N. Tsehaie Makonnen

I'm a documentary filmmaker, writer, photographer, curator, arts programmer, event producer and dancer. One day I'll actually get paid for some of this stuff.

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Love, love, LOVE this brilliant XTC album @RonSexsmith! Such gifted songwriters and musicians. ❤️

[Blitz Bazawule @BlitzAmbassador]

R.I.P to the legendary Safi Faye.
She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat
(1975). 🇸🇳🕊️
@AfricaFilmSoc

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Love this SO much…

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Could not agree more @nyounglai! Thank you for making this happen. Maybe others will come to this realization too. 👏🏿

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself.

[How Things Are Manufactured @fastworkers6]

How plants move in a 24-hour period 🪴

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

@debthompsonphd This is AMAZING! Congratulations @debthompsonphd! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 My new mantra.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

I don’t have to respond whenever provoked.

No one does.

Steward your energy well.

We have justice work to do.

And strategy to outline.

And self-care to prioritize.

And love to live.

It’s okay to let provocateurs leave empty handed.

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

“Their shared laughter at the suffering of others is an adhesive that binds them to one another...” This is an important read: https://t.co/D6fkzDUte1

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Wow. 👏🏿

[Bakari Sellers @Bakari_Sellers]

So powerful. South Carolina’s own @violadavis

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

So simple. So clear.

[Ray @rainman_one]

@real_Steve_J @RexChapman Let me try to explain it this way...

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

I don’t know how many more of these videos I can watch and remain sane.

[Ernst @uncle_ernst]

Testing the kid’s patience! #fruitsnackchallenge

[Imani Perry @imaniperry]

One of the things I often want to tell beginning Black studies scholars: Don’t assume the archives don’t exist simply because they haven’t been collected. There is so much unculled material in the world. This is *still* an archaeological project.

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Waaw #Senegal. 👏🏿

[Mitchell Plitnick 🔥🕎 @MJPlitnick]

#Senegal is leading in fighting #COVID19, keeping the spread down to one of the world's lowest rates and developing a cheap, effective test that can be mass produced and globally distributed.
Maybe we should be paying attention.

https://t.co/Az5iFemaHR

[Sarah Cooper @sarahcpr]

How to medical

[Blitz Bazawule @BlitzAmbassador]

Today is #WorldBookDay. Reply with your favorite African Writers (Continental or Diaspora) let's shine some light on our literary geniuses on this thread. Book covers optimal.📚✍️🏿

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Nuff said. 🥰

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

Could not stop reading this incredibly well-written and delightful profile of @alyankovic. Thank you @shamblanderson - EXACTLY what I needed right about now.

[Stephen Thompson @idislikestephen]

If you haven't already read it, @shamblanderson's New York Times Magazine profile of @alyankovic is tremendous -- empathetic, celebratory, funny, thoughtful, right on the money, and so gorgeously written. Highly, highly recommend.

https://t.co/NIHG6aY4YG

[N. Tsehaie Makonnen @akaEmpress]

WHOA! 😳