ግርማይ ዮውሃንስ* ወርሒ መስከረም ኣብ ታሪኽ ኤርትራ ብሰንኪ እቲ ስርዓት ኣብ ልዕሊ’ተን ልሳናት ህዝቢ ዝዀና ናጻ ናይ ብሕቲ ጋዜጣታትን ጋዜጠኛታተንን ከምኡ ድማ ኣብ ልዕሊ ፍትሕን መሰልን ዝሓተቱ ኣባላት ባይቶን ዝወሰዶ ዓፋኒ ስጕምቲ ከም ጸላም ወርሒ ካብ ትጽብጸብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ኰይኑ ኣሎ። ድሮ ድማ 20 ዓመታት ሓሊፎም ኣለዉ። ኣብ ውሽጢ እዚ 20 ዓመታት ’ዚ ከኣ ገለኦም
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Eritrea’s foremost literary scholar and freedom of press advocate Professor Ghirmai Negash has been named the 2021 PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award winner. The ceremony has been held virtually, Saturday September 18th, on the 20th anniversary of the ban of free press in Eritrea. PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award is a yearly award
For many African writers, censorship can entail a lived experience as well as a current threat, even for those who emigrated to the United States. Ghirmai Negash danced close to the flame of censorship several times before arriving at Ohio University. So re-examining the impact of censorship on the work and lives of African writers was
ሓጻር ዛንታ ብኣኸድር ኣሕመዲን* እቲ ዲቕ ዝበለ መሪር ኲናት ዝግ ምስ በለ፡ ነታ ንኽልተ ዓመታት ዝተፈለኹዋ ኣደይ፤ “እንታይ መሲለን ሒዘን ክኣትዋ እየ?” ዝብል ሓሳብ ክትል ክብለኒ ጀመረ። ኣብ ከምኡ ዝበለ ዘራእቲ ሓሳብ እንከለኹ፡ ጸላኢ ከይትርግኦ ኣብ ዘፍርሕ መጻብብ ዋርድያ ሓዲርና፡ ናብቲ መውዓሊና ዝተባህለ ቦታ፡ ነታ ዓዲ ንድሕረና ሓዲግና፡ ኣብ እግሪቲ ሰንሰለታዊ ታባታት ኣብ እንምለሰሉ ዝነበርና
Björn Tunbäck* “Yesterday was a sad day for me and many Eritrean journalists. We lost a hero, a fighter, a fighter for the freedom of the press. A man who founded a newspaper to fight for justice, a man who was never afraid to express his views, a man who was a voice for the
ብቴድሮስ ኣብርሃም ጸጋይ* ኣብ መዓልቲ ብውሕዱ ሓደ ግዜ፡ ሓደስቲ ሓበሬታታት እንተለው ንምክትታል ውሱናት መርበባት ዩትዩብ ሃሰስ ምባል ልማድ ኣሎኒ። ኣብ መንጐ’ዚ ስእሊ መስራቲን ኣሰናዳኢን ጋዜጣ ሰቲት ነበር ኣሮን ብርሃነ ተዓዘብኩ’ሞ ንሱ ዝገበሮ ቃለ-ምልልስ’ዩ ዝኸውን ኢለ ክሓልፎ ምስ በልኩ ግን መርድእ ምዃኑ ተገንዘብኩ። ኣእምሮይ ነቲ ዜና ንምቕባሉ ደኣ ይሓንግድ እምበር፡ እቲ ዜና ብቴለቪዥን ኣሰና ዝተዳለወ ምዃኑ
ነፍሰ-ሄር ኣቶ ኣሮን ብርሃነ ካብቶም ሓምሽተ ኣሕዋቱን ክልተ ኣሓቱን መበል ራብዓይ ኰይኑ፡ ብ 06 ጥቅምቲ 1969 ኣብ ኣስመራ ተወልደ። እቶም ሰለስተ ኣሕዋቱ ኣብ ቃልሲ ንሓርነት ኤርትራ ዝተሰውኡ ኣሮን፡ ኣብ ኣዝዩ ንኡስ ዕድመ – ወዲ 09 ዓመት ኣብ ዝኣኸለሉ’ዩ፡ ኣብ ወርሒ ሕዳር 1978 ናብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ ዝተጸንበረ፣ ብኡ ንብኡ ኸኣ ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ
ኣብርሃም ተስፋልኡል* ምስ ኣሮን ብርሃነ፡ ንመጨረሽታ ግዜ፡ ብ30 መጋቢት ኢና ተጸሓሒፍና። ንምድላው ፍልይቲ ሕታም ዝኽሪ ብሕታውያን ጋዜጣታት ኣብ ዝተኣኻኸበት ጉጅለ፡ ብዛዕባ ሞት ጋዜጠኛ ሚልኪያስ ምሕረትኣብ ኣመልኪቱ ዝጸሓፎ’ዩ ነይሩ እቲ ጉዳይ። “እታ ናይ እንግሊዘኛ ንኮሚተ ንድሕነት ጋዜጠኛታት (CPJ) ኢለ ዘዳለኹዋ’ያ ነይራ፣ ኣየሕተሙዋን፣ ዳሕራይ ብትግርኛ ተርጒመያ፡” ኢሉ ኣብታ ናይ መጨረሽታ መልእኽቱ። ልዕል ኢሉ፡ ኣብታ ባዕሉ ኣሮን
Beyan Negash* April 12, 2021 When reading early Eritrean novels, a reader is required to put the historical context in which a certain book was written. The reader’s perspective and contextual readings might give nuanced understanding of the work. In other words, Tigrinya literature readers must be compelled to keep the oral tradition way of