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Voice of Assenna: Interview with the Famous Eritrean Artist Michael Adonai – Monday, May 12, 2014

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33 COMMENTS
  • Hailizghi Habte May 12, 2014

    Real Artist, is the person who reflect the situation which faces the society. Unlike, some opportunist who tries to be famous interms of our people’s challenge. I am so proud of you Michael Adonay …. Go for it …. Best Wishes ….

  • MelakeSelam May 12, 2014

    michel you are in a wrong place

  • Geje May 12, 2014

    This is funny you need to read.

    Yosief Ghebrehiwet comments on:

    Saleh Younis and his 50,000 strong Demhit army

    If you want to see how the anesthesiologists work, here is a good sample from Saleh Younis’ comment on his latest article:

    “So, no, I am not an optimist. And this is why I propose a PFDJ-without-Isaias solution. Because when I see 50,000 De.M.H.T. soldiers in Eritrea, 200,000 conscripted soldiers, I can’t see any scenario where an “armed struggle” will create anything but a massive disaster. And those who say otherwise are wild optimists who don’t know our history and our proclivity for producing shefatu. In the period that the Brits were in charge of Eritrea, they wrote reports about Eritrea’s economy and they said the only one that is making any money is fishing and that is only because it’s the only industry the shefatu haven’t gotten to.”

    Let me focus on the 50,000 figure to make my point. To understand the magnitude of this figure, let’s put it in comparative contexts first:

    (a) I doubt that, at this moment, the Ethiopian army has 50,000 of soldiers from Tigray origin. If so, we are asked to believe that there are more armed Tigrawot on the Eritrean side than on the Ethiopian side.
    (b) Even the TPLF could have reached this large figure only when it controlled most or all of Tigray towards the culmination of its mieda life. Now, according to Saleh, we are to believe that there 50,000 Demhit troops in Eritrea without controlling any part of Tigray; even more incredible, without them having any presence (any boots on the ground) in Tigray.
    (c) And if we compare this 50,000 figure to the Eritrean case, until the early ’70s, Shaebia’s army had only a few hundred and Jebha was about 2,000 at most (that is, after a decade of armed struggle). To understand the magnitude of this figure, compare it with Jebha that never reached 50,000 (not even close) in its 20 years of mieda life – that is, even when it liberated half of Eritrea – before it disintegrated in Sudan.
    (d) Shaebia was able to reach this figure only when it helped itself massively through “giffa” that involved tens of thousands of peasants throughout the ’80s. But when it comes to Demhit, let alone to conduct giffa at this massive scale, it hasn’t even acquired a foothold in Tigray, let alone a base.

    One could have easily avoided invoking this immensely foolish figure, whatever the loony source that Saleh got it from happens to be, if one has asked this sensible question: is there any grievance in today’s Tigray proportionate enough to produce a 50,000 strong Liberation Front? Not at all! Tigray is developing as never before, and that development is well spread throughout the land. It doesn’t mean there are no grievances; but it would take an immensely retarded mind to come up with this huge figure to account for those grievances. And proportionate to those smaller grievances, I don’t believe that Demhit makes even a small fraction of that stupendous figure.

    I admit that Saleh Younis is too intelligent to believe in the figure he has provided; it is only that he has fond it a good anesthetic weapon to numb the Kebessa zombies. Notice what his main goal is: to protect PFDJ: “this is why I propose a PFDJ-without-Isaias solution” You would think that he has become more Shaebia than Medrek, who to their credit are saying that change should come from inside without equating that “inside” with “PFDJ” only. But don’t be fooled by all this; he has love neither to the PFDJ nor to Isaias. He eventually wants to see the entire Shaebia rooted out. So what could be the reason? As I have put it in my article above:

    “This is because it has slowly dawned to them [the anesthesiologists] this important realization: the Isaias regime, by driving out the Kebessa youth out of the nation in epic proportions, is doing an excellent job of finishing off Kebessa. If so, their rationale goes, why stop it now? After all, if Kebessa collapses, so would Shaebia. The aim is for total victory. Blinded by their demographic calculations, they fail to see the most crucial factor: that if Kebessa goes, so would the rest of Eritrea.”

    Of course, Saleh gives us a different reason: the fear of shiftnet. Conveniently, he leaves out the two greatest eras of shiftnet in his account: the 30 years of ghedli shiftnet that brought nothing but havoc to the country, and the 20 years of entrenched shiftnet in independent Eritrea. He also conveniently leaves out the most notorious shifta on whose head the Brits put the largest amount of reward in that era of shiftnet (supposedly an era that Saleh dreads) was Awate. Thus, his fear is not of shiftnet per say, but rather of any sabotage inside Eritrea that may jeopardize PFDJ’s shiftnet before it does its cleansing job – that is why he is now openly working for the PFDJ.

    YG

    • Sala May 12, 2014

      sad that some of our moslem academics and politicians have decided to go for supporting the regime because they are afriad that the current ethiopia eritrea cooperation would strengthen the christian eritrea. I hope they stop thinking like that, kebessa eritrean is dying and leaving in mass and it is bad that these people doesn’t give unity priority. aslam keywhd n’ana knhred delyomna

      • rahwa May 12, 2014

        sala,
        are you serious? where do you think you are? this is Assenna not meskerem.net or any other website where people have the emotional maturity of 1 year old. neither is it a hate inciting media. we are Eritreans who want to debate on issues that are relevant to us in a manner that is based on respect, love and logic. kem kedem ymeslekn whj ywesdekn. don’t come here wagging you tail just to divide us. we are one people and we know what’s what. if you feel like it go commit suicide now

        • Gideon May 12, 2014

          ‘Himakk (guregna) Felasit… hewi melasit’ zbluki kemzi natki eyu.
          Furthermore, ‘Endaboy in your case endadey Fekadu baAlom yinaadu’ indeed.
          Get back to the real world of action speaks louder than bullshit words.
          If it was only on empty gura and tahidid, Eritrea would have been the super
          power of the world by now! Unfortunately for some losers we living in the real world.

          • rahwa May 12, 2014

            anta Gidu hadas msla sleznegerkani yekenyeley. nay felasit hanti msla tray yfelt nere. nsa kea ‘srah zsanet felasit kobia kedida tsefi’ tbl. ‘hmak felasit hewi melasit’ zbelkaya ‘hawi melasit’ iyu zkewn, ab kedamay kfli da dew ilka keytkewn mber, ane da mo zey nhna Ertrawyan hanaxi nekefeta ina nwehahab maletey iye. nbeal Gideon tgrigna mtrguam kea grm srah rekibe mber anes hawi melasit koyne ayfeltn zhawey. n ahmed saleh hawey kitwekeso tikel ika. eti hirkanka kea ab botu yelen. eseyas meas koyne da naay kndzi taharkeley? dos ‘betrey habuni zehmko leni’ wey kea ‘haseka dembes nab zlemlemelu’ iyu negeru? kindzi tgoso zeleka hirkan enteleka da neseyas zeytendido wedey. felesti da betri geren yguyeyaka mber nakas.

          • MightyEmbasoyra May 13, 2014

            Gideon,
            Your comments are contradicting each other. Sometimes you seem to care for Eritrea and replying to rahwa’s fine comment with such say otherwise. Re-read Rahwa’s comment and you may change your mind but unlikely.
            I see you respecting/like comments by individual’s like sye but this very important message made by rahwa. Come on.

        • Sala May 12, 2014

          still it is truth…bedwin shokshikom nehwatki kebesa zgedefu yeblomn teshokshiken eyen. aslam yehatna dma tigray keymexu kebessa ytfU ybluna alewu…mshukshak meqiruki dyu rahwa

          • Gideon May 13, 2014

            Sala, simply Hafti BITIBITO sleziKonet BITIBITA shikorina’ya.

          • bana May 13, 2014

            Rahwa well said, you sound very smart lady, emo nozom idiots aytgedeslom.

    • sandro May 12, 2014

      thank you Geje. this is really funny. to see two highly educated Eritreans (yosef and Saleh) acting like warlords whose only goal is to show who is stronger when our people is perishing is really sad. still, the way they play with words and hypothetical questions is funny. do they have conscience? i have no idea. however, i like to thank you for showing us how these two highly educated individuals are sitting with their arms crossed on the sidelines watching us suffer, waiting for us to perish as a people, watching us as if we were toys. does that mean both of them are dying to see the day they get to say, “I told you so”? definitely! none of them cares whether our people suffers. none of them cares whether or not we have a country called Eritrea. they think they are both beyond anything Eritrean. in fact, i am sure they think they are superior to any human being dead or alive.

  • change May 12, 2014

    Thank you Michael Adonai and I wish you good luck.

  • abrham May 12, 2014

    Michael,why did you take so long to speak a word? Even your interview is full of conservations,what for? You were close friend of DIA:One day when you got ill he sent you to Italy by chartered airline and covered all your expenses.
    Do you want now advertising for your product?
    anyway i would like give the exhibition title ”TO DAY ERITREA IMAGE”

    • tafla May 13, 2014

      when are people abrham stop asking “where were you..?”Michael dedicated in memory of that tragic day we should be thankful. The artist is already accomplished so many and he does not need to “advertise his product” for you. By the way what is with ”TO DAY ERITREA IMAGE”:)?

  • Dhab May 12, 2014

    well, the interview was great in many ways. though, i felt Michael Adonai was not honest and he did not consider the fact that he was on a radio show, he was also a little disrespectful to listeners. obviously, the intention of the interviewer was to get as much information as possible for his radio audience. therefore, at some point he asked the artist to paint the picture in words (very smart, i must say)for his (radio) audience. that is when the artist replied people could go to social media to see the painting. but since assenna is a radio show he could at least have tried to do the painting in words because the audience is everywhere and we all know many listeners within Eritrea have no internet access. even those who have cannot easily access social media websites. by the way, i also found him to be patronizing. i could see why the interviewer did not do more follow up questions. i could tell the artist felt he was surrounded by landmines. i applaud the interviewer for his politeness, his sincerity and the goodwill he showed towards the artist. most of all though i appreciate the fact that he considers his listeners whenever he asks questions.

  • Gideon May 13, 2014

    At a time we Eritreans are going through difficult times and sad news is by no
    means scare, it is necessary and national obligation to appreciate and highlight any
    good news and achievements, instead of turning a blind eye to national assets and their
    extraordinary performances. Brother Michael, I look forward to a democratic Eritrea,
    where you would be able to exhibit all your wonderful works “the history of the Eritrean
    struggle for democracy” for the Eritrean people. God bless you brother.

  • rahwa May 13, 2014

    Mighty and Bana,
    thank you ahwat. let us not allow sala’s and Gideon’s confusion and negative vibe create misunderstanding and confusion among us. we are wise, peace loving oppressed people. and the only way we can address our issues is through constructive dialogue.

    • ahmed saleh May 13, 2014

      Rahwa
      For some reason we are experiencibg
      with some commentators with hard to figure out the dubious arguments to push back others who seem not to be part of their agenda .
      Advocating for highland people and to
      bring religious issues contrary of our
      struggle to strengthen Eritreans unity have suspiscious sinister purposes . It
      is sad to see the country to loose it’s youngs because of stupidity . Any way
      stay in the course and stay focused on
      important issues .

      • ahmed saleh May 13, 2014

        Rahwa Haftey
        I just read your humble respond to
        Gideon in Tigrigna . Yes in deed we
        are Eritrean brothers and sisters my dear sister, thanks . GOD BLESS

        • rahwa May 14, 2014

          that’s us! i believe in you my brother! thank you

    • Gideon May 14, 2014

      Embassoyra (the most level headed man/woman of Assenna),
      My objection was mainly to do with her ‘go commit suicide now’ comment. It is you
      who needs to ‘re-read’ her comment before coming out to lecture us about her fine writing.
      If anyone is kind enough to remind/tell others about making suicides then as charity begins
      at home, they should do it themselves instead of just prescribing it to others. Otherwise talk is cheap!
      You’ve also stated about my contradicting comments! Well whether you and your likes find my comments
      controversial or contradicting is just your free opinions and I wouldn’t care less for a second. I will
      continue writing regardless of what you think freely and frankly as before and as I see things Emba Arkey.

      Bana,
      Indeed, birds of the same feather flock together. Likewise, empty vessels/gerewegnatat make same loudest
      shit noises. In the meantime keep on snoring rascal. You probably going need the mshukshak stuff urgently!
      Finally, to you and to your smart lady (my foot), “nSenay hilina zeyteAdele hilina..nKfat (evil) mezena yeblun” indeed.

  • Almaz Gual Asmera May 13, 2014

    ዝኸበርካ ሚካኤል ኣዶናይ፣ ድርብርብ ክብርታት ትጎምጎም ኣሎኻ። ከም ኩሉ ተጋዳላይ እጃምካ ኣበርኪትካ፣ ሞያኻ ኣማዕቢልካ፣ እቲ ሕዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተቓለሰሉን ኣሽሓት ደቁ ዝኸፈለሉን ዋና ጉዳይ “ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን” ከም ጨው ምስ ሓቐቐ ድማ በቲ ዝወሰድካዮ ስጉምቲ “ዓገብ” ምባልካ የሞጉሰካ። ተጋዳላይ ዝብሃል ግፍዒ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሕዝቢ ብዝኾነ ይኹን ኣካል፣ ብባዕዳዊ ይኹን ቭወዲ ሃገር፣ ኪፍጸም ከሎ ዝናሩ ዘልዕል እዩ። እቶም ነዚ ክቡር ውሳኔ ዝወሰድኩም…ኩሎም ዓበይትን ንኣሽቱን ተጋደልቲ፣ ኣሽሓት መንእሰያትን ታሪኽ ትጽሕፉ ኣሎኹም። ሕዝብኻ እንዳነብዐ ምስቲ ገፋዒ ኮይንካ ምስሓቕ ወይ ነቲ ዝድሃኽ ዘሎ ሕዝቢ ሕጉስ ከምዘሎ ጌርካ ብስሙ ምሽቃጥ ግን ነቶም ፈጸምቱ ጽባሕ ናይ ሕፍረት ሕፍረት እዩ ኪኸውን። በርትዕ ነቲ ኣብ ታሪኽና ሰሚዕናዮ ዘይንፈልጥ ጭንቂ ዝረኸበት ሓፍትና በቲ ውቁብ ሞያኻ ጌርካ ኣውያታን ስቓያን ዝገለጽካዮ ድማ ነመስግነካ። ጭንቂ ናይዛ ምስኪን ኣደ ጭንቂ ናይ ኤርትራ ካብ ኣሽሓት ቃላት ንላዕሊ ገላጺ እዩ።

    • TSELOT May 13, 2014

      WOW, you said it all.

  • Mesinas May 13, 2014

    ዝኸበርካ ስነ ጥበበኛ ሓው ሚኪኤል ኣዶናይ፡ ትማሊ ምስቲ ውፉይ ወዲ ህዝቢ፡ ሓርበኛን ህቡብ ጋዜጠኛን ሓው ኣማኑኤል እያሱ፡ ብስቅያት ህዝብኻ ሓዚንካ ዳግም ካብ ሕሱም መግዛእቲ ህግደፍ ንኸተላቕቖ ብሞያኻ ኪትቃለስ ከም ዚጀመርካ ከተዕልል ምስ ሰማዕኩ፡ ናይ ብሓቂ ንሞያኡ ዝበቐዐ ሃብሮም ስነ ጥበበኛ ኢለ፡ ሓንቲ በቲ ዓውድና ዓውዲ ስነ ጥበብ ኣቢለ፡ ሓጻር ናይ መጐስ ናዕታ ክጽሕፈልካ ሓሲበ ኔረ’ሞ ነዛ ብልጽቲ ርእይቶ ናይ ክብርቲ ሓብትና፡ ኣልማዝ ጓል ኣስመራ ጻዕዳ ምስ ኣንበብኩ፡ ልዕሊኡ ክብል ስለ ዘይክእል፡ ንዓኣ ደጊመ ክጽሕፈልካ መሪጸ። ሃምበል! ኣጆኻ ቀጽል! ኣማን ብኣማን ወዲ ህዝቢ! ሕሉፍ ታኣምራታዊ ታሪኽካ ዳግም ዘሐደስካ ጅግና ኢኻ’ሞ ድምጽኻ ኣይተሓባእ! ኣለኹልካ በሎ ነዚ ህዝቢ!

    “ዝኸበርካ ሚካኤል ኣዶናይ፡ ድርብርብ ክብርታት ቲጎምጎም ኣለኻ። ከም ኩሉ ተጋዳላይ እጃምካ ኣበርኪትካ፣ ሞያኻ ኣማዕቢልካ፣ እቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተቓለሰሉን ኣሽሓት ደቁ ዝኸፈለሉን ዋና ጉዳይ፥ “ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን” ከም ጨው ምስ ሓቐቐ ድማ በቲ ዝወሰድካዮ ስጉምቲ “ዓገብ” ምባልካ የሞጉሰካ። ተጋዳላይ ዚብሃል፡ ግፍዒ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ብዚኾነ ይኹን ኣካል፣ ብባዕዳዊ ይኹን ቭወዲ ሃገር፣ ኪፍጸም ከሎ ቅልጽሙ ዘልዕል እዩ! እቶም ነዚ ክቡር ውሳነ ዝወሰድኩም ኩሉኹም ዓበይትን ንኣሽቱን ተጋደልትን ኣሽሓት መንእሰያትን ታሪኽ ትጽሕፉ ኣለኹም። ህዝብኻ እናነብዐ ምስቲ ገፋዒ ኴንካ ምስሓቕ ወይ ነቲ ዝድሃኽ ዘሎ ህዝቢ ሕጉስ ከም ዘሎ ጌርካ ብስሙ ምሽቃጥ ግን ነቶም ፈጸምቱ ጽባሕ ናይ ሕፍረት ሕፍረት እዩ ኪኸውን! ስለዚ፡ ንስኻ ንሓርነትን ፍትሕን ዚመረጽካ ተባዕ ኢኻ’ሞ በርትዕ! ነታ ኣብ ታሪኽና ሰሚዕናዮ ዘይንፈልጥ ጭንቂ ዝረኸበት ሓብትና፡ በቲ ውቁብ ሞያኻ ጌርካ ኣውያታን ስቓያታን ዝገለጽካዮ ድማ ነመስግነካ። ጭንቂ ናይዛ ምስኪን ኣደ ጭንቂ ናይ መላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ! ቅብኣኻ ድማ ካብ ኣሽሓት ቃላት ንላዕሊ ገላጺ እዩ።”

    ኣልማዝ ጓል ኣስመራ።

    • Mehari T May 13, 2014

      Mesinas the great writer, as I have this urgent dream I would like you to ‘kitfetihaley’ with your marvelous writings. It is about post tyranny Eritreans will have THREE choices to make for once & for the last time & these three choices would be as follws: a) to federate with mother Ethiopia
      b) to be an Islamic state in the Arab league
      c) to remain as a terror supporting failed state
      Previous experiences have taught us that getting excited too soon & too much leads to disappointment and disasters. So chicken heads, lets vote wisely with our heads and not our fragile emotional arseholes.

      • Mehari T May 13, 2014

        Haw Michael Adonay, better late than never and continue with your great God given special talents. With regards to the above three choices option (a) would only be taken if mother Ethiopia kindly accepts her old troubled and cancerous people & land.

        • ahmed saleh May 13, 2014

          Is that necessary to betray the already betrayed people who paid heavy price for Eritrean sovereignty ?

    • Almaz Gual Asmera May 13, 2014

      ክብረት ይሃበለይ መሲናስ። እሩም ስዋስው ትግርኛኻን ምልከትካ ኣብ ስነ-ጽሑፍን ምስቲ ፍትሒ-ዝሕላገቱ ብርዕኻን ዓብይን ክብሩን ሰብ ምዃንካ ዘካትዕ ኣይኮነን። ምውድዳስ ድኣ ኮይከውን እምበር እቲ ብዓውድኻ ትጋደሎ ዘሎኻ ወለዶታት ብመልክዕ መጽናዕታዊ ፕሮጀክት (thesis or dissertation)ዝጥቀምሉ ሓድጊ ኢኻ ትገድፍ ዘሎኻ፣ እሞ ቀጽሎ፣ ኣጆና ኣጆኹም መሬታ ናብ ምውግሑ እዩ። እቲ ገበኑ ኪቢድዎ ናብ ውድቀት ዝጠንን ዘሎ ገበል ክኣ ከም መሓዙቱ ነበር ኪኸውን እዩ።
      እቲ ዚበልክዎ ንሚካኤል ኣዶናይ እንተዘይዊሕድዎ ዝበዝሖ ኣይኮነን። ማህጸን ኣደ ጉራምራ ዝብህላ እንቛዕ ከምዚኦም ዝኣመሰሉ ፍትሓውያን ሞያውያን ኣይስኣንና። ብዓል ወዲ ትካቦ፣ ኣማኑኤል ኢያሱ ወዲ ህዝቢ ዶር ቫካሮን ካልኦት ብዙሓትን ርኢኻ…ብርግጽ ተስፋ ኣሎዋ ዝሃገር። ኣምላኽ ስቃይና ኣሕጺሩ ገጹ ይምለሰልና።

      • ahmed saleh May 13, 2014

        ” AMLAKH SIKAYNA AHTZIRU GHETZU YIMLESENA ” , Amin .
        Thanks for the blessing haftna ALMAZ .

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