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“On the 27th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence, Isaias Afwerki should remember what he once said about democracy.” featured by Abraham Zere on Aljazeera. Today marks the 27th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence, hard-won after a 30-year war with Ethiopia. On this day, as we rightfully celebrate, we should also reflect on the overall state of
One of Eritrea’s best contemporary Artists, Ermias Ekube speaks with PEN Eritrea’s Mogos O. Berhane about his work, philosophy in art and exile. By Mogos O. Berhane Ermias Ekube was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He studied art at the Addis Ababa University- Alle School of Fine Arts and Design (ASFAD). He joined the School
ብኣብርሃም ተስፋልኡል ሓጻር-ዛንታ -ኣብ ገድላዊ ህይወተይ: መበቈል ዓደይ ወይ ድማ ዝተሰለፍኵሉ ከባቢ ንዋላ ሓደ መጋድልተይ ዘይንጋረይ: ምስጢር ንምዕቃብ ዘይኰነስ: ከምኡ ኢለ ንኽዛረብ ኣብ ኣፈይ ስለ ዘይመጸለይ ጥራየ’የ። -ድሕሪ ከባቢ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ንኸበሳታት ኤርትራ እድይብ ምንባረይ: ጠሊ ከበሳ ዝረኸቦ ነብሰይ ምስ ሽታኡ ተደማሚሩ: ኣካላተይ ፍንጥሕ-ጥሕ በለ፣ ሓሳባተይ ዝሕው በለኒ። ከብደይ ከኣ ብትንትን አረ ብትንትንትን በለኒ። -ድሕሪ
ጽሩይ ማይ ናጽነት ሰቲኻ ብላዕ ስተ ንዝብሉኻ በሊዐ እንድየ! ሰትየ እንድየ! ጸጊበ እንድየ! እንተበልካዮም ሓቅኻ እንዲኻ መዓስ ተጋጊኻ ጽሩይ ማይ ናጽነት ሰቲኻ ደለኻ ብኢድካ ደለኻ ብታኒካ ደለኻ ብማንካ ሓንፊፍካ ካልእ-ማልእ ይትረፍካ ከይጽይቕ ኣፍካ ጽሩይ ማይ ናጽነት መን ወሃቢኻ? ዓድኻ በረኻ በረኻ ዓድኻ ደንጐላ ፈሊጽካ ፈንቂልካ ዘንታዕካ ባዕልኻ ሓሉ ሓደራኻ ሓሉ! ጽሩይ ማይ
ግጥሚ እፈቱ’ምበር ገጣሚት ኣይኮንኩን ገጣሚ አድንቕ ግን ‘ገጣሚት’የ’ ኣይበልኩን። ኣነ ድኣ ትብዓተይ ቀቲለ ሕልናይ ኣቝሲለ ዓይነይ ዓሚተ እዝነይ ኣሚነ ልብኻ ዓሚጽካ ምንባር ክኢለ ንሓቂ ከይስየፍ ደኒነ ‘ናኸድኩ መቓብር ስምዒተይ ኮይነ ‘ናሃለኹ ተጋጊኺ`ለኺ ተጋጊኻ ኣለኻ ኣነ ኣይኮንኩን እታ ትብላ ዘለኻ! ከመይ ድዩ ገጣሚ!? ከመይ ድያ ገጣሚት!? ንህይወት ሽፋና ዘይኮነ ዕምቆታ ልሳና ዘይኮነ ስምዒታ ኣንቢቡ᎓ መርሚሩ᎓ መዝጊቡ ሓቅን ፍቕርን᎓ ሕልናን
Alemseged Tesfai* A short story In the mid-fifties, Villaggio Paradiso was a lot different from what it is today. All the villas to the west of the Asmara-Keren road have now totally replaced the government barracks of those days. The barracks had so much space between them that children could run and play at will.
PEN Eritrea and PEN International’s shadow report on Eritrea pursuant to Rule 74(2) of the Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), in examination of the Initial Report of the State of Eritrea. Introduction PEN Eritrea and PEN International 1 submit this shadow report on Eritrea pursuant to Rule 74(2) of