Location: Ethiopia / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Collection consists of posters on topics covering politics, religion, popular music, general health education, HIV/AIDS, tourism, commercial advertisement, film and television, sports and culture. The posters are mostly in full color with texts featuring Amharic, English, French, Italian, Arabic, Oromo, and Swahili languages in 3 scripts: mainly in Ethiopic and roman, with some also in Arabic.
Date:: 1965-2010

Description:: The front of the poster has English title and depicts an outline map of Ethiopia filled with an illustration or digitally altered photograph of a woman's face; below the map is an outline drawing of a hand with the title word "Stop" printed in red; at the top right are gradated orange and yellow rays resembling the sun; background is yellow.
Date:: [between 2000 and 2010?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: Front side: Black with brown and white text. Twelve images seem to be works of art, movie posters, and stills from movies. Schedule consists of movie showings and conferences.
Date:: September 2009
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: In the bottom center is the logo and contact information of Mana Muuziqqaa Waaliiyaa, called Walya Music Shop in English.
Date:: 2010
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: Poster is an advertisement for a music CD, VCD, and DVD by Iyoob Yaadataa and depicts a photograph of him wearing a red and white plaid shirt and jeans; he is standing with his hands in his pockets. The background is white and orange.
Date:: 2010
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: Poster is an advertisement for a music album by Mirkanaa Fiixasaa and depicts him looking to the viewer's left with his arms crossed; he is wearing a red and white plaid button-up shirt; the background is black with distorted green and yellow shapes.
Date:: 2009
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: Poster is an advertisement for a music album by Addisuu Waayimaa and depicts a photograph of Addissuu wearing a red jacket with white stripes and jeans; he smiles stands in a three-quarter profile, with his hand in his jacket pocket. At the bottom right are head shots possibly of the music composers.
Date:: 2010
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: Poster is an advertisement for the music album, Kommee, by Habtamu Lamu and depicts a black-and-white photograph of him seated with a guitar at his legs; he is wearing a beret, a button-up shirt, and jeans; the guitar body is digitally colored red; the background is black with a gradated white light in the center. In the bottom left is a color photograph of a man smiling and seated next to a keyboard and computer.
Date:: 2009
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

Description:: Poster advertises an album by Gelaye Mideksa and depicts a photograph of him sitting with one knee up and an arm resting on the knee; he is wearing a striped button-up shirt and jeans; in the bottom right is a small photograph of a five men, one of whom is possibly Menna Ayele; background is black.
Date:: [between 2001 and 2009?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethiopian Posters

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