Afewerk Tekle’s Home & Studio

Addis Ababa


A member of several international academies and with a drawer full of international decorations – about 100 at last count, including the British Order of Merit – Afewerk Tekle is considered among Africa’s greatest artists. His former home and studio was closed to the public after his death in 2012. Renovations were still taking place as of late 2016, but we were assured that there are still plans to reopen…one day.


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