It is hard to find a biography on an Eritrean in Tigrigna or most other Eritrean languages. There are some reasons why this is so. Tigrigna was used as a medium of instruction in Eritrean schools in the 1940’s. On a small scale, it was used for the same purpose when the Swedish Missionary Society decided to use local languages in the schools it opened in the Eritrean highlands in the late 19th century. In the 1920’s, the same society started publishing a religious magazine, Melekti Selam. Similarly, the Italians used Tigrigna when they published a leaflet named Nay Elet Were (Daily News). Other than these attempts, Tigrigna was not used for mass communication, or for classroom instruction, on a wide scale until the 1940s.
Can poetry be successfully translated into another language? It depends on the kind of poetry and the capacity of the translator. I have read some books, which show the capacity of the translator.
Mikael Joel has inscribed his name in the annals of table tennis history as the first player to win a competition match for Eritrea in an international tournament.
When I was young I absolutely loved my history classes. They gave me a chance to learn how the new world came to be, but with in my class and circle of friends, there was this one kid who never did. He never liked history as a subject but he took it anyway because he had too.
“I love being in the kitchen, and it has nothing to do with my gender. You know what kills my joy? Having it intimated that this is the place where I belong... because I am a woman. No other reason.” Says frustrated my ever opinionated friend. She is against everything nearing stereotyping of gender roles, as everyone should be. Which got me thinking why on God’s greens Earth shouldn’t men be in the Kitchen?!
According to the early Greek philosophers, people got sick because they suffered from some kind of imbalance in their body.
It is hard to find a biography on an Eritrean in Tigrigna or most other Eritrean languages. There are some reasons why this is so. Tigrigna was used as a medium of instruction in Eritrean schools in the 1940’s. On a small scale, it was used for the same purpose when the Swedish Missionary Society decided to use local languages in the schools it opened in the Eritrean highlands in the late 19th century. In the 1920’s, the same society started publishing a religious magazine, Melekti Selam. Similarly, the Italians used Tigrigna when they published a leaflet named Nay Elet Were (Daily News). Other than these attempts, Tigrigna was not used for mass communication, or for classroom instruction, on a wide scale until the 1940s.
Can poetry be successfully translated into another language? It depends on the kind of poetry and the capacity of the translator. I have read some books, which show the capacity of the translator.
Mikael Joel has inscribed his name in the annals of table tennis history as the first player to win a competition match for Eritrea in an international tournament.
When I was young I absolutely loved my history classes. They gave me a chance to learn how the new world came to be, but with in my class and circle of friends, there was this one kid who never did. He never liked history as a subject but he took it anyway because he had too.
Haddish was born in Los Angeles to an American mother and an Eritrean father, who left the family when she was three.
“I love being in the kitchen, and it has nothing to do with my gender. You know what kills my joy? Having it intimated that this is the place where I belong... because I am a woman. No other reason.” Says frustrated my ever opinionated friend. She is against everything nearing stereotyping of gender roles, as everyone should be. Which got me thinking why on God’s greens Earth shouldn’t men be in the Kitchen?!