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Habesha Mailbag
Feb 3rd
Welcome back for Habesha Mailbag 2.0
This is the second edition of the Habesha Mailbag; last week’s mailbag was a smashing success, time to build on the success.
by Teddy Fikre written: Friday, January 3rd, 2012
This is the second edition of the Habesha Mailbag; last week’s mailbag was a smashing success, time to build on the success.
Alright sewoch, endet nachew? Melkam Arb, Happy Friday, I bet you are ready to get the weekend popping after a long week of working. I feel you boo boos (yeah I know that is a bit feminine, but I am making it masculine). Anyway, it’s that time of the week where I interact with my readers and see what we come up with together. I am sure to laugh my Qit off while reading their questions and comments and then laugh my Qit off again while responding—what can I say, I know how to make myself laugh.
Now before we get to the emails. Since this is an article inspired by Bill Simmons, let me take a quick attempt to be a sports pundit. My prediction for the Super Bowl is that the little blue giants (aka the New York Viagra) will lose to the New England More >
Habesha Mailbag
Jan 27th
Welcome to the Inaugural Habesha Mailbag
I am launching the Habesha Mailbag with the help of a few friends who lent me their time and creativity to come up with some questions, enjoy the gursha sewoch.
by Teddy Fikre written: Friday, January 27th, 2012
Well the moment has come for the launching of the inaugural Habesha Mailbag. Yes, I have changed with the time, I still don’t like the word Habesha, I prefer to be called Ethiopian. However, the word is not going anywhere, and if it serves as a bridge for Ethiopians and Eritreans to identify with a common name—well who am I to hold a grudge? So going forward, I shall call this the Habesha Mailbag.
So you ask, what is Habesha Mailbag. Well it was influenced by one of the writers I idolize by the name of Bill Simmons. On a weekly basis, Bill would take questions and comments from his readers and then reply back with a wit and humor that would make me literally make me laugh my Qit off as I was reading the article. Grant it, trying to emulate Bill Simmons is a tall order—after all, Bill was a writer for multiple late night comedy shows. But More >
Depression Fikre
Jan 15th
If you too are wedded to this bitch named Depression, lift your chin up and know that from this dark today will emerge in time a brighter tomorrow.
by: Teddy Fikre written: Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Time to chronicle my life in between sips of this DOPE cappuccino I’m enjoying at Sakofa while listening to the blissful sounds of Kuku Sebsebe. Nah, today you won’t find me extolling the virtues of Ethiopia neither will I delve into yet another Taboo subject in the Habesha community. Today, while recovering from a night of partying and endless shots of Hennessy, I shall put pen to pad and write instead a sober article. This is a story of my life, about my escapes from the clutches of my wife Depression. This friend visits me one in a while, she is the opposite of Serendipity. Serendipity inspires me to smile and write, Depression robs me of my charm and my wit. To wit, this is a story that countless Ethiopians share, but too few have the courage to express. So let me express it for those who are robbed of their expressions and left shivering in dark lit corners.
My friend depression has with me for More >
DOPE Dialogue
Jan 11th
When two people are able to talk without the vitriol of the Internet, they both realize that the other is just another human being trying to attain self-actualization.
by Teddy Fikre written: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
This is a reprisal of a dialogue I had almost two years ago with this hawey from Eritrea about the intent and content behind a page I started on Facebook called United Apart. Yoel entered the page ready for battle, he was convinced that I was an Ethiopian hell bent on recolonizing Eritrea. For over two weeks, Yoel was unrelenting in his accusations; he called me a fascist pig and any Eritrean that dare said a kind word a traitor to Eritrea. He claimed to be a force of education, but really he was a force for division and hatred. But through countless dialogue and unending exchanges on Facebook and email, Yoel and I decided to finally have a dialogue live on BC Radio.
I shall not bore you with the details, you can listen to all the DOPE dialogue by clicking on the radio picture below. What you will hear while hopefully you are sipping on some buna on this cold January day is a thawing More >