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
Category: conversation
እዛ እትስዕብ ቃለ-መሕተት ስነ-ጥበበኛ ኤፍሬም ካሕሳይ (ወዲ-ዃዳ) ምስ ገጣሚን ጋዜጠኛን ኣማኑኤል ኣስራት (ካብ መስከረም 2001 ክሳብ ሎሚ ብዘይ ደሃይ ተሸሪቡ ዘሎ) ኣብ ናይ 17 መስከረም 1999 ሕታም ጋዜጣ ሰቲት ዘካየዶ ኢያ። እዛ ምልልስ ብብዙሕ መምዘኒታት–ርጡብነት ሕቶታታትን ዘየዳግም መልስታትን–ኣዝያ ብልጽቲ ኰይና ነዚ ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብ ተመሳሳሊ ዓውዲ መኸዴ ዝመላለስ ዘሎ ኣምር ግጥሚ ብልጽቲ መወከሲት ክትከውን እትኽእል’ያ።
Culture Trip’s article with journalist and fiction writer and PEN Eritrea executive director about the situation in Eritrea how is working to remedy it. Fiction pales in comparison to the reality of present day Eritrea. There are over 360 prison facilities (majority underground detention centers run/owned by military commanders who extort money for plea bargains)