Embarking on a journey to learn Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, brings about an exploration of culture and history. As a young boy, I used to marvel at my father’s knowledge of what are ...

Journal of Ethiopian Studies (JES) is the first and the oldest academic journal in the entire history of Addis Ababa University, established in 1963 with the aim of conducting, promoting, and ...

Excavations conducted in the Sudan during the past three years by Professor George A. Reisner '89 of the University, who is in charge of the Egyptian expedition working under the joint auspices of the ...

Amharic has been the official working language of Ethiopia, the language of the courts, the language of trade and everyday communications and of the military since the late 12th century. The language ...

The first panel in the mural is “The Cradle of Humankind.” It shows “Lucy,” the first discovery of a series of hominid precursors by Donald Johanson, then with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, ...