Tamagne Beyene:
The Artist as Critic exposes the interiors of
Hate inside the crucible of TPLF
16 August, 2010 | By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D)
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Art has always been the foreshadower of change, and the relentless
stimulant of the Artistic imaginary and the Aesthetic impulse. Great
Artists are not merely producers of mechanical art, but thinkers
extraordinaire, fearless speakers, or what the ancient Greeks called
(Parhessia).
Ethiopians. At this event, through a blend of biting humor, arresting
humility and elegance, he exposed the interiors of hate and ethnicity by
the ruling Ethiopian Regime.
In a shocking presentation of the distribution of power in Ethiopia, the
artist gave a compelling picture of the dominance of Tigreans in all the
major posts of the “ woyanne machine”. The names of the political
personalities and their positions were carefully presented to a very
vigilant public.
What emerges in the end is a frightening picture of the Ethiopian nation
profoundly fractured by ethnic prism through which modern Ethiopia is
being divided and ruled to the detriment of a future that will leave a
legacy of hate, mistrust and revenge.
Contrary to the regimes outside appearance, this regime does not believe
in the Ehtiopianity of Ethiopia, but rather in a dangerous attempt at
Tigrenaizing Ethiopia under the tutelage of ethnic lords, who believe in
Great Tigre, at the expense of the Great Ethiopia, and its classical
Ethiopian emperors of Tigrean origin. These Emperors were always
Ethiopians first and tigreans second. The Ethnic machine of Woyanne is
actively rewriting this history and promoting it through force as power.
The artist heroically advised the audience to fight this vision through a
counter vision of a genuine Ethiopianity, which ought to be promoted
through the new media of Esat, the harbinger of change, unity and
brotherhood of Ethiopians of the new generation.
His vision of a new Ethiopia can be presented through the powerful
medium of ESAT that he is generously presenting the Ethiopian people,
through a contagious passion and commitment, and we Ethiopians are
grateful to him, and so willing to herald his name and bless his project.
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Teodros Kiros Professor of Philosophy and English (Liberal
Arts) Berklee College of Music is also a Senior Editor at Ethio
Quest News. His weekly column appear here
The Artist as Critic exposes the interiors of
Hate inside the crucible of TPLF
16 August, 2010 | By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Art has always been the foreshadower of change, and the relentless
stimulant of the Artistic imaginary and the Aesthetic impulse. Great
Artists are not merely producers of mechanical art, but thinkers
extraordinaire, fearless speakers, or what the ancient Greeks called
(Parhessia).
- Tamagn was that fearless speaker in
full command of his ego and a lover
of the
Ethiopia, the world historical
civilization founded by a great people
aware of their historicality and proud
of their africanity.
- Tamagn Beyene, in a recent fund
raising event in Boston (August 14,
Ethiopians. At this event, through a blend of biting humor, arresting
humility and elegance, he exposed the interiors of hate and ethnicity by
the ruling Ethiopian Regime.
In a shocking presentation of the distribution of power in Ethiopia, the
artist gave a compelling picture of the dominance of Tigreans in all the
major posts of the “ woyanne machine”. The names of the political
personalities and their positions were carefully presented to a very
vigilant public.
What emerges in the end is a frightening picture of the Ethiopian nation
profoundly fractured by ethnic prism through which modern Ethiopia is
being divided and ruled to the detriment of a future that will leave a
legacy of hate, mistrust and revenge.
Contrary to the regimes outside appearance, this regime does not believe
in the Ehtiopianity of Ethiopia, but rather in a dangerous attempt at
Tigrenaizing Ethiopia under the tutelage of ethnic lords, who believe in
Great Tigre, at the expense of the Great Ethiopia, and its classical
Ethiopian emperors of Tigrean origin. These Emperors were always
Ethiopians first and tigreans second. The Ethnic machine of Woyanne is
actively rewriting this history and promoting it through force as power.
The artist heroically advised the audience to fight this vision through a
counter vision of a genuine Ethiopianity, which ought to be promoted
through the new media of Esat, the harbinger of change, unity and
brotherhood of Ethiopians of the new generation.
His vision of a new Ethiopia can be presented through the powerful
medium of ESAT that he is generously presenting the Ethiopian people,
through a contagious passion and commitment, and we Ethiopians are
grateful to him, and so willing to herald his name and bless his project.
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Teodros Kiros Professor of Philosophy and English (Liberal
Arts) Berklee College of Music is also a Senior Editor at Ethio
Quest News. His weekly column appear here
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