"Lifeless!" he said sipping his coffee. "I just do not get it! Maybe I am too old for this. I could not find something I can call music; maybe Ethiopian music is gone with the wind!"
 

"You mean all?" I asked Mesfin Getaneh, a passionate music lover whom I was having coffee with. "For me, there are only a few pieces which I can listen to," replies Mesfin. For Mesfin, Tedi Afro (Theodros Kassahun) and GiGi are the only icons of the modern Ethiopian music with meaningful substance. "Otherwise, I still listen to the old and traditional music which I think are full of life."

The Cinema Boom- A might Wave in the Air

Walking the streets of Addis, watching f a night's transmission of ETV, listening to an hour-broadcast of the radio and looking through the pages of the newspapers, one can simply feel the rhythmic beat of the mighty wave in the air -Cinema.
 

These days, it turned to be common spot to have at least one movie inaugurated and join the already crowded cinemas and theatre halls. This might seem incredible for those who have never known Ethiopia for filmmaking. But the fact is it is happening.