The poet laureate of America Tracy K Smith invited me to Princeton University. I arrived on February 15th. A melting heart from Valentines day awaited me in the square of The Nassau inn. A Read more [...]
The poet laureate of America Tracy K Smith invited me to Princeton University. I arrived on February 15th. A melting heart from Valentines day awaited me in the square of The Nassau inn. A Read more [...]
Today at The National Army Museum there is a delegation from Ethiopia who will receive a lock of Emperor Tewdros's hair which was taken from his head by The British Army on finding he had taken his Read more [...]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will marry at St George’s Chapel in Windsor today so I think I will write Meghan a letter. Dear Meghan, Hope you're well and congratulations. There's another Read more [...]
It could be said, family is a group of people constantly proving that each other exists. It could be said, family is a collection of memories disputed between one group of people over a lifetime. I blog Read more [...]
I received an official welcome from Mayor of Takoma Park and Members of Congress of the USA made possible by Mr. Tebabu Assefa. The largest Ethiopian community outside of Ethiopia live in Takoma Read more [...]
Ethiopian Airlines welcomed me to Addis with a red yellow and green bouquet of flowers in my hotel room at The Hilton. I'm here i to launch "Let There be Peace". It is the first landmark poem in Read more [...]
Adoption is one of the greatest expressions of humanity available to human beings. But South Carolina Radio Network August 7th 2014 reports this week: "42-year-old Alisa Bivens of Gastonia, NC, Read more [...]
I adapted this play from Benjamin Zephaniah's great book Refugee Boy. The national tour starts now. Details in video. Review quotes below. Please Share. "Fisayo Akinade's radiant lead performance…Moments Read more [...]
You don't have to read this. I'm just writing it for my own mind, to document my time here so in years to come I can look back. I do this in lieu of family. I hope you can understand. Here goes. People Read more [...]
The adoptive mother describes the child whom they'd taken some years earlier from Ethiopia as having grown into a person with a wild look in her eyes. It was like seeing an exorcist. This is immediately Read more [...]