Eritrea
Eritrea’s Culinary Traditions: A Story Told Through Food
On a table spread with woven baskets and clay dishes, Eritrea’s cuisine tells a story that is both intimate and expansive. Each meal carries echoes of the country’s diverse ethnic groups, its Red...
Asmara’s Historic Landmarks Illuminate Eritrea’s Past
Perched high on the central plateau, the Eritrean capital of Asmara carries the quiet grandeur of a city shaped by layers of history. Its tree-lined boulevards, open piazzas, and unexpected blend of European...
Rising Eritrean Artists Redefine a Cultural Landscape
In Asmara’s modest galleries and in digital spaces that extend far beyond the Horn of Africa, a new generation of Eritrean artists is reshaping the country’s cultural narrative. Their work, a dialogue between tradition and modernity, carries both the echoes of history and the urgency of contemporary life. The art emerging in recent years spans painting, sculpture, photography, film, and mixed media, each medium offering its own vocabulary of expression. Bold canvases often burst with color, telling stories of endurance and memory, while carefully constructed installations grapple with questions of displacement, identity, and the complexities of a nation still navigating its post-independence trajectory. In intimate portraits and experimental films, personal...
Eritrea’s Culinary Traditions: A Story Told Through Food
On a table spread with woven baskets and clay dishes, Eritrea’s cuisine tells a story that is both intimate and expansive. Each meal carries...
Eritrea’s Red Sea Coastline: Where History Meets Untouched Beauty
Stretching for more than a thousand kilometers, Eritrea’s Red Sea coastline is a landscape of striking contrasts—where coral reefs glimmer beneath turquoise waters and centuries-old port towns rise from the shore in sun-bleached stone....
Eritrea’s Red Sea Coastline: Where History Meets Untouched Beauty
Stretching for more than a thousand kilometers, Eritrea’s Red Sea coastline is a landscape of striking contrasts—where coral reefs glimmer beneath turquoise waters and centuries-old port towns rise from the shore in sun-bleached stone. Both culturally layered and naturally rich, the coastline has long been a crossroads of trade, migration, and tradition, though today it remains one of the least-explored stretches of the Red Sea. The journey often begins inland,...
Eritrea’s Coffee Ceremonies Brew History, Hospitality, and Flavor
In Eritrea, coffee is less a beverage than a ritual, a practice woven into daily life and communal identity. From urban neighborhoods in Asmara to rural villages on the plateau, the slow unfolding...
Injera and Spicy Stews Anchor Eritrea’s Culinary Traditions
In Eritrea, food is rarely just sustenance. It is a marker of heritage, a reflection of history, and a...
