the current chairwoman and CEO of Motown Records, announced on Tuesday that she will be stepping down from her position in order to pursue new opportunities. In a joint statement, Habtemariam and the company said, “It has been the greatest honor to work with some of the most incredible artists, songwriters and partners

December 26, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Biden Appoints Tsione Wolde-Michael, First Black Leader of President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

Biden picks rising star at the Smithsonian to head presidential arts committee dissolved by the Trump administrationTsione Wolde-Michael, director of the Center for Restorative History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, is the first Black leader of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Tsione Wolde-Michael, the new executive director of

December 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Spotify now available in Ethiopia

The music streaming giant, Spotify, is now available in Ethiopia. The new development allows users in Ethiopia to access over 80 million tracks, including 4.7 million podcasts, for free. Users in Ethiopia will also be able to access Spotify in Amharic. Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, with 456 million users,

December 22, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

HAILE GERIMA MOVIE Bush Mama joins the national film registry

Every year, 25 movies are added to the National Film Registry to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. Intended to reflect the depth and breadth of American filmmaking, the selections always feature blockbuster titles intended to generate attention. The biggest one this year is Iron Man that launched Marvel Studios as an inescapable force in American

December 20, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Books

Sankofa Video Books & Cafe taken off from auction after a property tax relief

The Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) recently honored an arrangement that grants Sankofa Video Books & Cafe an exemption from paying property taxes for a decade but it would be an arduous, three-year-long process that included a slew of tax bills and the discovery of a certification process. In the fall of 2019, the Mypheduh

August 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, “Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru”

Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Gebru was born into an aristocratic family during the last vestiges of imperial Ethiopia; her turn toward a life of piety and spiritual devotion later in life is made all the more unique by her equal, if not greater, devotion to mastering music. While Ethiopian popular music of the 1960s was typically more along

July 21, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

Rophnan released his long anticipated album titled Sidist

By Carlo Ertola One of the most prolific Ethiopian artists of his generation, Rophnan Nuri Muzeyin, releases his third album “Sidist VI” with Universal Records. A DJ, singer, songwriter, and audio engineer, Rophnan has dedicated a large portion of his life to music, creating a totally new genre of Ethiopian music and becoming a reference

July 11, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Entertainment & Arts

GUDIFECHA: AN ETHIOPIAN CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE

By Tsegaye Melak, In the third act of the movie Gudifecha, a witch doctor (a cameo role played by the late Munaye Menberu) in which the main characters entrusted with a medical procedure enters the frame with a shadow shot of her washing her hands in a deserted house while the main characters waited in

July 1, 2022 • By Addis Insight