Maitre Artist Afework Tekele Given World Laureate Title

Addis Ababa, Nov. 5 (ENA) - the American Biographical Institute (ABI) recently announced that it has bestowed upon Maitre Artist Afewerk Tekele the honorary title of "World Laureate".

In a letter it sent to the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Institute said: "This is an honour only presented to a select number of individuals from across the globe who exhibit extraordinary achievement and determination".

ABI has been a publisher of international Who's Who reference volumes for 32 years and continues to be respected worldwide for recognizing outstanding individuals of merit, the letter says.

Those chosen to be included in ABI publications have made significant contributions either globally, nationally, or within their own region and are amongst some of the finest people that the world has to offer, says the letter.

The works of Maitre Artist Afewerk Tekele are well known in Africa, Europe, countries of the former USSR, America and Asia, his exhibitions in those lands having had rave reviews, said an ABI publication of the World Laureate's profile.

Maitre Artist Afewerk Tekle was born on 22 October 1932 in the ancient city of Ankober.