Agerwa Wedia Mado

Agerwa Wedia Mado | አገርዋ ወድያ ማዶ Meaning This 1980s tizita masterpiece reimagines the Amharic concept of exile through a dual lens of geographic displacement and spiritual longing. The title phrase “Agerwa Wedia Mado” (Her land is over there) employs the feminine possessive (-wa) to personify Ethiopia as both lover and mother, while the directional ambiguity of “wedia mado” (that distant direction) echoes the Ethiopian Orthodox […]