I‘m not going to pretend otherwise, these past two Thanksgivings have been difficult for me personally. Life’s bedeviling circumstances have interrupted homeostasis and occasions I...
Teodrose Fikremariam
Teodrose Fikremariam is the co-founder and editor of the Ghion Journal. Prior to launching the Ghion Journal, he was a political organizer who once wrote a speech idea in 2008 that was incorporated into Barack Obama's South Carolina primary victory speech. He is originally from Ethiopia and a direct descendent, seven generations removed, of one of Ethiopia's greatest Emperors Tewodros II.
Ghion Cast is a weekly show where Ghion Journal’s editor, Teodrose Fikre, does a 30 minute podcast that will be uploaded and available on this...
I had a moment of epiphany just now while listening to Stevie Nicks singing Landslide. I’ve always loved this song, even during the times my...
The other day I was in the kitchen and someone said of an unwashed pot the following words: “How disgusting, look how black and dirty...
This is my letter to Lauryn Hill; at once an ode to her brilliance and a denunciation aimed at her detractors. Let me not be...
I kind of understand why people gravitate to politics and glom on to politicians. It is easier to hold on to dogma and broken ideologies...
Not too long ago, when I was a child, tikur injera (organic bread) and shiro (Ethiopian food) were looked upon as deha megeb (poor people’s...
Ever been drawn to certain things and yet you could not figure out why? Well that exact conundrum has drawn me over and over again in...
Look into the eyes of these two children. They are both suffering under the weight of hopelessness and dwelling in the midst of poverty and...
Our Democracy: being given a false choice between a lash and a whip. You vote for one and think you made a difference as you...
