This is a question I have frequently encountered growing up as an Ethiopian kid in the middle of nowhere, Texas. Actually, the question was more of “what are you?” I would rightly claim my Ethiopian identity each time it was asked but as I got older and moved to a part of the country where [...]
Published by August 27th, 2009 in Thoughts.Archive for August, 2009
I am constantly looking through old photos. I really like how a photo changes the way I think about something. Its very powerful. I once read about Kevin Carter who killed himself after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1994 for this picture taken in Sudan a year earlier. Including those that changed [...]
Published by August 25th, 2009 in African, Current Issues and Design.One of the things we fight about here in bernos is how to wear the bernos tees or even any tee. Dawit likes to keep his shirts so clean looking that he washes the tees inside out. He says it keeps it from fading and it keeps the colors of the tee not wear out. [...]
Published by August 17th, 2009 in Bernos and Design.I have been reading bernos since the beginning, and while I love it, some of the content seems like it’s too much bellyaching about Ethiopian women and men. I have some advice for both sexes, or at the very least bellyaching of my own. For the men; it seems to me many Ethiopians aren’t as [...]
Published by August 11th, 2009 in Advice and Thoughts.Selam Hiz’boche, salutations from Wondu and the marvel that is Wondinet Haile. Two years prior to last I had been in Moscow after years on Wall Street and my only connection to Ethiopia was bernos. I bought the entire bernos tee collection and connected with Nolawi and his tales, who I admire for his ability [...]
Published by August 6th, 2009 in Bernos, Dating, Personal and Social.
