Professional Career
2009 - 2020: Lecturer, Mekelle University, Department of Theatre Arts, Mekelle, Ethiopia
2011 - 2012: Head of the Department of Theatre Arts, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
2008 - 2009: Script writing and directing instructor at Creative Films, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Academic Trainings
2012 - 2015: MA in Theatre and Development, Thesis: "Analysis of Theatres Performed on Promoting the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam in the light of Theatre for Development", University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2005 - 2008: BA degree in Theatre Arts, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Other Certificates and Training
- A certificate in anthropological ethnographic filmmaking (in 2021), Manchester University, London.
- Certified in film script development, directing, editing and scouting (in 2014) organized and sponsored by Italian Cultural institute in cooperation with European Union Embassies in Ethiopia.
- A certificate in film directing, writing, editing and shooting (in 2010) from Warka Pictures Film Training Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Research visit
18.08.2018 - 01.10. 2018, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Saale Germany
List of internationally published anthropological films
- Abraham & Sarah II: Hosting the Gundagundo Piligrims (Director and researcher)
https://raifilm.org.uk/films/abraham-and-sarah-ii-hosting-thegundagundo-pilgrims/ - Abraham & Sarah : Creators of a productive landscapes( with Ivo Strecker, as
Camera person and researcher)
https://raifilm.org.uk/films/abraham-and-sarah-creators-of-aproductive-landscape/ - Dancing Grass: Harvesting Teff in the Tigrian highlands (camera person)
https://raifilm.org.uk/films/dancing-grass-harvesting-teff-in-thetigrean-highlands/ - Arho – The ‘Afar Salt Trade of Northeastern Ethiopia directed with Till Trojer
(camera person) https://boap.uib.no/index.php/jaf/article/view/3146/3179 - The Cursed Spears directed by Tesfahun Haddis with Ivo Strecker (Prof.) and Alula
Pankhurst (Dr.)
Theater Productions
Written and directed theatres:
- 'Yeabay Zemen' a musical theatre on Ethiopian GrandRenaissance Dam and its economic and political consequences organized nationally by a federal governement
- 'Neber Tegadalay' a musical theatre about Ethiopian political movement of different regimes
- 'Negest Hendeke' (Queen Hendeke) : Directed a full length historical play
Paper presentation and Seminars
- LIVING ON THE EDGE. THE WORK ETHOS OF TIGREAN FARMERS: 20th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES20) Mekelle University, Ethiopia. http://www.ices20-mu.org/panel_list_abstracts.php?panel_1206
- The 'Guardians of Productive Landscapes' Project: Past Achievements and Future Prospects Conference: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale,Germany.https://www.eth.mpg.de/4578978/Guardians-of-Productive-Landscapes
- ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY: DIALOGUES PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: virtual Royal Anthropological conference https://histanthro.org/news/announcements/digital-conference-anthropologyandgeography/
- “Comments and ideas for a collaborative repatriation of Frobenius films to Ethiopia”: Re-activating old film reels – Debating methodologies of collaborative restitution of archival films, online workshop.Frobenius Institute, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany https://www.frobenius-institut.de/en/61-new/903-workshop-old-filmreels-eng.html
- “The role of theatre for development on promoting unity in diversity in Ethiopia”: 10th international conference on the history of arts and architecture in Ethiopia, Mekelle University
- “Theater as Action: Imagining peace and stability in South Omo”online workshop organized by Global research network on Parliaments and people, SOAS, London. https://grnpp.org
Projects involved
- ''Theatre as Action: The Stage is a Shade Tree'' supported by The Global Research Network on Parliaments and People, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS University of London.
- ''Guardians of productive Landscapes'', Max Planck Institute for social Anthropology, Halle Saale, Germany and Ethiopia.