Discourse with Dr, Desta
Discourse with Dr, Desta
What African Art Needs Now
Writing from Atlanta, where the African population including Ethiopian, Nigerian and Ghanaian in particular reside, there is a great love and appreciation for art...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
THE ART OF RECONCILIATION
“…relativism over past standards should not preclude museums from being “above reproach” with regard to their recent and historic holdings.” Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Museum...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
SHOTS FELT AROUND THE WORLD
“Ethiopia shall come into her own again…the nation by the people, to the people, and for the people will triumph again.” Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin
This week...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
FROM KAZANCHES TO KINGSTON
I write this week from Kingston the capital city of Jamaica; a bustling city on a beautiful and blessed island which I am happy...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
FLAGS FLY HIGH
This week I write to you from Juneteenth Sankofa Days Festival in Buffalo, New York. The city is also famous for Niagara Falls which...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
SO SAID SO DONE
“…I’m not boasting, I’m toasting…” Bob Marley
Jetlag got the best of me last week as I began my 3-month tour to the US and...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
THE AMBASSADOR AND THE ARTIST
“African Liberation is not an event it’s a process… ” Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
Africa Day, celebrated on May...
Discourse with Dr, Desta
PM ABIY AHMED NEW CHAMPION FOR CHANGE IN ART
“…history is bound to judge us tomorrow by what we are doing today…” His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I
“It is normal for every...
