Tamirat Mekonen Teklu: The Person Behind Teddy Afro’s Music Video ‘Tikur Sew’

New York (TADIAS) – As a young boy growing up in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia where his mother worked at the local movie theater, Tamirat Mekonen Teklu, 31, — the director and cinematog rapher of Teddy Afro’s latest music video Tikur Sew — dreamed of one day becoming a filmmaker. And judging from early reactions to his newest gig, Tamirat’s directorial debut, only three years after receiving a scholarship to study at the New York Film Academy, appears to be a smashing success.

TADIAS caught up with Tamirat shortly a fter he returned to his home in Washington, D.C., following the launch of the music video in Ethiopia last week.

በኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ ላይ የተመሠረተው ክስ እንዲቋረጥ ተደረገ

“ክሱ የተመሠረተው ያላግባብ ስለሆነ መከሰስ አልነበረበትም” የየካ ፍትሕ ጽሕፈት ቤት

የፌዴራል ዓቃቤ ሕግ በአትሌት ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ ላይ መሥርቶት የነበረውን “በሕገወጥ መንገድ መብትን የማስከበር ወንጀል” ክስ፣ “የማጣራው ነገር ስላለኝ ክሴን አቋርጫለሁ” በማለት ግንቦት 29 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም አቋረጠ፡፡

ዓቃቤ ሕግ ክሱን መሥርቶ የነበረው ውኃና ኢነርጂ ሚኒስቴር አካባቢ በሚገኘው የአትሌት ኃይሌ ሕንፃ ላይ ተከራይ በነበሩት “አዲስ የመኪና ሻጭና አከራይ” ባለቤት የአቶ አዲስ ደገፋን ቢሮ፣ በሕገወጥ መንገድ ቁልፉን በመቀየርና በቢሮው ውስጥ የነበረውን ንብረት በመጋዘን ውስጥ በማስቀመጡ ነበር፡፡

ኃይል ለፖሊስ በሰጠው ቃል ድርጊቱን በማመኑ ክሱ ሊመሠረት ቢችልም፣ ዓቃቤ ሕግ ክሱን ከመመሥረቱ በፊት ወይም ተጐጂው ለፖሊስ ሲያመለክቱ ቤቱን የተከራዩበትን ውል አያይዘው ማቅረብ ሲገባቸው፣ ሳያያይዙ በማቅረባቸው ባልተሟላ ማስረጃ ክሱን መመሥረቱን የየካ ፍትሕ ጽሕፈት ቤት ኃላፊ አቶ ፈቃዱ ፀጋ ተናግረዋል፡፡ አትሌት ኃይሌ ክሱ ከመቋረጡ ቀደም ብሎ ግንቦት 28 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም ጉዳዩን እየመረመረው ለሚገኘው ለፌዴራል የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ፍርድ ቤት የካ ምድብ ሁለተኛ ወንጀል ችሎት መቃወሚያ አቅርቧል፡፡

ኢትዮጵያ ግብረሰዶምንና አራማጆቹ ምዕራባዊያንን አወገዘች

‹‹ትልቁ ሀብታችን ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ያለን ግንኙነት ነው›› አቡነ ጳውሎስ
ትናንት በአዲሱ የአፍሪካ ኅብረት አዳራሽ በ‹‹ግብረሰዶምና ተያያዥ ማኅበራዊ ቀውሶች›› ላይ ለመነጋገር በተጠራው አገራዊ ኮንፈረንስ የተገኙት የሃይማኖት ተቋማት መሪዎች፣ የመንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት፣ የፓርላማ አባላት፣ ወጣቶችና ሌሎች የተለያዩ የኅብረተሰብ ክፍል ተወካዮች ‹‹ግብረሰዶምንና ግብረሰዶም የሚያስፋፉ ምዕራባዊያንን›› አወገዙ፡፡ በዚሁ ታሪካዊና አንገብጋቢ በተሰኘው አገራዊ ኮንፈረንስ ላይ ከ2,000 በላይ ተሳታፊዎች የተገኙ ሲሆን፣ በኢትዮጵያ የሚገኙ አምስቱ ዋና ዋና የሃይማኖት ተቋማት የኦርቶዶክት ተዋህዶ፣ የእስልምና፣ የካቶሊክ፣ የወንጌላዊት መካነ ኢየሱስና የወንጌላዊያን አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ያወጡትን የግብረሰዶማዊነት የተቃውሞ መግለጫ በአንድ ድምፅ እንደግፋለን ብለዋል፡፡ ግብረሰዶማዊነትን ካልተቀበላችሁ በማለት የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥያቄ የሚያነሱና ዕርዳታ እንከለክላለን ለሚሉ የምዕራብ አገሮችም ‹‹ዕርዳታቸው በአፍንጫችን ይውጣ›› የሚል ምላሽ ተሰጥቷቸዋል፡፡

በስብሰባው ላይ የተገኙት የሃይማኖት ተቋማትን በሙሉ ወክለው ጉባዔውን በፀሎት የከፈቱት የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ፓትሪያርክ አቡነ ጳውሎስ፣ ‹‹ኢትዮጵያውያን የሃይማኖት ሕግ ሳይጻፍ ጊዜ ጀምሮ ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር ትውውቅ ነበራቸው፤ የዛሬ ሳይንቲስቶችም ኢትዮጵያ የሰው ልጅ መገኛ መሆንዋን ይናገራሉ፤›› በማለት በዓለም ላይ ያሉ ሕዝቦች በሙሉ እርስ በርስ ተረጋግጠዋል፤ ብቸኛ ነፃ አገር ኢትዮጵያ ነች ብለዋል፡፡ ‹‹አሁንም የተረገጡትና የማንነት ቀውስ ያለባቸው ወገኖች ተናገሩ ብላ የምትሰማ አይደለችም፡፡ ባህላችን አልተለወጠም፣ ታሪካችን አልተቀነሰም፣ ማንነታችን አልተበረዘም፤ እንዲሁ ዝም ብለን የምንለወጥ አይደለንም፤›› ሲሉ አስታውቀዋል፡፡

Ethiopian Descent Theodor Gebre Selassie Subjected to Racist "monkey chants" During Russia Match

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Racism and violence involving Russia's fans have marred the start of the European Championship and confirmed fears that Euro 2012 could be a troubled tournament.
Fans of co-host nations Poland and Ukraine had been seen as a potential source of racial abuse, following a damning investigation by the BBC. Instead, Russia became the main security issue after evidence emerged Saturday of incidents at the Wroclaw stadium where it beat the Czech Republic 4-1 on Friday.
Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie, who is black, was the target of racial abuse reported by official fan monitors to Euro 2012 organizer UEFA.
Russia supporters later fought stadium stewards in an attack seen worldwide after footage circulated online. Wroclaw police said four people were treated in a hospital.
A potentially volatile clash between Russia and Poland looms in Warsaw on Tuesday — a Russian national holiday with fans planning to march from the city center to the stadium.
A Russia team spokesman, Nikolai Komarov, said the federation declined comment on details of the reported incidents.
However, Komarov told The Associated Press in a telephone interview: "The federation has many fans, you don't have control over them all."
Saturday's reports tarnished what was a successful opening day for Euro 2012. Two compelling matches followed constant negative headlines regarding social and political issues in the eastern European neighbors, including monkey chants aimed at Netherlands players during a public practice Wednesday at Krakow, Poland.

BBC Sports Interviews with Ethiopia's Coach Sewnet Bishaw

Less than a week ago the Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw could stroll the streets of Addis Ababa and nobody would have taken much notice.
Now the 59-year-old waves and embraces Ethiopian fans who greet him following his team's 1-1 away in South Africa in their opening 2014 World Cup qualifier.
"The people are very happy - they like it very much when we win," he said.
"For us the result against South Africa was more than a draw - it was a victory," Bishaw told BBC Sport.
Many see the result in South Africa as Ethiopia's greatest result at senior international level since winning the Africa Cup of Nations half a century ago.
"We used to play away against the likes of Nigeria and Guinea and come back beaten but this time we've surprised everyone," he points out.

Ethiopian Maid arrested over theft of jewellery worth Dh45,000

The Sharjah Police on Wednesday arrested an Ethiopian maid for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth Dh45,000 from her employer’s house in Khorfakkan.
The police said they received a complaint from the Emirati employer of the maid about the theft. The Anjad patrol, CID and forensic experts went to the house and lifted the fingerprints and other pieces of evidence.

The police suspected the maid who initially denied any involvement, but after she was confronted with the evidence, she admitted to the crime. She told the police that she used to clean the room of her employer’s wife and had seen the jewellery, which she stole.

The jewellery has been recovered and returned to the family. The case has been referred to the Public Prosecution. The police warned people against leaving valuables like gold in the hands of maids or domestic servants, who would be tempted to steal them.
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Teddy Afro's Tikur Sew Official Music Video