For decades, a small town in southern Ethiopia has quietly become one of the most unique Jamaican communities outside the Caribbean. Known to many as “Little Jamaica,” the Rastafari settlement in ...

What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy ...

Jack Douglas, the top-flight rock producer behind classic albums by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Aerosmith, Patti Smith, Cheap ...

Objectives To explore the mental health literacy of school communities and stigma against students with mental disorders in Ethiopia’s specific context. Design Qualitative study using in-depth and key ...

Bob Marley’s life finally hits the big screen this week in the form of Bob Marley: One Love. In his 36 years, Marley lived a life so rich and tumultuous, not all of it can be distilled into a biopic.

Two-time Grammy-nominated reggae star Protoje has spent the past 15 years valiantly merging classic reggae with contemporary ...

Teddy Afro currently holds all top 10 positions on Ethiopia’s weekly YeneVibe music chart, with each track adding notable view counts. Songs like “Das Tal (Ansaw)” and “Shih Bibal (Back to 90s)” lead ...

Analysts say the war in Iran has temporarily delayed an escalation in smoldering tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. But renewed armed conflict cannot be ruled out. The political situation in the ...

The release of Etorika (2026) by Teddy Afro is more than an album launch; it represents the artist’s return to the Ethiopian political, cultural, and emotional landscape in a time when that landscape ...

Tigray’s main political party has announced that it is taking back control of the region’s government, effectively ending a peace deal between Ethiopia’s federal government and the northern region.

Teddy Afro, pictured in 2014, has been a thorn in the side of previous Ethiopian governments In a country where criticising the authorities has often landed people in trouble, the latest song from ...