Late last Friday afternoon, the Appeal Court of Cassation at the Federal Supreme Court adjourned the case of Tewodros Kassahun, popularly known as Teddy Afro, to June 11, 2009, for a final verdict.
Teddy was jailed on April 16, 2008, for a charge of killing a homeless boy in a car accident and fleeing the scene. When the verdict was reached he was sentenced to six years in prison and fined 18,000 birr by the Federal High Court 8th Criminal Bench in December, 2008.
The appeal judge, Justice Dagne Melaku, at the Federal Supreme Court announced the court sustained the guilty verdict, but reduced the sentence, adjudicating that the deceased had a role in the accident that cost him his life. Because of this, the court cut the original sentence to two years and the fine to 11,000 birr in February this year.
The decision was based on the finding that the deceased was unconscious due to alcohol consumption and was sleeping in the middle of the road when the accident occurred. Due to a lack of lighting, the court reasoned it would be almost impossible for a driver to spot a person at night.
But Million Assefa, Teddy’s lawyer, opposed the court’s decision and he went to appeal at the Cassation Bench of the Federal Supreme Court.
Teddy has already served almost 13 months in jail and with a probable probation for good behavior he should be free in less than a year. If probation is given it is four months per year in jail, so the singer gets eight months of probation which slashes his stay in jail to six months from now.
However, the length of his imprisonment is dependent on the final verdict.
Teddy Afro entered the Ethiopian music scene in 2001, and has made three albums since and a number of singles. He was well accepted by the audience for his varied style and his powerful lyrics that he wrote himself.
His die-hard fans, however, still refuse to accept he could be guilty, continuing to maintain that he is the victim of a political vendetta because Teddy Afro’s music was identified with the opposition’s cause at the time of the controversial 2005 elections.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Teen Ethiopian Beauty Crowned “Model of Africa 2009″
Miss Millennium Teen Intercontinental;Bewunetwa Abebe representing Ethiopia at the recently concluded International Beauty and Model Festival 2009 in Kunming China, has won the title of Model
United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland (Press Release) May 19, 2009 –
Miss Millennium Teen Intercontinental;Bewunetwa Abebe who was representing Ethiopia at the recently concluded International Beauty and Model festival 2009 in Kunming China, has won the title of Model of Africa,
19year old Bewunetwa Abebe was participating in her first event international event having been crowned Miss Teen Millennium Intercontinental as part of the Ethiopian Millennium Festival of Beauty, and did not only her nation proud but her family as well. Bewunetwa Abebe comes from a long line of Beauty Queens in her family as her two older sisters have also successfully represented Ethiopia in several National and International beauty contests over the years.
Current Washington DC based Model: Ferehiyewot Abebe her older sister was the first Ethiopian girl ever to participate at Miss Universe in 2004, she went on to participate in Miss Teen Model of the World, Miss Earth and World Miss University, eldest Sibling Tizita Abebe also took part in Miss Model of the World and Miss Bikini Universe.
The 2009 International Beauty and Model festival was organized by the World Beauty Congress and held in Beijing and Kunming from the 25th April until the 7th May 2009. Beauties of Africa Inc and the Ethiopian life foundation coordinated Ethiopia participation 43 International models took part in this event.
source: FPR
United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland (Press Release) May 19, 2009 –
Miss Millennium Teen Intercontinental;Bewunetwa Abebe who was representing Ethiopia at the recently concluded International Beauty and Model festival 2009 in Kunming China, has won the title of Model of Africa,
19year old Bewunetwa Abebe was participating in her first event international event having been crowned Miss Teen Millennium Intercontinental as part of the Ethiopian Millennium Festival of Beauty, and did not only her nation proud but her family as well. Bewunetwa Abebe comes from a long line of Beauty Queens in her family as her two older sisters have also successfully represented Ethiopia in several National and International beauty contests over the years.
Current Washington DC based Model: Ferehiyewot Abebe her older sister was the first Ethiopian girl ever to participate at Miss Universe in 2004, she went on to participate in Miss Teen Model of the World, Miss Earth and World Miss University, eldest Sibling Tizita Abebe also took part in Miss Model of the World and Miss Bikini Universe.
The 2009 International Beauty and Model festival was organized by the World Beauty Congress and held in Beijing and Kunming from the 25th April until the 7th May 2009. Beauties of Africa Inc and the Ethiopian life foundation coordinated Ethiopia participation 43 International models took part in this event.
source: FPR
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Ethiopian Jazz on Display in London: Mulatu the Magnificent
Tadias Magazine
Tadias Staff
New York (Tadias) - One of the most anticipated music shows in London next week is Ethio-jazz inventor Mulatu Astatke’s collaboration with the Heliocentrics collective. “Even if the evening doesn’t live up to expectations, the Ethiopian bandleader’s new album is sure to make it onto my end-of-year-list of the best releases,” writes culture commentator Clive Davis on his Spectator blog.
Mulatu collaborates with Heliocentrics collective (VIDEO)
On his blog, Mr Davis also points out the amazing soundtrack of Jim
Jarmusch’s 2005 movie “Broken Flowers”, which featured Mulatu’s
music. Here is the video:
Tadias Staff
New York (Tadias) - One of the most anticipated music shows in London next week is Ethio-jazz inventor Mulatu Astatke’s collaboration with the Heliocentrics collective. “Even if the evening doesn’t live up to expectations, the Ethiopian bandleader’s new album is sure to make it onto my end-of-year-list of the best releases,” writes culture commentator Clive Davis on his Spectator blog.
Mulatu collaborates with Heliocentrics collective (VIDEO)
On his blog, Mr Davis also points out the amazing soundtrack of Jim
Jarmusch’s 2005 movie “Broken Flowers”, which featured Mulatu’s
music. Here is the video:
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