Preserving Tigray's Heritage

Explore our collection of oral histories, music, literature, and historical documents that capture Tigray's rich culture.

Featured Collections

🖼️
Loading...
image

ኣብ ቀጽሪ ቤተ መንግስቲ ሃጸይ ዮሃንስ መቐለ መስቀል ዘብዕል ሰራዊት

ኣብ ቀጽሪ ቤተ መንግስቲ ሃጸይ ዮሃንስ መቐለ መስቀል ዘብዕል ሰራዊት Troops in Emperor Yohannes IV's palace on Meskel Day, Mekele.jpg

historical
🖼️
Loading...
image

ኣዋልድ ኩናማ 1947

ኣዋልድ ኩናማ 1947 Kunama girls 1955.jpg

historical
🖼️
Loading...
audio

3 አሳልጥዮንዶ (Kiros Alemayehu 1986)

Kiros Alemayehu born in Saesi Tsaedaemba in Tigray, was a celebrated Tigrigna singer, songwriter, lyricist, and krar player. He rose to national acclaim in the early 1980s after joining Ras Theatre and popularized Tigrigna music among non-Tigrigna speakers. His songs like “Selam Hawa”, “Fililiy”, “Anguay Fisis” and others delivered poetic reflections on life’s joy and struggles. In 1994 he released an album featuring iconic tracks such as “Adey / አደይ” and “Ayimenekwan / አይመነኹዋን”

historicalmusicalbum
🖼️
Loading...
audio

9 ገዳይ ማማ (Kiros Alemayehu 1986)

Kiros Alemayehu born in Saesi Tsaedaemba in Tigray, was a celebrated Tigrigna singer, songwriter, lyricist, and krar player. He rose to national acclaim in the early 1980s after joining Ras Theatre and popularized Tigrigna music among non-Tigrigna speakers. His songs like “Selam Hawa”, “Fililiy”, “Anguay Fisis” and others delivered poetic reflections on life’s joy and struggles. In 1994 he released an album featuring iconic tracks such as “Adey / አደይ” and “Ayimenekwan / አይመነኹዋን”

historicalmusicalbum
🖼️
Loading...
document

መበቖልን ታሪኽን ህዝቢ ኢሮብ - ብመምህር በርሀ ዝግታ (በርሀ ኢሮብ) - ሕዳር 2000 ዓ/ም

መበቖልን ታሪኽን ህዝቢ ኢሮብ - ብመምህር በርሀ ዝግታ (በርሀ ኢሮብ) - ሕዳር 2000 ዓ/ም [ book about the history and origin erope people ]

book
🖼️
Loading...
image

Historical photograph captures

Historical photograph captures a large group of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters in a rural setting during the Ethiopian Civil War, which spans from the mid 1970s to 1991.

history
🖼️
Loading...
image

This image captures a moment during a film crew and journalists operating in a conflict zone

This image captures a moment during a film crew and journalists operating in a conflict zone.

history
🖼️
Loading...
image

After the collapse of the Marxist regime of Mengistu HaileMariam, a soldier in the EPRDF

After the collapse of the Marxist regime of Mengistu HaileMariam, a soldier in the EPRDF (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) stands on the streets of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, with an AK-47.

history
🖼️
Loading...
image

Axum Ethiopia Old Church RPPC Real Photo Postcard with Ethiopian Stamps.

Axum Ethiopia Old Church RPPC Real Photo Postcard with Ethiopian Stamps.

history

Recently Added

🖼️
Loading...
image

ኣብ ቀጽሪ ቤተ መንግስቲ ሃጸይ ዮሃንስ መቐለ መስቀል ዘብዕል ሰራዊት

ኣብ ቀጽሪ ቤተ መንግስቲ ሃጸይ ዮሃንስ መቐለ መስቀል ዘብዕል ሰራዊት Troops in Emperor Yohannes IV's palace on Meskel Day, Mekele.jpg

historical
🖼️
Loading...
image

ኣዋልድ ኩናማ 1947

ኣዋልድ ኩናማ 1947 Kunama girls 1955.jpg

historical
🖼️
Loading...
audio

3 አሳልጥዮንዶ (Kiros Alemayehu 1986)

Kiros Alemayehu born in Saesi Tsaedaemba in Tigray, was a celebrated Tigrigna singer, songwriter, lyricist, and krar player. He rose to national acclaim in the early 1980s after joining Ras Theatre and popularized Tigrigna music among non-Tigrigna speakers. His songs like “Selam Hawa”, “Fililiy”, “Anguay Fisis” and others delivered poetic reflections on life’s joy and struggles. In 1994 he released an album featuring iconic tracks such as “Adey / አደይ” and “Ayimenekwan / አይመነኹዋን”

historicalmusicalbum