Abebe Bikila was born in Ethiopia on 7 August 1932, the day of the Los Angeles Olympic marathon. Twenty-eight years later, he entered the marathon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. He and his coach, Onni Niskanen, decided that Bikila, who ran barefooted, should make his final move a little more than one kilometre from [...]
Published by August 6th, 2006 in Childhood, History and Shameless Plug.Archive for the 'Childhood' Category
I do indeed miss many things from Ager Bet One thing I do not miss is the chiQa. My Grandmothers house was in GuLe’le. The little road from the main road to her house was Koro’Konch Therefore, in the winter there was a lot of ChiQa. Thus, I was forced to wear a Booati. [...]
Published by April 19th, 2006 in Childhood and Social.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.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.
