- Addis Ababa--Art: Zoma Contemporary Art Center (See below)
- Addis Ababa University (See Universities below)
- Addis Foto Fest 2020, 6th Edition: December 3-7, 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
--See also: Addis Foto Fest 2014: December 1-7, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- African Telematics Symposium, Addis Ababa, 1995 (University of Pennsylvania)
The electronic version of the full proceedings of the conference held on April 3-7, 1995 in Addis Ababa.
- AFROMET: Association for the Return of the Maqdala Ethiopian Treasures (2010) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Essays (by historian Richard Pankhurst), opinion pieces, and a petition -- no images -- for the return of the art treasures (royal crowns, manuscripts, etc.) stolen from Maqdala by the British Napier expedition in 1868.
- AFROPOP Worldwide on Ethiopian Music (Brooklyn, New York)
- Aksum: an African civilisation of late antiquity. By Stuart Munro-Hay. (1991) -- Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 1991. Plain text in HTML format. (via Livingston Public Schools, New Jersey)
--See also:
- Return our Obelisk!: The campaign for the return of the Aksum obelisk from Italy to Ethiopia, 1996-2008 -and- 2017
- Ezega.com: "Aksum Obelisk to get renovated with 2 million euros," May 16, 2017 (Addis Ababa)
- BBC Online News: "Ethiopia unveils ancient obelisk" (September 4, 2008) ; --"Obelisk arrives back in Ethiopia (May 28, 2002--April 25, 2005) ; --"New snag slows obelisk's return" (Feb. 12, 2004) ; --"Ethiopia keenly awaits obelisk's return" (Feb. 9, 2004) ; --"Rome obelisk set for African return" (Nov 8, 2003) ; and --"Rome obelisk prepares for journey home" (Oct 10, 2003) (London, UK)
- See also: UNESCO World Heritage Centre news below for expected "re-installation" in 2008!
- "Alemaya University of Agriculture" -- Hayamaya University (See below)
- Amharic on the Internet
- Abyssinica Dictionary--Comprehensive Amharic Dictionary and Reference (EthioCloud.com, Kekros Systems, LLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
The site features online and downloadable applications for translation between Amharic and Ge'ez, English, French, Italian, and German, as well as an Amharic proverbs dictionary.
- African Language.Com's Amharic Language Tutorial Programs (Anaheim, California)
Warning: this is a commercial site.Tutorial materials for Tigrinya, Oromo, and Somali are also available.
- Ethiopic.Com (Ethiopian Computers & Software, Littleton, Colorado; in association with Fettan Graphics Corp., Washington, DC)
The web site features downloadable Ge'ez fonts and other products, plus extensive links to articles and related information on the Web about the Amharic language and Ethiopia.
- Google Books -- Open Access Titles, 1841 to present
- Tsehai Loves Learning (Abshiro Group, USA; in association with Whiz Kids Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
A website featuring information about educational videos (DVD format), TV programs in Amharic from Ethiopia, and public events in the USA for teaching Amharic to (Ethiopian) children.
- The Anglo-Ethiopian Society (London, UK)
The web site features announcements on lectures and other events, a newsletter, and occasional publications. "[Formed in 1948] The object of the Society is to foster knowledge of Ethiopian culture, history and way of life and to encourage friendship between the British and Ethiopian peoples. The Society is a non political organisation."
--
Publications: articles, book reviews, occasional papers, etc.
- Annales d'Éthiopie. (Online): Archive, 1955-2005 -- Paris ; Addis Ababa: Centre Français des Etudes Ethiopiennes, 1955- --via Persée
- Assimba.org (USA)
"The website
--in English and in Amharic-- was created to memorialize all dissident Ethiopians who were murdered, tortured, raped, banished and disappeared from the face of the earth because of their political beliefs in the past and present day Ethiopia. This site operates independent of any political party or group."
--See especially:
Historical collections ;
Red Terror Memorial Page
- BBC News: "Archaeologists in Ethiopia uncover ancient city in Harlaa," June 15, 2017 (London, UK)
--Listen also to: BBC World News Service--Africa Today, June 16, 2017
- Inventaire des Bibliothèques et des Catalogues de Manuscrits Ethiopiens (janvier 2008). Par Anaïs Wion, Marie-Laure Derat et Claire Bosc-Tiessé. (Ménestrel--medievistes sur l'internet, sources, travaux, references en ligne, Paris)en format PDF
- Brooklyn College Library: The Robert L. Hess Collections on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa -and- the Continent of Africa (Brooklyn College, The City University of New York)
- 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing: Meron Hadero. (UK)
--Read her short story: "The Street Sweep." (2018)
- Centre français des études éthiopiennes (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Voir ci-dessous.
- CNN "Inside Africa" (USA): "Ethiopia: Site of the Ark of the Covenant" (October 2015)
Video excerpts from program, featuring vistis to Negash-first Muslim settlement; Yeha temple; Damot palace; Tigrayan rock churches; and Aksum
- Ethiopian Cooking Recipes
- Deutsch Äthiopische Stiftung = The German-Ethiopian Foundation (Hamburg, Germany)
This site only provides very brief information about programs and publications. "Founded in 1999 by Siegbert Uhlig, it supports young, gifted individuals in science and industry from Ethiopia and Europe, who are devoted to the further development of the Horn of Africa."
--See also:
Universität Hamburg below.
- Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict Home Page (Amba Gishen site; via GeoCities)
This webpage offers selected news from a variety of sources, historical essays, editorials, opinions, maps, and useful links; plus, image files of different parts of north-central Ethiopia in 1996. The general tone of the collection favors the official Ethiopian version of the causes of the conflict. (Originally, 'an experimental personal webpage consisting of a miscellaneous collection of items about Ethiopia, but eventually intended to display information for people interested in establishing businesses in Ethiopia.')
- Ethiopia Reads (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; via Denver, Colorado)
"[Since 1998] Ethiopia Reads mission is to promote a reading culture in Ethiopia by connecting children with books...Ethiopia Reads opened Shola Children's Library, the country's first free library for children which now houses more than 15,000 books." Other programs include the Awassa Reading Center and Mobile Donkey Library, School Library Development,a Publishing Program, and Annual Children's Book Week.
- Ethiopian Economics Association (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
"Since 1991...EEA has been actively engaged in economic research, training, organization of international and national conferences and round table discussions on the Ethiopian economy and the dissemination of the results of these activities through its professional journals and various publications...and most particularly since the establishment of its research wing the Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEPRI) in 2000."
- Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction, and City Development (Addis Ababa)
"...officially inaugurated on March 6, 2010. It is the latest chapter of a long and vivid history of the school. Before becoming EiABC, the school was part of the Faculty of Technology of Addis Ababa University. And before that, it was known as the Ethio-Swedish Institute, or in short: the Building College. This institution was founded in 1954 through a bilateral agreement between the Ethiopian and Swedish Governments."
--See especially:
Articles and papers of EiABC
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Faith and Order (USA)
In Amharic, English, French, and German: The liturgy and music of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with audio files and links to information on congregations in the USA and elsewhere outside of Ethiopia; plus, links to other web sites on Christian Ethiopian history and culture.
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia -- Ministries (Addis Ababa)
- Forum for Social Studies (FSS) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- [Registered in 1998] "A group of Ethiopian researchers, academics, and professionals has taken the initiative to establish an independent research institution. The main objective of FSS will be to undertake in-depth research on issues of development and social change in Ethiopia, and to provide a public forum for the discussion of such issues."
- FSS Publications (all)
- "Land, landlessness and poverty in Ethiopia: research findings from four regions. Proceedings of the workshop organized by the Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa, July 2016. Edited by Dessalegn Rahmato. -- Addis Ababa: FSS, [2018]
- "Digest of Ethiopia's national policies, strategies, and programs." (2008) Edited by Taye Assefa. Addis Ababa: FSS, [2008]
- "Searching for tenure security?: the land system and new policy initiatives in Ethiopia." By Dessalegn Rahmato (August 2004) FSS discussion paper.
- "Listening to the poor: a study based on selected rural and urban sites in Ethiopia," by Aklilu Kidanu and Dessalegn Rahmato (May 2000) FSS discussion paper.
- "Water resource development in Ethiopia: issues of sustainability and participation," by Dessalegn Rahmato (June 1999) FSS discussion paper.
- Brief papers (via MediaEthiopia)
- "Gardens of Eden: the church forests of Ethiopia – a photo essay." (November 8, 2021) By Kieran Dodds. The Guardian. (Online)
-- London, UK.
- Gondar University (See below)
- Images of Ethiopia (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
A small library of historical sites, ceremonies and other images in GIF format...from highland Ethiopia.
- Instituts français de recherche à l'étranger: Centre français des études éthiopiennes (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Sur ce site, on peut lire quelque choses aux activités et aux publications du centre et dans le domaine des études éthiopiennes surtout en Ethiopie et en Europe.
- International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies = Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente: Conference NeMEES 1 – "From Aksum to Lalibäla: The myth of the 'dark age' of Eritrean and Ethiopian history (7th-13th cent.). A multidisciplinary approach" – Naples, 1-3 March 2023
- Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University
- International Conference of Ethioipan Studies
- IslHornAfr: Islam in the Horn of Africa, A Comparative Literary Approach (Prof. Alessandro Gori and others, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"...with the aim of producing a critical and comprehensive picture of the Islamic literary history of the Horn of Africa. The project has been funded by the European Research Council."
--See especially:
Beta Version of the Database: "...allows the users to make a general search in both Arabic and Latin script. Results will be displayed according to the three main entities of the database: Texts, People and Manuscripts."
- Jimma University (See below)
- The Kebra Negast: The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek (I)...translated by E.A. Wallis Budge (1932). Internet Sacred Text Archive. (Christopher M. Weimer, September 2002)
--See also:
The Kebra Negast (2000).
In Parentheses. -- Cambridge, Ontario, Canada: In parentheses Publications, 2000. (via York University, Toronto, Canada)
279 pages in PDF format.
- Ketema journal: the African building platform. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
[Launched in 2020] "Ketema is a bi-monthly building and construction journal in Ethiopia focusing on the built environment and professionals involved with a mission of promoting contemporary architecture and its practitioners through publication."
- Kezira : Music in the Horn of Africa (Professor Andreas Wetter, Department of African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
A blog site --in German and in English-- offering commentary, web links, and a selection of audio files of contemporary music from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan, with brief descriptions, a
bibliography on the literature about music from the Horn of Africa, and links to other sites.
- Map "Partie de la Haute Ethiopia ou sont l'Empire des Abissins et la Nubie, &c.," par N. Sanson d'Abberi, Geog. du Roi (France), 1658 (Cornell Geographic Information System, Institute for the Study of Continents, Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York)
A GIF file, from a small collection of
maps mostly on the Middle East and North Africa. See also, the larger
Cornell GIS Web site.
- Mäzgäbä Seelat: Treasury of Ethiopian Images (Prof. Michael Gervers ...[et al]., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
"A database for the recording of Ethiopian art, architecture and culture."---Registration is required for access: "The bulk of the collection is composed of the more than 10,000 photographs taken by Michael Gervers during research trips to Ethiopia between 1982 and 2002. It also includes some rare images taken by Diana Spencer in the 1960s and 1970s, and by Paul Henze and Fiona McEwen more recently...Presently, there are over 11,000 images in the system and more are added regularly."
--See also:
Selected publications by Gervers and others.
- Media Ethiopia.Com (Samuel Kinde Kassegne et al., San Diego, California)
Formerly "Ethiopians on the Web": An extensive web site on Ethiopian affairs, with current news and debates, historical and cultural topics, book reviews, discussions by and about Ethiopian writers and artists, and a host of related links.
- Mesfin Wolde Mariam [Masfen Waldamāryām], 1930-2020
- Metropolitan Museum of Art -- African Art Timeline: Aksum (1st to 7th century A.D.) (New York)
A very brief summary of ancient Ethiopian architectural and religious art history, with a few images and maps.
- Ethiopian Music and Dance Performance: Abonesh Adnew and Company -- June 20, 2004 (Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, Washington, DC) RealPlayer required.
This is an "About the Artist" web page, with a link to a full length video of the "International Refugee Day" performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- National Archives and Library of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
- Nordiska Afrikainstitutet: Local History in Ethiopia Compiled by Bernard Lindahl in 2005. (Uppsala, Sweden)
This web dossier consists of
extracts from printed external sources that are organized alphabetically, chronologically, and geographically. Environment and events in the countryside of Ethiopia from the early 1800s onwards are featured. The capital city of Addis Ababa is excluded.
- North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry
(New York)Reports covering the period since 1998 on the situation in Ethiopia and Israel; and requests for humanitarian support.
- Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- General information about the organization and its activities and publications. "OSSREA was established in April 1980, held its Firsct Congress in June 1983, and celebrated its Tenth Anniversary, in conjunction with its Third Congress, in Kampala, Uganda, in May 1990...Its current membership is drawn from 11 countries, but its constitution opens membership to social scientists in 18 countries ... and institutional membership is open to all institutions, within or outside the region."
- OSSREA Publications--Books and Periodicals
This section offers information about publications and selected online versions, including:
--
OSSREA bulletin. (Online), since 2007 (Sample issues from 2014-2015 only)
- Oromo Studies Association (via Fridley, Minnesota)
The web site features organizational information, news, and conference proceedings from the OSA. "[Founded in 1996, the OSA] is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, nonprofit organization, established by Oromo and non-Oromo scholars to promote studies on and relevant to the Oromo people."
- Richard Pankhurst, 1927-2017
- Princeton University: PEMM--Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean and Egyptian Miracles of Mary Project (New Jersey)
"PEMM, a digital humanities project, is a comprehensive resource for the 1,000+ miracle stories and the 2,500+ images painted of the Virgin Mary in these African countries, and preserved in Geʿez between 1300 and the present...You can also learn about
over 950 Täˀammərä Maryam manuscripts, from over 100 repositories around the world...
with access to 'digital copies'...including manuscripts from
Princeton’s Rare Books and Special Collections."
- Sankofa.Com (Washington, DC)
A promotional site for the films of Haile Gerima and his film company, Mypheduh Films. Gerima is an Ethiopian-born filmmaker who came to the US in 1967 and has directed and/or produced such films as "Sankofa", "Ashes and Embers", "Bush Mama", and "Harvest 3,000 Years".
- Elias Sime James Cohan (New York)
--See also: Zoma Contemporary Art Center, Addis Ababa
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC)
- "Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora", May 2 - October 5, 2003
The website features videos and images by "10 artists, from across several generations, who have addressed issues of identity, experienced displacement and created new 'homelands'. Their artworks span the media--from paintings, mixed media, photography and digital prints to ceramic and papier mâché sculptures, murals and on-site installations."
- "Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science", January 31 - October 3, 2003 Exhibition
The website includes Ethiopian Orthodox Christian icons from the 17th to the 19th centuries, color images of six icons and processional crosses, with a brief curator's introduction and a description of recent conservation efforts at the museum. See also, a
short bibliography.
- Project3541: A photographic archive of the 1935-41 Italo-Ethiopian War. (USA; Italy)
"It is a collection of photographs shared by family members and loved ones of those who lived during the 1935-41 war between Ethiopia and Italy...Project3541 includes images from the private collection of Maaza Mengiste, whose novel, The Shadow King, tells the story of this war and those who lived through it."
- South Omo Research Center, Jinka, Ethiopia (via Universität Johannes Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany)
- The website includes general information about conferences and workshops at the center and about Southern Ethiopian cultures, as well as featuring publications by researchers. "The South Omo Research Center and Forum for Transcultural Understanding has been created as part of the new policy of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, which supports the development of new research centers in different regions of Ethiopia."
- Tadias magazine. (Online): History Archive -- New York: Tadias, 2007-
An Ethiopian-American online magazine which includes contributions from scholars and journalists on historical topics such as: St. Yared of Ancient Axum & Ethiopian Orthodox Christian musical traditions; Ethiopian monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem; Lalibela; Taamrat Emmanuel,
Melaku E. Bayen & John Robinson, etc.
- Teddy Afro (Tewodros Kassahun)
- Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)
- 3rd Annual International Tsehai Conference July 2008, "Ethiopia's Youth, Ethiopia's Future," Washington, DC Co-sponsored by the Ethiopian Heritage Foundation
The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2008. This site also features highlights from conferences held in previous years.
- Tsehai Publishers & Distributors (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California)
Tsehai specializes in publications about Ethiopia and by Ethiopian authors...including reprints of classic works of Ethiopian history.
- UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: World Heritage
- "Inauguration Ceremony for the Aksum Obelisk" (September 5, 2008) UNESCO World Heritage Centre News & Events
- Roots and flowerings of Ethiopia's traditional crafts. By Jacques Dubois. --Paris, France ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: UNESCO, 2008.
- International Campaign to Safeguard the Principal Monuments and Sites of Ethiopia
- Africa Revisited = Nouveaux regards sur l'Afrique (An overview of African history, archaeology, and cultures, with brief summaries, illustrations, and photos.)
See:
Final Report (80 pages in English and French, PDF format)-- Includes "Christians in Ethiopia" (Compiled by Bertrand Hirsch)
- World Heritage Site in Danger: Simeon National Park
- Other Sites in Ethiopia:
- WH General Home Page
- Universität Hamburg -- Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies (Hamburg, Germany) Since 2002
- Universities in Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa University
- Adama University, Adama
"[Established in 2002]...emphasizing economic development and university-enterprise cooperation according to the German paradigm...it shall be the center of vocational teacher education in Ethiopia."
- Ambo University, Ambo
"[Originally established as a training college in 1939]...it has recently become independent with a status of a university organized into 8 colleges with 27 academic departments...imparting education and training in Agriculture, Sciences, Business, Arts, Education."
- Bahr Dar University
"...inaugurated in May 2000 (1992 E.C.) when the former Bahir Dar Teachers College and Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute joined together to become the Education and Engineering Faculties, respectively, of the new University...BDU has now four colleges, three faculties, five schools and two institutes."
- Haramaya University, Dire Dawa
"After three decades of functioning as a college, the institution was upgraded to a university status on May 27, 1985...then named Alemaya University of Agriculture ...[It started] a continuing education program in Accounting and Management, in Dire Dawa and Harar...1995/96 [saw the launching of] the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Health Sciences...and was renamed Alemaya University...[In September 2003] the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Business and Economics were added...[In 2004] the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was launched and the Faculty of Technology was opened in the year 2005."
- Jimma University (Jimma, Oromia State, Ethiopia)
"...a public higher educational institution established in December 1999 by the amalgamation of Jimma College of Agriculture (founded in 1952), and Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (established in 1983)."
- Mekelle University (Tigray Region, Ethiopia) Since 2000
- University of Gondar (Gondar, Ethiopia)
This university was officially inaugurated in June 2004, previously known as The Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences, originally founded in 1954.
- Zoma Contemporary Art Center (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
