PLAY AUDIO TRANSCRIPT In December 1963, the famous Afro-American magazine of Chicago, “Ebony”, through the pen of Allan Morrison, livicated a wide article to the visit of Haile Selassie I to the United States: “Emperor Haile, standing in New York hotel suit where he granted exclusive interview, is also called King of Kings, Conquering Lion […]

Ethiopia is the first country – still recognizable by its biblical name on our atlases – mentioned in the Bible, and this quotation occurs in its very first pages, those that describe the creation of the world and man, the origin of everything, the GENESIS. In Genesis (chapter 2, 10-13), describing Paradise (“Gennete Edem” ገነተ ኤድም, “Garden […]

According to the Ethiopian Tradition, each one of the 12 Apostles comes from one among the 12 tribes of Israel, thus fulfilling his own personal life as the prophetical resonance of his ancient tribal Patriarch. To ovastand the spirtual character of our tribal fathers is the first step to identify symbols and qualities of the 12 tendencies […]

The Ethiopian historian Gebre-Igziabiher Elyas gives an interesting account of the political replacement of Lij Iyasu, occurred in September 1916. “And when Abeto Iyasu called the Shewan notables to come to Harerge, one after the other, they said ‘I am ill’, and they did not go. But the notables of Shewa came to a decision, […]

G(e)(e)z ግእዝ (or ግዕዝ in alterated form) means 3 things: 1) “First”. In fact, the first vowel is called “Geez“, like a first language, i.e. the language that God used to create the world and to speak with Adam in the beginning. It is the Language of Time (“Gizie”), the most ancient one, eternally existing through the ages. “Geez” […]