I met Kiya, a tall young girl looking younger than her actual age at one of the local markets embroidering traditional clothes at Shiromeda, Addis Ababa. She was quite busy carefully embroidering a ...

Ethiopian dressmakers, who produce the East African nation's popular long, white 'habesha kemis' dresses by hand, are pessimistic about the future of this centuries-old trade amidst economic woes and ...

Whether as dazzling couture on Addis Ababa catwalk or as an imprinted tribal cloth, the exclusive Ethiopian weaving and design have long been popular and have generated revenue for big designer labels ...

Behind the looms of a workshop in the heart of Addis Ababa, dozens of weavers deftly repeat the same motions to craft traditional dresses -- a centuries-old skill now threatened by Ethiopia's economic ...

Erku Yimer, director of the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago, is a bit flustered. We’re in a small room on the first floor of the association’s Rogers Park home surrounded by more than 2,000 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cultural Gardens, which was founded in 1916, features 32 gardens dedicated to cultural and nationality groups. However it has lacked representation from any country on ...