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1 | Tagline of Zelalem Kiberet’s Blog: ‘Let Freedom Ring’ | Soratra Mipetaka Amin'ny Blaogin'i Zelalem Kiberet: ‘Avelao Hikorintsana ny Fahafahana’ |
2 | Zelalem Kiberet at 25. | Zelalem Kiberet tamin'ny 25. |
3 | Photo from Zelalem's blog. | Sary avy amin'ny bilaogin'i Zelalem. |
4 | In April 2014, nine bloggers and journalists were arrested in Ethiopia. | Tamin'ny Avrily 2014, blaogera sy mpanao gazety sivy no nosamborina tao Ethiopia. |
5 | Several of these men and women had worked with Zone9, a collective blog that covered social and political issues in Ethiopia and promoted human rights and government accountability. | Maro amin'ireo lehilahy sy vehivavy ireo no niasa niaraka tamin'ny Zone9, blaogy iraisana iray izay nitati-baovao ara-politika sy sosialy tao Ethiopia ary nampiroborobo ny ny zon'olombelona sy ny fangaraharahan'ny asan'ny governemanta. |
6 | And four of them were Global Voices authors. | Ary ny efatra amin'izy ireo dia mpanoratra tato amin'ny Global Voices. |
7 | In July 2014, they were charged under the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. | Tamin'ny Jolay 2014 dia nampangaina ho nanitsakitsaka ny Fanambarana miady amin'ny Fampihorohoroana ry zareo. |
8 | They have been behind bars ever since, their trial postponed time and again. | Tao an-tranomaizina hatrany ry zareo hatramin'izay fotoana izay, nahemotra hatrany ny fotoam-pitsarana azy ireo. |
9 | This marks the third post in our series - “They Have Names” - that seeks to highlight the individual bloggers who are currently in jail. | Ity no fahatelo amin'ny andian-dahatsoratra nataonay - “Manana Anarana Izy Ireo” - izay mikaroka ny hanasongadinana ireo bilaogera tsirairay any am-ponja amin'izao fotoana izao. |
10 | We wish to humanize them, to tell their particular and peculiar stories. | Fanirianay ny hanome ny hasina maha-olombelona azy ireo, hitantara ny fiainana manokana sy ara-bolan'izy ireo. |
11 | This story comes from Endalk Chala, a founding member of the Zone9 collective who was spared arrest on account of being in the United States, where he is pursuing a PhD. | Ity tantara ity dia avy amin'i Endalk Chala, mpikambana mpanorina ny firaisankinan'i Zone9 izay tsy azon'ny fisamborana noho ny maha-any Etazonia azy mianatra hahazoana ny PhD. |
12 | I met Zelalem Kiberet in 2012. | Nihaona tamin'i Zelalem Kiberet aho tamin'ny 2012. |
13 | I had come to know him through his blog, where he wrote about curious and inspiring literary pieces, art, politics, history and philosophy. | Te-hihaona taminy aho rehefa nahita ny blaoginy, izay misy aingam-panahy mahavariana momba ny haisoratra, ny zavakanto, politika, tantara ary filozofia ny lahatsoratra navoakany. |
14 | For me, reading his posts on philosophy and chatting with him occasionally on Facebook was never intimate enough, so I decided to meet him in person. | Ho ahy, tsapako ho misy fifandraisana akaiky tsy misy toy izany ny namakiako ny lahatsorany momba ny filozofia sy ny nikarajiako tsindraindray taminy tao amin'ny Facebook, ka nanapa-kevitra aho ny hihaona aminy mivantana mihitsy. |
15 | At that time, I always longed to meet my online friends. | Tamin'izany fotoana izany aho te-hihaona mafy amin'ireo namako an-tserasera. |
16 | This is what eventually led to us forming Zone9. | Izay angamba no nahatonga anay hanangana ny Zone9. |
17 | That day it was Befeqadu, who is the dynamo of the collective, who organized our meeting. | Tamin'izany fotoana izany i Befeqadu no hery mpanetsika ny firaisan-kina, nanomana ny fihaonanay. |
18 | We met in a café called Pizza, at the heart of Addis Ababa. | Nihaona tao amin'ny café iray antsoina hoe Pizza izahay, tao afovoan-tanànan'i Addis Ababa. |
19 | Befeqadu and I arrived first and then Zelalem joined us. | Befeqadu sy izaho no tonga voalohany dia nanampy anay i Zelalem avy eo. |
20 | He greeted us warmly. | Nandray anay tamin-kafanampo izy. |
21 | We were sitting at table near the door. | Nipetraka teo amin'ny latabatra nanakaiky ny varavarambe izahay. |
22 | He ordered a cup of macchiato and then we had one of our best conversations. | Nikomandy iray veran'ny macchiato izy ary dia nanana ny resaka anisan'ny nahafinaritra indrindra izahay. |
23 | Zelalem was a graduate student at the School of Law of Addis Ababa University, and also taught law at Ambo University. | Mpianatra nahazo diplaoma tao amin'ny Sekolin'ny Lalàna tao amin'ny Oniversiten'i Addis Ababa i Zelalem, ary nianatra lalàna ihany koa tao amin'ny Oniversiten'i Ambo. |
24 | I consider myself very lucky to have worked with Zelalem. | Mihevi-tena ho tsara vintana mihitsy aho niara-niasa tamin'i Zelalem. |
25 | Because of his wit, humorous writings and uncompromising digs on religion, his friends tweaked Zelalem's name into the name of the imminent French writer Zola, whom Zelalem himself read with great enthusiasm. | Noho ny halalin-tsainy, lahatsoratra mampihomehy sy ny tsy fanaikinaikeny lembenana tamin'ny famakafakana ara-pivavahana dia namboarin'ny namany ny anaran'i Zelalem hitovy amin'ny anaran'i Zola, ilay frantsay, izay mampazoto an'i Zelalem ihany koa ny mamaky azy. |
26 | Our Zola's love for philosophy and art is so visible that he made the banner of his blog the famous painting of Jacques-Louis David's “The Death of Socrates”. | Mivandravandra tokoa ny fitiavan'i Zola-nay ny filozofia sy ny zavakanto ka nataony ho fanevan'ny blaoginy ny hosodoko malazan'i Jacques-Louis David mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Ny Fahafatesan'i Socrates”. |
27 | The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David. | Ny Fahafatesan'i Socrates, nataon'i Jacques-Louis David. |
28 | Released to public domain. | Navoaka ho azon'ny rehetra ampiasaina. |
29 | Image via Wikimedia. | Sary tao amin'ny Wikimedia. |
30 | Zola's hit tweets were so illustrious among his peers that I would dare to say that at the time of his arrest, Zola was becoming the most commonly read Ethiopian on Twitter. | Marevaka tokoa eo amin'ny mpiara-mitafa aminy ny siokan'i Zola ka sahiko ny milaza fa tamin'ny fotoana nisamborana azy dia lasa be mpamaky indrindra eo amin'ny Ethiopiana ao amin'ny Twitter i Zola. |
31 | His humorous and witty tweets established him as a rising literary talent to watch. | Ny sioka mampihomehy sy lalintsaina no nametraka azy ho mpahay haisoratra mila jerena. |
32 | Zola can also write longer moving pieces. | Afaka manoratra tantara lavalava mampihetsi-po ihany koa i Zola. |
33 | In one of his blog posts he mocked a subject which mainstream newspapers from inside Ethiopia haven't dared to acknowledge. | Ao amin'ny iray amin'ny lahatsorany dia esoesoiny ny olona fototra izay tsy ho sahin'ny gazety be mpamaky ao Ethiopia velively ny hankatoa izany. |
34 | In his blog post, titled “How to create your own religion? - An Ethiopian guide”, he wrote a long satire on how state-run outlets broadcast programs in an effort to create a cult personality of the late former president Meles Zenawi. | Ao amin'ny lahatsoratra blaogy iray mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Ahoana ny hanangananao fivavahana ho anao manokana? - Taridalana Ethiopiana iray”, no nanoratany lahatsora-panesoana lava amin'ny fanaovan'ny fampielezam-peo sy sary fandaharana maro iezahana hanandratana fivavahana aman'olona, dia ny filoha teo aloha farany teo Meles Zenawi. |
35 | These kinds of his writings put Zola on the radar of the Ethiopian government. | Ireny karazan-tsoratra ireny no mahatonga an'i Zola ho tafiditra anaty fanaraha-mason'ny governemanta Ethiopiana. |
36 | Today, after over a year in prison, he is facing trumped-up terrorism charges for being a true intellectual, and one who uses humor to communicate his critiques. | Androany, rehefanigadra herintaona, dia miatrika fiampangam-pampihorohoroana noho ny maha-manampahaizana azy izy, ary iray amin'ireo mampiasa ny hanihany amin'ny fanaovany tsikera. |
37 | On the banner of his blog, Zola has written ‘Let Freedom Ring'. | Eo amin'ny fanovan'ny blaoginy, dia nanoratra i Zola hoe ‘Avelao Hikorintsana ny Fahafahana'. |
38 | For as long as he is behind bars, we must carry out this wish on his behalf. | Ka raha mbola any am-ponja izy dia tsy maintsy mitondra izany firariana izany ho azy izahay. |