I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, [...]
Published by March 18th, 2008 in Current Issues and Noteworthy.Archive for 2008
I very well know there is no formula to dating, but we all have some expectation out of what we want, anyways I do, I don’t know about y’ all. I live in an area where Ethio’s are ‘berKeye ensesa,’ even though they might be bountiful within a couple of hours of driving. However long [...]
Published by March 17th, 2008 in Dating and Personal.Inflation; the process in which prices of goods and services increases through a period of time. Usually the rate of inflation is measured annually for most if not all currencies. Here in bernos our European customers have even suggested that our prices are cheap in comparison to what they pay at the Gap or where [...]
Published by March 12th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.*sigh* A strong woman, feminist, independent, goal oriented. I have a right! “You have a right dammit!”, my alter ego emphasizes. Or do I? It only took less than 1 min for conception BUT 10 days for the verdict. For a split second, I was happy. The idea of something so precious was given unto [...]
Published by March 10th, 2008 in Personal and Poetry.Happy endings included! I was out with the boys when it was mentioned that Abesha girls were offering sensual services for monetary compensation here in no other than Washington DC. A massage parlor although technically and legally meaning ‘a place where a customer receives therapeutic massage;’ is in tradition and reality synonymous with a brothel [...]
Published by March 5th, 2008 in Current Issues and Social.

