South African music duo Mapara A Jazz recount their terrifying kidnapping experience in Ethiopia and express gratitude for ...

On Thursday nights in Addis Ababa, as the city’s traffic dissolves into the evening haze, a quieter rhythm begins to pulse.

Last week’s Africa Day was an occasion to celebrate the diversity of the continent’s culture, through a music showcase in Addis Ababa, headquarters of the Africa Union, 60 years to the birth of its ...

When the band QWANQWA takes the stage of the BU Global Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17, it’ll be making its Boston debut — as are five of the other groups playing the free event. But if the ...

One of the last remaining ‘azmari bets’ (poetry/music houses) in the Ethiopian capital has been saved from demolition to make way for a skyscraper. But as Addis Ababa pushes to modernise, many worry ...

DJ and cultural consultant Zezi Ifore travels to Addis Ababa to discover 'Ethiopyawi Electronic', an elusive avant-garde scene eagerly showcased by recent Western media. Once on the ground, she ...

Paul Addis is back, and he's ready to crash the system. Remember back in 2007, when Burning Man suffered from a case of premature burn? The guy responsible for the arson was local ...

Among the whimpering of rescued dogs, a soft whistle cuts through. It’s Feven Melese, a young woman hoping to support thousands of abandoned dogs on the streets of the Ethiopia ...