TEZA (A Haile Gerima Film): US Movie Premiere

Written by Jamati Entourage Newswire | September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Set in Ethiopia and Germany,Teza examines the displacement of African intellectuals, both at home and abroad, through the story of a young, idealistic Ethiopian doctor – Anberber. The film chronicles Anberber’s internal struggle to stay true, both to himself and to his homeland, but above all,Teza explores the possession of memory – a right humanity mandates that each of us have – the right to own our pasts.

CELEBRATE with Haile Gerima and Cast of Teza @ LIV on Friday, Sept. 18th from 6:30 – 10:30 PM » Read more…

Tags: , African Movies, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Germany, Haile Gerima, Teza The Movie

Ethiopian is Germany’s Next Top Model.

Written by By Mazuba Kapambwe, Jamati Entourage New York | May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

On May 20th 2009, 19 year old Ethiopian, Sara Nuru, was announced the winner of the wildly successful reality show that started in America and has now spread to Germany and Canada. The East African beauty beat 21,000 other applicants who auditioned for the show and was named winner at the end of the show that ran for three months.

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Tags: , Ethiopia, heidi klum, Models, Sara Nuru

Jamati Spotlite: Africa’s Next Top Model.

Interview by By Mazuba Kapambwe | May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Jamati welcomes you to a new series where we will introduce you to Africans living abroad, who are trying to make a name for themselves in the arena’s of fashion, film, and music. Keep your eyes and ears open as they may be the next big thing.

Jelimo Wins IAAF $1 Million Jackpot

Written by Kevin Johnson-Azuara | September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Pamela Jelimo collected the $1 million she won in the IAAF Golden League in style, when she cruised to victory in the women’s 800m, clocking a meet record of 1 minute, 56.41 seconds in Stuttgart, Germany. The Golden League jackpot goes to athletes who win their event in all six stops on the sport’s most lucrative tour and the 18-year-old Kenyan was the only one to do so. But to actually take home the prize, the winners also have to show up at the World Athletics Final. Jelimo did and, in the process, increased her purse by another $30,000 given to first-place winners here.

The Kenyan teenager, who only started running the two-lap race this year, was unbeaten in her 12 finals this year, including the Olympics in Beijing last month. The Olympic Champion did not run hard right from the start, but World Champion Janeth Jepkosgei of Kenya finished second (1:58.41), while Briton Marilyn Okoro was third with 1:58.64. Remaining unbeaten, this was Jelimo’s 14th win in a row. “Today I did not have any tactics,” Jelimo said. “I am a sprinter. So I can always rely on my final speed.” Regarding next year the African record holder, and World Junior record holder, (1:54.01) said: “I guess that I have even more talent than I showed in 2008. Next year I want to run even faster.” » Read more…

Tags: , Eseret Defar, Ethiopia, Golden League, IAAF, Kenya, Pamel Jimelo, Paul Koech

Kenya and Ethiopia leading in medals among African Countries

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Kenya and Ethiopia are vying for the position of country with the most Olympic medals from Africa. So far Kenya has won gold medals in the men’s 3000m steeplechase and women’s 800m (Pamel Jelimo), three Silver medals in women’s 800m (Janeth Jepkosgei), women’s marathon, and women’s 3000m steeplechase, and bronze medal wins in the men’s 10,000m and men’s 3000m steeplechase (Brimin Kiprop Kipruto).

Ethiopia has a gold medal in both the men’s and women’s 10,000m and a silver in the men’s 10,000m. They will compete against each other in the men’s and women’s 5,000m.

Tags: , Ethiopia, Kenya, Olympics

Ethiopia Names Olympics Track Team

Written by Kevin Johnson-Azuara | July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

On Monday one of Africa’s hopes for a large medal haul in the track events named its Olympics-bound squad. Ethiopia named a strong track team for the Beijing Olympics with world champions Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba doubling up in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres races. The other significant development is the inclusion of multiple world record holder Haile Gebrselassie in the 10,000m.