The 600?as my dad referred to it, ?six hundred nat?; when he spoke to other people about the car he drove. In my family, we called her- our baby fiat- ?gududu.? Gududu, as my two year old brother referred to the sound it makes as the engine roars through the busted muffler ?actually its more [...]
Published by March 10th, 2006 in Childhood.Tag Archive for 'ethiopian'
It?s back in the 1980s. Thursday afternoon. I?m sitting on the second to last stair of the back door undoing my braids. Through the curtain of frizzy hair on my face, I could see the maid baking Injera in the baking house (mead?bet). I could also see her saying something to me, but my mind [...]
Published by March 7th, 2006 in Childhood, Noteworthy and Social.Beleive it or not Ethiopia was ahead of other african countries on getting modern style stamps printed in color. This is one of the first stamps ever printed in Ethiopia. 1895, I dont know how they got the equipement to print in color but this was not Post-Adwa, which i beleive is lasted 1894 – [...]
Published by March 5th, 2006 in Thoughts.
Omo River
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This was taken from Wikipedia The Omo is an important river of southern Ethiopia. Its most important tributary is the Gibe River; smaller tributaries include the Wabi, Mago and Gojeb Rivers. This river rises in the Shoan highlands and is a perennial river with many affluents. According to the Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia for 1967/68, [...]
Published by March 2nd, 2006 in Thoughts.
