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Uncovering and promoting new initiatives within African arts and culture placing East Africa in the spotlight. Then get in touch on [email protected].
ADDIS RUMBLE was founded by Karen Obling and Andreas Hansen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in December 2011, and is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. ADDIS means NEW in Amharic (the official language in Ethiopia). The blog is thus not only about the rumbling Ethiopian capital, but about uncovering and promoting new initiatives within African arts and culture placing East Africa in the spotlight. ADDIS
06/02/2015
Pioneers: Melaku Belay and Mos Def
20/01/2015
Good news for New Yorkers!
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Makes Its New York Debut The 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair comes to New York this summer during Frieze Week
27/12/2014
Passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines domestic flight anno 1951.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you and thanks for supporting Addis Rumble in 2014!
23/12/2014
Looking for an artistic East African Christmas gift? How about vol. 13 of the excellent ''contact zones nrb'' book series that presents the work of Kenyan multimedia artist Miriam Syowia Kyambi. More info here http://www.contact-zones-nrb.com/home.php and in our recent interview with Miriam: http://addisrumble.com/?p=4226
18/12/2014
D.C. Cab Driver Is A Star In Ethiopia Hailu Mergia, a keyboard player and Ethiopian music star who lives in the U.S., will get you anywhere you need to go in our nation's capital.
15/12/2014
Dinaw Mengestu's new novel All Our Names has made it to NY Times' list of 2014's best books. እንኳን ደስ አለህ
100 Notable Books of 2014 The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
12/12/2014
Inspiration for a funky weekend from Douala.
Douala's Streets Become A Runway A new exhibition at MoAD from Hobbs/Neustetter of The Trinity Session looks at how Douala's streets became a runway during Doual'art 2013.
12/12/2014
Tirudel Zenebe is our Friday soundtrack
Tirudel Zenebe - Gue From Ililta!: New Ethiopian Dance Music (Terp) terprecords.nl
12/12/2014
Bringing early Kenyan recordings back to the communities they came from.
The repatriation of Kenya’s musical heritage (International Library of African Music) Hundreds of recordings by an early generation of Kenyan musicians are currently being returned to the communities in which these songs were made in the 1950s by an English ethnomusicologist to stimulate interest in Kenya’s musical heritage
11/12/2014
Annual Art Exhibition at the Sheraton in Addis.
09/12/2014
The Guardian Africa network has just launched ''The Sudans: after the divide'', a week-long focus on the region, covering politics and analysis, music, film, women's rights, and conservation in conflict. Check out the feature on the fascinating Beats Of The Antonov music documentary among many other interesting reads.
Music of resistance in Sudan's rebel regions The documentary Beats Of The Antonov follows musicians in the restive south, where government bombs rain down on insurgents and civilians alike. Director Hajooj Kuka explains why culture is vital in the fight for survival
02/12/2014
Our article on the Disposable Project is featured on The Guardian
The Disposable Project: Tanzanian children get behind the lens Addis Rumble speaks to Raul Guerrero, an artist who gave 100 disposable cameras to nine children and encouraged them to document their lives
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