Teodrose Fikremariam
Writer at Ghion Journal
Teodrose Fikremariam is the co-founder and former editor of the Ghion Journal.
Latest posts by Teodrose Fikremariam (see all)
- A Reflection in a Time of Turmoil - June 4, 2020
- Ethiopia’s Choice: Poverty through Grievance or Prosperity through Unity - September 9, 2019
- Bloody 60s: the Decade that Aborted Leadership in America - August 22, 2019
Memories. We simultaneously try to flee their gravity as we try to remember past happiness. In Ethiopia, we call these remembrances tizita. Yet these reflections and flashbacks are not constrained by borders or language. Tizita, the hold the past has on our lives, is a universal human emotion that binds all of us in the cocoon of reminiscence. Memories are a double-edge sword; the same way we gain happiness from remembering the past, we can also…
