Before I actually went to Ethiopia, my only mental images of it came from the devastating famine there back in the 1980s. The one that led to a permed Sally Struthers begging for 70 cents a day from a ...

Egla Taye and Olana Olana threw summertime tropes to the wind, marrying in an intimate cranberry-and-gold themed wedding that paid homage to their Ethiopian heritage. Bonus: the couple donned ...

Prince Yoel of Ethiopia—the great-grandson of Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia—was finishing up his law degree at Howard University when he bought a diamond ring to propose to ...

On September 9th, Ariana Austin and Joel Makonnen swapped vows during a lavish Maryland wedding but their love story isn’t an ordinary one–it’s a royal one. Makonnen happens to be the great-grandson ...

Hair braiding tells a story. Of womanhood. Of age. Of what it means to be Habesha and find your way back to rituals that almost disappeared. For Brehan, a 37-year-old bride-to-be in Dallas with both ...

In human life, transition from one status to the other is a common phenomenon. There are rituals that are performed in the time of transition. Rite of passage is among these rituals. It is a ritual ...

Ask Rahel Solomon and Marcel Pratt where they first met, and they’ll give you the same answer: a professional networking event at Del Frisco’s in Center City. But what the duo can’t agree on is who ...