The Battle of Adwa Anniversary poem.

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

ADWA was originally commissioned by The Ethiopian Embassy in London. It was filmed in Addis in February 2015 by Aida Muluneh. Adwa is a poem celebrating the victory of the battle of Adwa that took place Read more [...]

Invisible Kisses live at The Ghion Hotel in Addis Ababa 2015

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

http://youtu.be/YnxCvZliQcU

Your old laptop is a portal to new dreams

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

“I am in grade 12 studying to be an architect” said one “I am studying to be a doctor” said another “ I am studying to become a sports manager” said yet another. And then there’s me. Read more [...]

Deliverance.

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

One story unifies the world. It is the birth story: the practical, spiritual, powerful,timeless, impossible moments that lead to deliverance. Adoptef Surrogate or natural” These are the words I wrote Read more [...]

Wuleta and Salome: Weavers and sowers.

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

Addis Ababa. Day 2. Saturday. My cold disappears partly due to a weird and delicious hot peanut milk remedy which a waitress insists I drink at breakfast. I run 4k at the gym. Wuleta and Salome roll Read more [...]

Is one lifetime enough.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

I arrive in darkness and awake in the near darkness which crowds on the edge of dawn. It’s 5am and the Muezzin echoes across Addis. To me this is the sound of Africa. The first Muezzin was an Ethiopian Read more [...]

Pioneering women of Ethiopia

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

Anette Johnson attended high school with my mother in Ethiopia. She wrote me with some incredible pictures (of my mother) like the one above circa 1963. Anette organised a reunion in 2014. She Read more [...]

BBC recording live in Addis Ababa where Bob Marley performed

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

Win £100 and feature in my video

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

Here's how to enter for £100 win. All you do is quote two lines of my poem into a video camera or on your phone camera and email it to suresh@suryalumen.com. The whole poem is below. You can send Read more [...]

FA Cup Fifth Round – Every Game’s An Adventure.

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Lemn Sissay

There are twenty one teams left in The FA Cup final. There is one poem commissioned by The FA. One poet who wrote it. The FA have released two verses so far. There are more verses to come. Here are Read more [...]

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