Al Gore

Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on October 12, 2007. The former vice president, Al Gore, was recognized for his work on increasing awareness about environmental degradation.

As Rachel Carson did with her book, “Silent Spring,” Al Gore has been warning that global warming is "the greatest challenge we've ever faced” through his book and movie “An Inconvenient Truth."

The first millennium song

Two Washington, DC musicians -- Poppa Smith and Charlie Mack – went to Ethiopia to perform in one of the top entertainment center in Addis Ababa: Sheraton Hotel.

Poppa Smith and Charlie Mack followed Duck Ellington footsteps to go from the Chocolate City to the New Flower (Addis Ababa).

Tewodros Mekonen (Teddy Mak) collaborated with Poppa Smith and Charlie Mack to prepare Ethiopia for the millennium. Their wishes, as seen on this video, are pleasant: to provide musical instruments and agricultural equipments to Ethiopia. The director is Tikher Tefera. Enjoy the video.

Conflict Resolution in Action

Haile Gebrselassie















Left: Professor Haile Gerima - Right: Dr. Ephraim Isaac. Picture by Markos Taddesse

Thanks to Dr. Ephraim Isaac and his peace making team, more than 37 individuals are free from prisoners in Ethiopia. The peace making team includes Haile Gebrselassie who has set the world Marathon Record.

Dr. Ephraim Isaac has been attempting to promote peace in Ethiopia and around the world. According to Ed Koch, Isaac made several 20-hour plane trips from his home in New Jersey to Ethiopia to assist the political prisoners. He also has been supporting Ethiopian students for the last few decades.

Dr. Isaac is a peacemaker, visionary and teacher. He was the first professor of Afro-American Studies department at Harvard University. He directed the Institute of Semitic studies in Princeton.

He received a Peacemaker Award from the Tanenbaum Center in 2002 for his effort to resolve the boarder conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In July 2004, Dr. Isaac also received an honorary Doctor degree from Addis Ababa University.

Currently, Dr. Ephraim Isaac directs the Institute of Semitic Languages, Inc., in Princeton, New Jersey. He has taught and published widely in the areas of African languages, ancient religions and black civilizations, Ethiopian history, and the concept and history of slavery.

Ethiopian Millennium Song

Chachi and Isaac Haile Selassie, outstanding musicians, collaborated on the Ethiopian Millennium to express their positive wishes to Ethiopia, Africa and to the rest of the world.

Chachi is the first Ethiopian rapper. She also has been very active in promoting African Unity for decades. Chachi has been raising many orphans in Ethiopia.

Isaac is also an active pan-Africanist. He is an Ethiopian singer who was raised by King Haile Selassie. Isaac has been teaching the Amharic language to Jamaicans for many years in the United States.