ADDIS RUMBLE

ADDIS RUMBLE Uncovering and promoting new initiatives within African arts and culture placing East Africa in the spotlight. Then get in touch on [email protected].

ADDIS RUMBLE was founded by Karen Obling and Andreas Hansen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in December 2011, and is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. ADDIS means NEW in Amharic (the official language in Ethiopia). The blog is thus not only about the rumbling Ethiopian capital, but about uncovering and promoting new initiatives within African arts and culture placing East Africa in the spotlight. ADDIS

RUMBLE also offers advice to artists on potential residencies, grants, institutions and festivals through our Artist Resources site. ADDIS RUMBLE is always looking for guest contributors. Are you an artist wanting to share your creations with us or do you have a story on Somali arts, Ugandan street photography, Sudanese stand-up, the music scene in Kenya, contemporary Ethiopian literature, Tanzanian theater or something completely different? ADDIS RUMBLE is a part of the Guardian’s Africa Network.

Pioneers: Melaku Belay and Mos Def
06/02/2015

Pioneers: Melaku Belay and Mos Def

Good news for New Yorkers!
20/01/2015

Good news for New Yorkers!

The 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair comes to New York this summer during Frieze Week

Passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines domestic flight anno 1951. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you and th...
27/12/2014

Passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines domestic flight anno 1951.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you and thanks for supporting Addis Rumble in 2014!

18/12/2014

Hailu Mergia, a keyboard player and Ethiopian music star who lives in the U.S., will get you anywhere you need to go in our nation's capital.

Dinaw Mengestu's new novel All Our Names has made it to NY Times' list of 2014's best books. እንኳን ደስ አለህ
15/12/2014

Dinaw Mengestu's new novel All Our Names has made it to NY Times' list of 2014's best books. እንኳን ደስ አለህ

The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.

Inspiration for a funky weekend from Douala.
12/12/2014

Inspiration for a funky weekend from Douala.

A new exhibition at MoAD from Hobbs/Neustetter of The Trinity Session looks at how Douala's streets became a runway during Doual'art 2013.

Tirudel Zenebe is our Friday soundtrack
12/12/2014

Tirudel Zenebe is our Friday soundtrack

From Ililta!: New Ethiopian Dance Music (Terp) terprecords.nl

Bringing early Kenyan recordings back to the communities they came from.
12/12/2014

Bringing early Kenyan recordings back to the communities they came from.

Hundreds of recordings by an early generation of Kenyan musicians are currently being returned to the communities in which these songs were made in the 1950s by an English ethnomusicologist to stimulate interest in Kenya’s musical heritage

Annual Art Exhibition at the Sheraton in Addis.
11/12/2014

Annual Art Exhibition at the Sheraton in Addis.

The Guardian Africa network has just launched ''The Sudans: after the divide'', a week-long focus on the region, coverin...
09/12/2014

The Guardian Africa network has just launched ''The Sudans: after the divide'', a week-long focus on the region, covering politics and analysis, music, film, women's rights, and conservation in conflict. Check out the feature on the fascinating Beats Of The Antonov music documentary among many other interesting reads.

The documentary Beats Of The Antonov follows musicians in the restive south, where government bombs rain down on insurgents and civilians alike. Director Hajooj Kuka explains why culture is vital in the fight for survival

Our article on the Disposable Project is featured on The Guardian
02/12/2014

Our article on the Disposable Project is featured on The Guardian

Addis Rumble speaks to Raul Guerrero, an artist who gave 100 disposable cameras to nine children and encouraged them to document their lives

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