The Ethiopian Diaspora Stories Project presents the story and music of Elias Negash. Elias is a Bay Area Ethiopian diaspora transplant who hails from Addis Ababa,… Read more “The Life and Music of Elias Negash”

In 2017, EDSP co-founder Trudy Kehret-Ward interviewed Barbara Wyatt Olson, the author of Gondar, Ethiopia: 197l-1975 Guests in the Ethiopian Highland and Children of Zemecha. EDSP: Your book,… Read more “Interview with Barbara Olson, author”

In June 1964, Jodie Collins boarded a ship bound for Ethiopia with her husband and 8-month old daughter, Shellie. In 30 days, they crossed the Atlantic and… Read more “Interview with Jodie Collins, author”

Written by Adugnaw Worku My name is Adugnaw Worku and I was born and brought up in northwest Ethiopia. My parents were peasant farmers like everyone else… Read more “A Peasant Like Me”

In 2016, EDSP interviewed Makonnen Araya, the author of Negotiating A Lion’s Share of Freedom: Adventures of an Idealist Caught Up in the Ethiopian Civil War. In… Read more “Interview with Makonnen Araya, author”

by Frew Tibebu, EDSP co-founder We started the day as we normally did in the last 10 days since I arrived in prison. Orders were taken for… Read more “Prison Stories, Migration, and Memories of My Father”