Taitu'uga — then MC Kitch, or Kitch Wesche — had it all. A skilled EDM (electronic dance music) musician from Samoa, he was touring with the likes of Timmy Trumpet and the Potbelleez in 2011, but ...
When the Ethiopian Itegue Taitu Hotel burnt down last Monday most news headlines highlighted the fact that it was the place where Evelyn Waugh set his satirical novel Scoop (1938), one of the most ...
The ghost of William Boot is back to haunt the resurrected Liberty Hotel. Addis Ababa’s Itegue Taitu Hotel, made famous as the Liberty in Scoop, Evelyn Waugh’s acclaimed 1938 satire about ...
Fire has badly damaged a historic hotel in Ethiopia’s capital made famous as the setting for Evelyn Waugh’s 1938 satirical novel “Scoop.” A fierce blaze late Saturday swept through the Itegue Taitu ...
A fire that originated from inside the building has destroyed most of Taitu Hotel, the first Hotel in Ethiopia that was opened in 1895 and named after Empress Taitu. According to the Addis Abeba city ...