Great Achievements of a Young Ethiopian Author Awarded

Minilik II Victor of Adowa

Dina Mengistu, son of our prominent member “Tesfaye Mengistu” was honored, as MacArthur’s fellow for 2012. Dinaw was one of the 23 that won the award for 2012. The MacArthur Fellowship honors outstanding works in many fields of specialization. Dinaw is selected from the field of Arts for his literary works. Dinaw, a novelist and journalist is 34.

Dinaw was born in Addis Ababa in 1970. His parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1972 when Dinaw was only 2 years old. The family then settled in a Chicago Suburb where Dinaw was raised receiving special care and guidance from his parents. He obtained his first degree from George Town University and his second from Colombia University. His first novel, “The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears” was published in March 2007 by Penguin Riverhead, U.S.A. With its astounding story about a young Ethiopian immigrant stepping on troubles in a life journey at home and abroad the book attracted a number of readers and had to be translated into more than twelve languages. It was also added to the New York Times Notable books. His second novel, “How to Read the Air “was rewarded by the Dayton Peace Price for Literacy. (http://mfa.cedarcrest.edu/faculty/dinaw-mengetsu/) According to information we obtained in Wikipedia Dinaw was awarded by a number of institutes for his outstanding literary works including the New Yorker “20 Under 40”, 2010, The Los Angeles Times Book Price, The New York Public Library, The Dylan Thomas Price, Prix du Premier Meilleur Roman Etranger, 2007Grand Prix de Lectrices de Elle, Finalist 2007, Prix Femina Etranger, Finalist, 2007, The Guardian First Book Award, The National Book Award Foundation, and the Lannant Fiction Fellowship.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinaw_Mengestu#Early_life_and_education)

Dinaw's father Ato Tesfaye Mengistu apart from raising his son so profoundly has been advocating the respect of human rights, the prevalence of peace and democracy and the rule of law in Ethiopia through political support groups in which he played pioneering roles first in  Support Group for the "Ethiopian Democratic Party" (EDP) and thereafter in the renown Support Group for "Kinijit" in North America and lately in "Support Group for AEUP in North America (SGAEUPNA). 

Tequer Sew The Popular Tedi Afro's Musical drama

Minilik II victor of Adowa, conquered the invading colonial forces of Italy at Adowa in 1896. This was the first time an European super and arrogant power being beaten by solemn and God fearing Africans, the Ethiopians. The popular emperor had fighters of all diversity in the nation. Among them were Oromos led by Aba Jifar King of Jimma Oromos, GebreEgziabheir of the Wolega Oromo, A flock of army from the South Ethiopia led by Aba Balcha, A large and vanguard fighters from North Shoa led by Fitawrari Gebeyehu who sparked the first bullet at the battle of Adowa and not to mention Ras Mekonnen's East Ethiopian Army consisting of Oromos, Somalis and Amharas as well as many, many others led by other chives marching afore and behind, left and right encircling Minilik's and Taitu's own Army.

We went and we fought and we won! let us sing! Click on the link below and start jumping up and down with victory!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluXfCIGJQM&feature=g-u-u

The Truth About Romney -  (Zenebe Tamirat/The Truth Team)
The following  is a statement by President Obama's Campaign.

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Gadafi’s son Seif al-Islam seized in southern Libya (AP)

Gadafi’s son, Seif al-Islam is now under custody caught riding along with aides in convoy in Southern Libya desert AP reported today. He was the only member of the Gadafi family remained uncaught since the downfall of the regime that ruled Libya for forty two years.

AP quotes a spokesman for Libyan rebels who captured Seif al-Islam as said “Seif al-Islam, who has been charged by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, was detained about 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of the town of Obari with two aides as he was trying to flee to neighboring Niger. But the country's acting justice minister later said the convoy's destination was not confirmed.”

Seif al-Islam was Gadafi’s eldest son of seven and was in an endeavor to win the favor of the West saying that he would introduce reformation in the repressive regime of his father. In the final days however he backed the oppressive regime fighting the rebels that ousted Gadafi from power and ended his life by a controversial bullet triggered by unidentified individual after he was caught alive. To read more on this story click on the link below http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBYA?SITE=AZPHG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

According to Yahoo News Seif was trying to escape either to Niger or Algeria as the rebellions got the information before his escape. If you want the detailed news report here too click on

http://news.yahoo.com/gadhafi-son-seif-al-islam-seized-southern-libya-123347596.html

Prof. Mamo Muche Inducted to ASSAF; Calls for Submission of Research Papers

The celebrated scholar Mamo Muche was inducted to Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF), the website, http:// www. Ethiopia.Org reported. The noted scholar is a distinguished Professor at the Institute for Economic Research (IERI) at the Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa and has produced a number of research papers on various fields of discipline. For more on the news please go to http://www.ethiopia.org/pdf/Mammo_Muchie.pdf

In related news, Dr. Muche calls on scholars to submit research papers in the 2nd Africa Liberation International Symposium. Deadline for abstract submission is October 31. Those who are interested may contact Professor Muche via telephone numbers +27123823078, Fax +2712383071 or just shoot him an e-mail at muchiem@tut.ac.za/mammo@ihis.aau.dk

የደርግ ከፍተኛ ባለሥልጣኖች ስለመፈታት

Selam Ato Zenebe,

I have pasted my letter to VOA on your " comment" space. You are most welcome to use it should you wish to. But your inclusion of the EPRP and AESM  prisoners will be v. welcome.

With my best,

በአሜሪካን ሬዲዮ ለአማርኛው ክፍል አዘጋጆችና አቅራቢዎች፦

የሰላምና የጤና ምኞቴ ለኹላችሁም ትድረስልኝ ።

ስለዚህ ጉዳይ የጎረፉትን ብዙ የድጋፍና የተቃውሞ አስተያይቶችን በእናንተው አማካይነት ከሰሙት ውስጥ አንዱ ነኝ። እኔ ግን አስተያዬቴንና ስሜቴን ለራሴ ይዤው ቆየሁ።ይህን የሚሰማ፦ እናንተ ለሕዝብ ጆሮ ካበቃችሁት፦ "ለምን?" ሊለኝ ይችላል። ቢልም መብቱ ነው። መልሱን እናንተው ትሰጡልኛላችሁ ብዬ አምናለሁ፤፡ እናንተ ግን ልትመልሱልኝ የማትችሉት እነርሱ እስር ላይ ኾነው መልስ ሊሰጡኝ በማይችሉብት ኹናቴ  ብዬ መቆጠቤን መምረጤን ነው።

በቀደምት፦ የየዕምነቱ መሪዎች ለዚህ መነሳታቸው የየዕምነታቸው ኃላፊነታቸው ጎትጐቷቸው ነው? ወይስ በገዢዎችቹ "ቹ!" ባይነት? የዕምነት ግዳጅነት ከኾነ ለምን በየወኅኒው፡ የኦነግ፦ የኦብነግ ወዘተ ደጋፊዎች ናችሁ ተብለው ለአሠርተ ዓመታት ያለፍርድ መታጎራቸውን ያለ ጥፋት የታሠሩት የቅንጅት መሪዎች ሲፈቱ በነገሩን መሠረት ሄደው አጣርተው ወይ እንዲፈረድባቸው አልያም እንዲፈቱ አላደረጉም? አንዳንድ ጊዜስ ሃይማኖታቸው ከሚያዝዘው ውጪ የወንጀሉ ተባባሪያን አልኾኑም? እንዲያዉም ፍርድ ቤት ሲለቅቃቸው እነዚሁ የ "ሃይማኖት አባት ነን " ባዮች( አኹንም የሃይማኖቱን ይግባኝ የሌለውን ትእዛዝ አፍርሰው) ወደ ወኅኒ አልመለሱም?

ከነዚሁ ውስጥ በየወኅኒው ሰበከታቸውን በነጻ እያኪያሄዱ ስንቱን ወደነርሱ ሲለውጡ ያለፍርድ ስለታጎሩት ምነው ማንሳት አልፈለጉ?

ታዲያ ሕዝቡ ሽምግልናቸውን የእምነት ሳይኾን የማስመሰልና የምድራዊ ታዛዥነት ነው ቢል ይፈረድበታል?

እምዬ !! አይዞሽ!! በምድራውያኑም መንፈሳዊም ነን በሚሉትም ትበደዪ? በቅርቡ በይገላግልሻል!

ወንጀለኞቹ "ሕዝብንና መንግሥትን ይቅርታ ጠይቀው" ተብሏል - ይባላል" አንደኛ ሕዝብ ሲባል ምን ማለት ነው? ለእኔ ይህ ክፍል ለሦስት መከፈሉ ይታየኛል፦

 - ለፍርድ ትቀርባላችሁ ተብለው " ፍርድማ ከኾነ ምንገድዶን፦" በማለት በሥራቸውና በሕግ ተማምነው  ወደ ፬ኛ ክፍለ-ጦር

   ተሽቀዳድመው እየገቡ፦   በአርበርኝነት አካላቸው በጥይትወንፊት ኾኖ በታምር የኖሩት ሳይቀሩ በዓለም ሸንጎዎች ላይ  

   ለአገራቸው በክብር  የተሟገቱናየረቱልን ሳይለዩ፦ ለአብነት ያህል፦ እንዲያው በአጠቃላይ የታሪክ ባለሞያዎችና የታሪክ

   ምስክሮች የነበሩት የተርሸኑ ቤተሰቦች

 - በየሰበባ ሰበቡ ( ሽብሮች) አሰቃቂ ግፎች ተፈጽመውባቸው በገዛ አገራቸው አልቅሰው እንዳይቀብሩ የተከለከሉት ቤተሰቦች

   ባህልናሥርዐትን አጥፍተው ተከታታይ ትውልዶችን እንዲዋዥቁ የተደረጉባቸው አዛውንትን

- አገርን በጎሳ በሃይማኖት ወዘተ ከፍለው ይባስ ብለውም ባሕር አልባ ያደረጉትን ሕዝብ እንዴት ብለውና አድርገው ነው 

  ይቅርታ የጠየቁት? የትና መቼ ነው ይቅርታ የጠየቁት?

ይባስ ብለው ደግሞ "መንግሥትን ይቅርታ ጠይቀው ተብሏል። ይሄ ፈጽሞ ሊዋጥልኝ ያልቻለ ጉድ ነው። በሽፍትነት ጊዜያቸው ዓላማቸውን ዐውቆ ሲዋጋቸው የነበሩትን ነው ይቅርታ የሚጠይቁት?

ለደርግ እኮ አንድ አዎንታዊ ነገር ቢኖረው "ለኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ተዋግቷል" ነበር። ሹሞቹ መንግሥት ተብዬውን ይቅርታ ከጠየቁ የክብር ርዝራዤያቸውን ራሳቸው አመከኑት ማለት ነው። በገዛ ጥፋታቸው አገርን እንዲህ ዓይነት አዘቅት ውስጥ መጣላቸው አንሶ!

አምላክ ይቅር ይበለን፦

ኮማንደር አሰፋ ሰይፉ

Dimma Negowe: A Political Position Change?

In a long but interesting interview with Ageina of the Ethiopian Satellite TV, (http://ethiomedia.com/andnen/2923.html) first Chair of OLF, Dimma Negewo tells his and his party’s experience with TPLF/EPRDF. I found Dimma to be different from what he was twenty years ago.  Then he was absolutely anti-Amhara and he demonstrated that in the programs he allowed to run in Radio Ethiopia Afanoromigna (excuse me, I think that is what they call the language of the Oromo) as Minister of Information in the TGE. The program was full of distasteful insults incriminating the Amhara Emperors for unifying Ethiopia and some Oromo leaders like Ras Gobena considered to have cooperated in the process. I remember that was a boundless ear-deafening propaganda.

Today I found Dimma, a unionist perfectly fitting the call for one and united Ethiopia. Imagine to hear from Dimma; a one time leader of secessionist OLF, telling us in a clearly toned Amharic (better than my own) and with distrust his concern for the prevailing  backwardness of Ethiopia because of the bedlam caused by disagreement of its politicians.  I was surprised to hear him speak in eloquent Amharic because these guys though they speak Amharic fluently as in Gondere’ they still reserve speaking in Amharic. Otherwise who would speak Amharic better than Aba Biya? Some even consider speaking Amaregna as a shame or as a Gobnist).

But this time Dimma was different. He even calls for the OLF to consider revising its program of secession. He says that time is changing.  Now secession is outdated in the case of Ethiopia because the new generation has come with accommodative conditions recognizing rights of ethnic-nations. I am stunned! Is it a position change or diplomacy? Watch the video for yourself and share with us what you think it is. Here is the link. http://ethiomedia.com/andnen/2923.html (Attn. Pls. note that the video takes quiet a long time.)