I am always amused by the sense of ownership people see over either genre of music, sports activity, or some other thing. I live in a white-dominated city and there are no reggae bars, concerts are mainly of artists like Shania Twain , various rock and punk bands with few black artists like Ludacris, Shaggy [...]
Published by January 12th, 2007 in Current Issues.Author Archive for Temelkach
One fine day, I went into some coffee shop and got excited to see another fellow Abesha behind the counter, but, “Can I help you?” bela Kum aderegechign. So naturally I placed my order in English. The odd thing was, the girl was giving me that funny attitude some Abeshoch give others when they wanna [...]
Published by November 16th, 2006 in Social.Here is a common scenario that always keeps me wondering. In a place away from Ethiopia, when you meet any Habesha randomly on some street, there are a set of questions that are always the ice breakers. Maybe it's because I've been away a while but I find that they are one too many Qs for icebreakers… "Eshiiiiii sint gize honesh [...]
Published by October 15th, 2006 in Social.A generation gap, a cultural gap…. Here is an issue that is most often not addressed but existent. Everyone talks about how they all went through culture-shock coming to "Wuch Ager" and how the young ones are fortunate because they can "fit" into the new environment easily…..and blah blah blah… But a couple of months later…They are bitterly complaining [...]
Published by October 8th, 2006 in Current Issues and Family.
