Yoseph Abate has been developing his artistic skills since he was very young. Growing up in Bahir Dar, he began by tracing images from his brother and sister's textbooks. His family and neighbors were highly impressed when Yosef recreated the iconic Ibex featured on the ten cent coin) with leaves, red soil mud and chalk. This positive feedback encouraged him to enter a children's art competition in Gojam where he was awarded first prize Yoseph has great strength and determination: he wanted to improve his natural talent by pursuing more formal education. He came to Addis...more