Cycling race was born in Eritrea in 1936. Since then, it has become like a household name. Prior to this, it was being used as a means of transportation by few people. Eritrea is home to lots of great cyclists who devotedly and professionally worked on the country’s most loved sport.Despite the chain of colonial strains, it didn’t take much time for Eritrean riders to dominate Ethiopian cycling activities and represent Ethiopia in different international competitions.
It is the name of an Eritrean band that brought together artists of three generations; starting from the legends of the sixties to today's young rising international stars and singers. As a matter of fact, it wouldn’t be appropriate to call them rising stars, they are already shining stars. Thanks to Mr. Yared Tesfay, an Eritrean saxophonist from England, the artists were comprised from 12 countries in the Middle East, Europe as well as the United States.
The history of cinemas in Eritrea dates back to 1920s during the Italian colonial period, when the Eritrean people were familiarized with the culture of cinemas. But not all the Eritrean citizens had the opportunity to watch movies in the cinemas which were abundant even back then. The only few privileged citizens who were allowed to watch cinemas were the ones who worked with the Italians and only with their bosses were they allowed to get in. Almost all the movies back then were in Italian, especially until early 1940s.
After all these years, Giorgis returned to Eritrea only aged and matured, but empty-handed. That was the reason why he didn’t want to go back home and decided to march for yet another adventure. Tessenei was a busy market place since back then and Giorgis managed to meet some American employees of some institution. “When I met them I started speaking English to introduce my self. The American guys were amazed and asked me how I was able to speak English, they probably guessed from the looks of me.” Giorgis told them he studied it in school and had a quite short visit to the United States.
Giorgis was not lucky. He couldn’t quit the idea of escaping in the United States but the surveillance was tight and there was nothing he could do. After two weeks in California, the Dutch ship returned and picked him up from Panama. The cruise to Cape Town, South Africa was a blindfolded travel for Giorgis; the captain was mad at him and wouldn't show any compassion to let Giorgis out of his cell..
As the national Cycling Federation is on its way to host cycling Tour of Eritrea from late November to early December 2009, 22 members of the national team have been selected to take part in the competition. Following is the list of cyclists selected from three consecutive days’ qualifying competition that kicked off with the Asmara-Keren route:
Eritrean-American Mebrahtom Keflezighi, won the 2009 New York City Marathon finishing the race in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds. In walking away with this victory, Meb, as he is generally called became the first American to win America’s most celebrated distance race since 1982. The 34 year-old athlete had also previously won the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics for the US Team.
Cycling race was born in Eritrea in 1936. Since then, it has become like a household name. Prior to this, it was being used as a means of transportation by few people. Eritrea is home to lots of great cyclists who devotedly and professionally worked on the country’s most loved sport.Despite the chain of colonial strains, it didn’t take much time for Eritrean riders to dominate Ethiopian cycling activities and represent Ethiopia in different international competitions.
It is the name of an Eritrean band that brought together artists of three generations; starting from the legends of the sixties to today's young rising international stars and singers. As a matter of fact, it wouldn’t be appropriate to call them rising stars, they are already shining stars. Thanks to Mr. Yared Tesfay, an Eritrean saxophonist from England, the artists were comprised from 12 countries in the Middle East, Europe as well as the United States.
The history of cinemas in Eritrea dates back to 1920s during the Italian colonial period, when the Eritrean people were familiarized with the culture of cinemas. But not all the Eritrean citizens had the opportunity to watch movies in the cinemas which were abundant even back then. The only few privileged citizens who were allowed to watch cinemas were the ones who worked with the Italians and only with their bosses were they allowed to get in. Almost all the movies back then were in Italian, especially until early 1940s.
After all these years, Giorgis returned to Eritrea only aged and matured, but empty-handed. That was the reason why he didn’t want to go back home and decided to march for yet another adventure. Tessenei was a busy market place since back then and Giorgis managed to meet some American employees of some institution. “When I met them I started speaking English to introduce my self. The American guys were amazed and asked me how I was able to speak English, they probably guessed from the looks of me.” Giorgis told them he studied it in school and had a quite short visit to the United States.
As the national Cycling Federation is on its way to host cycling Tour of Eritrea from late November to early December 2009, 22 members of the national team have been selected to take part in the competition. Following is the list of cyclists selected from three consecutive days’ qualifying competition that kicked off with the Asmara-Keren route:
Eritrean-American Mebrahtom Keflezighi, won the 2009 New York City Marathon finishing the race in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds. In walking away with this victory, Meb, as he is generally called became the first American to win America’s most celebrated distance race since 1982. The 34 year-old athlete had also previously won the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics for the US Team.