Ethiopia starts to bury its Marxist past

Floating the currency and selling off state assets could make the country a model for Africa’s closed economies.

Ethiopia’s national dialogue was meant to heal the nation, but divisions are deepening

Ethiopia’s process involved setting up a national dialogue commission. It stated it wanted to build national consensus, ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Former US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on the value of poetry as a social force

For decades, Joy Harjo has challenged what it means to be a poet. The multifaceted author, musician and playwright was the ...
Greek Reporter

Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis Depicted Greek Struggle for Freedom

Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and an eminent exponent of romantic modernism.

UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | March 08 to March 14, 2026

Why these questions for Prelims 2026? Kickstart your UPSC Prelims preparation early. Brush up on your current affairs ...
The Armenian Weekly

A phenomenal achievement: A new translation of the most famous Armenian poem

Yeghishe Charents’ 129th anniversary falls on March 13. His poetry, prose, opinions and persona have accompanied us for more ...

Ethiopia declares 3 days of mourning after landslides in the south kill 80 people

Ethiopia has declared three days of mourning as the death toll following landslides climbs to 80. Many other people remain ...
The Student Life

Gazan poet Yahya Ashour reads and discusses poetry in the face of exile, displacement and violence

On Wednesday, March 11, students and faculty filtered into the Ena Thompson Room at Pomona College’s Crookshank Hall to ...

Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum

Harvard University turned over the photos to the International African American Museum in Charleston after a seven-year legal ...
TheCable

Pius Adesanmi: Remembering a rare gem seven years later

Today, March 10, marks seven years since the devastating Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash that took you from us. Time has passed swiftly, yet it still feels surreal that I can no longer look ...
BBC

In Mrs Tilscher’s Class

The poem is a nostalgic reflection on childhood and the experience of being in a primary school classroom. The speaker recalls the safety, warmth and excitement of learning, and how this gradually ...

This Haverford teacher didn’t have Black role models in school. Now he’s a finalist for National Teacher of the Year

The dozen students in Leon Smith’s Advanced Placement African American Studies class were analyzing Countee Cullen’s conflicted emotions about his ancestral homeland of Africa in his poem, “Heritage.” ...