If you have been to those mini-marts at a gas station or made a trip to ethnic store, you are more likely to see these brightly colored phone cards hanging behind the counter. The cards are usually sold in denominations of $2, $5, $10, and $20. Oftentimes, they are the only reliable way for immigrants [...]
Published by August 14th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Thoughts.Archive for August, 2008
If you drink coke you probably have seen the new promotion for the Beijing Olympics. Coca Cola as always is an official summer Olympic sponsor continuing its profitable tradition and promoting its product around the world; with consumers in more than 200 countries. My little brother has been saving the Amharic Coke cans – part [...]
Published by August 12th, 2008 in African, Current Issues and Social.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.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.
