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Program (tentative)

2:00pm

      Hall Opens

2:15-4:00pm

The Day the Angels Cried Exhibit will be on display
throughout the program starting 2:00 pm.

    Tributes To Belatengeta—Poet Laureate—Tsegaye    
                          Gabre-Medhin 

    Poem Reading 
       Wondwossen Mekonnen
       Sosinna Tesfa

4:00-4:30pm

      Intermission and refreshments in the main lobby

4:00-4:30pm

       Book Signing 

4:30-4:35pm  
4:35-5:00pm

       Opening of program - MC to introduce speakers on ADWA          First Hijera Representative 
       Kengzmatch Azebite Habte-Mariamlemariam
         - Video:  Colonel Berhene Christos (recollections of the 1937  
            Massacre) - Community Representatives  

5:00-6:30pm

      Dr. Erku Yimer: "Preserving Ethiopian History for a Future     
           World Humanity "

      Dr. Theodore Vestal: " Reflections on the Battle of Adwa and  Its significance for Today"

     Dr. Mesfin Araya "Contemporary Ethiopia in the context of the   Battle of Adwa." 

    Dr. Getachew Metaferia: "The Battle of Adwa: National and Regional Backgrounds, Lessons, and International Implications."  

    Dr. Bekele Molla " Adwa"

6:30-7:35pm

 
 7:35-7:45pm

      Imani 'Woletta Selassie Haile Selassie" 
         St. George Church, Goodwill Ambassador
         Mussolini's Revenge for Italian Losses at Adwa: 
         The Ethiopian Holocaust 1935-1941 with slides/video  

     Mr. Kidane Alemayehu
        Retired UN Expert
        "When Will the Vatican Apologize to Ethiopia?"  

7:45-8:15pm

      Intermission and refreshment

8:15-8:45pm

   Benediction, Abune Gabriel 
    Church Service/Ceremony 

8:45-9:20pm

 
9:20-11:00pm

      Community Representatives

       CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT

      Ethiopian Theatre Performance by  Artist Alemtsehay Wadajo, Taytu Entertainment Behailu Mengesha

      Father Mikael and the Nyabinghi Drum Choir

      Traditional and Contemporary Ethiopian Music

Program End.