Back in February of this year, I decided to take a ten day trip to Addis in May. When I told my family and close friends about my planned trip the immediate question I got was, “why ten days, is everything ok?” Well everything was ok but I did not divulge the honest truth. I [...]
Published by August 8th, 2008 in Music, Podcast and Thoughts.Archive for 2008
This morning, Ethiopians for Obama received a letter from Senator Obama recognizing the importance of the Ethiopian-American community. Check out the full letter. This is really important because the Obama campaign will be giving more and more attention as we become a more powerful voting bloc.
Published by August 6th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.No I’m not talking about importing and exporting items; I’m actually talking about the phenomenon in North America where the Ethiopian American man goes home and ‘imports’ himself a wife. People say, “He’s a fool! Just give it sometime she’s going to leave him.” And sure enough it is true these relationships don’t often work. [...]
Published by August 4th, 2008 in Advice, Dating and Personal.Sometime in the nineties, I vaguely remember my friends saying they are going to an Ethiopian Soccer Tournament at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Other than that distant memory I had no familiarity with ESFNA or with its vast outreach. So I was stunned, I think that’s the best word I can use, [...]
Published by August 1st, 2008 in Bernos and Social.Almost everyone who is anyone has an email address. Of course most things require some sort of online access. If you work, you have a paycheck, and if you have a paycheck you have a bank, and if you have a bank you need to access it; possibly online To access it online you need [...]
Published by July 29th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Social.
