tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347512922011-06-19T05:35:52.918-04:00This is a blog created to host facts about Ethiopia. I will post any information about Ethiopia I possess. I am on a new mission to learn all I can about my country and I want to share what I learn with the public. This site will also host my opinions on certain issues relating to Ethiopia.Ethiopia Encyclopediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611499104412212465noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34751292.post-60844179149149249822007-09-02T18:01:00.000-04:002008-12-11T04:29:18.823-05:00

The Debre Birhan Selassie Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Gondar, Ethiopia (the x-capital: 1543-1855) is the only church of the 44 Orthodox Christian churches to survive the attack of the famous Imam Amhed Gragn. Inside the Selassie church, the walls are completely covered with colorful paintings depicting Bible stories and Ethiopian historical stories. One of the paintings shows a naked man riding

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The monster comes in the night,Unexpected and fully disguised,Prepared to destruct and disrupt poor lives.Without sympathy or hesitation,With only big weapons and fear,The monster comes in the night.The people shocked, frightenedCrying and screaming,Grab every belonging they can carry with their two arms, head, and back,Grab their livestock and their children,And head north.Just head north

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Water is so easy to take for granted. You go to the grocery store to buy drinking water, only to be confused over which of the 30 brands of water tastes the best. It's really hard to imagine someone picking up a gun to battle over water. But in Ethiopia, out of 1,119,683 sq km of land only 2,900 sq km (CIA 2003) is irrigated land. That is - if you round the way we were taught to round in

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Urbanization, Industry, Commercial productionCreated by humansNot for humansMore suitable for robotsHence, the sudden employment of computerized service machines in local grocery stores, robot receptionist in Japan hotels, computer software programs to do your taxes, marketing, almost anything you wantIn the beginning,I imagine,People considering population growth, environmental conditions,

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This time the Italians didn't do it. No, we can't blame it on the government. Don't even try to put this on capitalism. It is all our fault - my fault, your fault, we all fault. Ethiopians not valuing Ethiopians, Ethiopia, and everything made in Ethiopia.Preparing to buy furniture to match your new expensive house, you don't automatically consider furniture manufactured in Ethiopia, by

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I am finally here. Good morning Gunfo! Good morning Addis Ababa! Good morning the best tasting coffee in the world! Good morning the biggest baked bread in the world! Ahhhhhh! I can finally exhale; and my breathe can mix with Addis Ababa's air. It was such a struggle, making the decision to move here for a personal informal education, school (MA in Ethiopian Studies at AAU) and work. The

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Addis Ababa (translates to New Flower) is the capitol city of the third most populated country in Africa - Ethiopia. The city is blooming with new construction projects arising every day. Streets are trafficked with old Volkswagens, faded Toyota's, herds of cows and sheeps, bright blue taxi-cabs, and a few shiny black Mercedes. Buses are packed air-tight: the city's people standing

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Washint, Ethiopian FluteKäbäro, Ethiopian DrumKirar, Five/Six-String LyreMasïnqo, One-String ViolinThere are four faculties of music:1. Digguwa. Yaréd’s collection of hymns for the fast of Lent.2. Zimmaré. Hymns sung after Mass and Mäwasït are prayers for the dead.3. Qiddassé. Includes Si’atat.4. Sälamta. songs of praise and homage.(Ayele Bekerie p.126-127)

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Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborMarch 6, 2007RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTSSection 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of LifeOn January 23, federal police shot and killed 15 demonstrators and injured 19 others in the East Wallega zone, Guduru District. The shootings occurred during a demonstration by

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March 9, 1894 - Emperor Menelik II gave royal permission to his Swiss advisor Alfred Ilg and a french semi-private company to build a railway between the capitol Addis Ababa and the French port city in Djibouti. A 99 year lease was given to Sir Alfred Ilg and the French firm.1897 - Permission and support was given by French authorities. British initially showed opposition, because they did not

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We all remember Adwa in historical terms - the battle of Adwa (1896) was one of the greatest military victories for Ethiopia. Adwa, in geological terms, is a stratovolcano - "A stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano composed of many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash. These volcanoes are characterised by a steep profile and periodic, explosive eruptions. The lava that flows from

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So many Ethiopian scholars men and women exist; more notably, so many Ethiopian scholars of art, poetry, literature, social sciences exist, under the shadow of the medical doctors, engineers, and computer scientists (whom are a wonderful asset too). But it is important to bring to light the underrepresented intellectuals who have given so much to the progress of Ethiopians world-wide.Dr. Eshetu

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Project Name: Lending amount (in millions $US): Approval Date Accelerated Electricity Access (Rural) Expansion: 133.4: 22-JUN-2006 Ethiopia - Financial Sector Capacity Building Project: 15: 22-JUN-2006 ROAD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PHASE II PROJECT IN SUPPORT OF RSDPII SUPPLIMENT: 87.3: 22-JUN-

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Why would you give a country that is at war money? Shouldn't all aid to that government be frozen since it is an unstable government? However, the Governments of the the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Sweden, and the European Union are funding a 175 million dollar project. This project and money will be managed by the government of Ethiopia and a World Bank team.News Release

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ThenShaky relationship: Somali region of Ethiopia wanted to separate and join its culturally, religiously, physically, linguistically similar neighbor Somalia; and Ethiopia crushed the separatists movement.1977 - Somalia invades Ethiopia's Ogaden region.1978 - Somali forces defeated with massive help from the Soviet Union and Cuba.1988 - Ethiopia and Somalia sign a peace treaty.NowBAD

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Ethiopia unitedAt the time of Ethiopia's revolution, in 1989, against the militant dictator Mengistu, the Ethiopian people united to get rid of a murderer. An entire generation of men was lost during Mengistu's regime; however, important to remember is that Mengistu was a socialist. Himself coming from an underrepresented tribe, he was determined to provide equal opportunity in education, work,

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KistaneA language of EthiopiaPopulation: 254,682 (1998 census). Ethnic population: 363,867 (1998 census) including 4,000 Gogot.Region: Gurage, Kambaata, Hadiyya Region, just southwest of Addis Ababa.Alternate names: Soddo, Soddo Gurage, North GurageDialects: Soddo (Aymallal, Aymellel, Kestane, Kistane), Dobi (Dobbi, Gogot, Goggot). Not intelligible with Silte or West Gurage.

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I. Becoming a developed nation.There are seven easy steps to becoming a developed nation.Step 1: Multi-party and decentralized government. Ethiopia checked that off the list. except for the fact that regional governments have no political voice, parliament members have no political voice, and the people have no political voice. The only party in Ethiopia with a real political voice is the

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Ethiopia's Chamber of Commerce says: (Source: http://addischamber.com/aboutethio/profdetail.asp?CID=26)The EPRDF government has focused on reorienting the economy through market reforms, including structural adjustment program. As a result the state's direct role in economic activity has declined. Major steps taken were:- 1.Tariffs have been cut 2.quota constraints relaxed 3.Licensing

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Raw materials constitute 1.4% of Ethiopia's imports. Manufactured goods constitute 72.4% of the imports. Im going to take a dangerous step and suggest that Ethiopia needs to invest more on manufacturing its own goods. Maybe then we wouldn't have one of the greatest debts in the world. We have all of the resources and materials but instead we are importing all manufactured goods from China,

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"In God we Trust" is imprinted on every United States coin and dollar. Where in the world this model was directly adopted from, I am not quite sure. Britain, Spain, France, Greece, Rome. But where this system first existed is south of the Sahara desert and west of the Red Sea in the East of Africa. Around 330 C.E., King Ezana converted to Christianity, converted his Nation the Axumite Empire to

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A man ran away from Ethiopia years ago during the Mengistu regime. He came to America at the age of 17 and with a vision of surviving he started a successful business. Hairsalons. Mr Tadiwos used to charge more than $100 (£52) for a haircut in Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts. But after 23 years in the US, he went back home. In Ethiopia, he only charges $11 dollars for a haircut, but "I

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60,000 to 150,000 total number of street kids in EthiopiaHow do I express my feelings, my reaction?I am a hypocrite, a failureI curse these structures set up to support poverty, while I myself am a pillar to itI read the stories of the street children, while turning up the volume on my ipod-nano60,000 to 150,000 total number of street kids accounted for in Ethiopia

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EthiopiaAgerachin [our country]Our country so beautifulWe claim you night and dayWith our mouth and songEthiopiaInatachin [our mother]You gave us tef [wheat] and mar [honey]Silver and goldThe mouth of the NileAn endless flow of wealthEthiopiaHymanotachin [our spirit, our religion, our belief, our faith]Lalibela, the Ark of Covenant, ZionA land of spirit strong enough to last

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BBC's Current Timeline for Ethiopia1868 - Tewodros defeated by a British expeditionary force and commits suicide to avoid capture.1872 - Tigrayan chieftain becomes Yohannes IV.1889 - Yohannes IV killed while fighting Mahdist forces and is succeeded by the king of Shoa, who becomes Emperor Menelik II.1889 - Menelik signs a bilateral friendship treaty with Italy at Wuchale which Italy interprets

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I tried to resist from commenting on this case but I fail. CNN proudly reports "Female circumcision trial may be first in U.S." You read the first paragraph of the article and fall back in shock. It reads: The trial of an Atlanta-area father accused of circumcising his 2-year-old daughter with scissors is focusing attention on an ancient African practice that experts say is slowly becoming

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Ethiopia has 84 living languages. Click on the blog title above to learn about each of these languages and where they exist in Ethiopia.HADIYYAA language of EthiopiaPopulation: 923,958 (1998 census). 595,107 monolinguals (speak Hadiyya alone). Ethnic population: 927,933 (1998 census).Region: Gurage, Kambaata, Hadiyya Region, b/w Omo & Billate rivers, Hosaina.Alternate names:Adiya, Adiye

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Starbucks is claiming ownership to the coffee bean names Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe. Yes, Mr. Donald (CEO of Starbucks), your creativity is undeniable. It may annoy you or be of a discomfort to you that this poor country and these poor farmers are trying to deny you of all the profit you rightly deserve. I, however, can't help but imagine the anger it must bring upon the farmers who hand

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Reason 1: Adolescents identify their own value and worth in terms of their social group. Teenagers in America, in Ethiopia, in Antarctica think in relation to peers. Most of their thought is consumed consciously or subconsciously by "what do I have to do to become more popular." So, the pressure of being an adolescent is great, but the pressure of being an adolescent immigrant is

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Does anyone else find it strange that the Ethiopian Prime Minister has the authority to send troops or "military trainers" to another country without first consulting the parliament?Let us review the powers of the Prime Minister in Ethiopia, shall we.Appointment of the Prime Minister1. The Prime Minister shall be elected from among members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives.2. Power of

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Once the UK’s 60 million people have met their daily nutritional requirements, there is sufficient food left over to feed 33 million people. There are an estimated 31 million undernourished people in Ethiopia.Today is World Food Day. Stop and think about this: One child dies of hunger every 5 seconds. Hunger is the number one health risk: kills more people than HIV,malaria,TB combined.To give a

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WHAT?!According to the Ending Violence Against Women report, out of 71 countries studied Ethiopia has the highest rate of sexual violence against women, including marital rape.WHAT?!I mean we all know about the existing problem of Female Genital Mutilation, which I must note continues to be a great problem in Eastern Ethiopia and Somalia. But this report launched by the UN indicates that their

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**So, I am going to briefly explain my understanding of the languages spoken in Ethiopia. From my explanation you will quickly realize that I am not a linguist nor have I ever taken a linguistics course. I am just interested in the 80 + languages spoken in Ethiopia and their similarities in origin. The native (indigenous) language of Ethiopia is in the Cushitic family. The Cushitic family is

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For my 'Micropolitics of Development' course, I had to read a study about the Chinese assimilation in Thailand. I used their measures of assimilation to understand the assimilation of Ethiopians here in America. Are Ethiopians assimilated or is the culture of the new generation as pure as the native Ethiopians? The factors measured in the research are: 1) Language...how many first generation

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As I was drinking my diet cherry coke and reading the BBC photo journal entitled the Ethiopian wood collector, which narrated the life of a little girl Amaretch who collected wood every day for 12 hours only to collect 2 dollars a day, I couldn't help but wonder the beginning form of my delicious diet cherry coke. It didn't just grow out of the grass or trees as a canned carbonated drink. I

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My boss did a random google search on the origins of coffee and found this: The origins of coffee are shrouded in myth and great stories. It is commonly believed that coffee plants were first discovered in the Ethiopian province of Kaffa. Legend has it that a sheep herder named Kaldi noticed that the sheep he was taking care of would become hyperactive after eating red cherries from a plant

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It is easy to blame a country's problems on the country's leader...but it's not meles' fault. Meles and EPRDF took the baton but had no clue which way to march. Ethiopia was a weak country in 1991. The people were weak and beaten by fear and death from the previous regime. The government was in pieces scattered all around ethiopia. There did not exist any clear, straight path for EPRDF and

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*Looking at Ethiopia’s revolution of 1991; the Mengistu government collapsed because it was killing people *There was a genocide in Ethiopia “the red terror” and people wanted the government out*It was not a conflict between ethnic groups; it was a revolt against genocide*When the transitional government (led by the EPRDF) was writing its new constitution and political structure, IMF/America/

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why oh why is ethiopia so poor...yet so rich in natural resources... outside aid... NGOs... human resources. who is the dark man in the dark hooded cape stealing all of these resources. i need to find his underground storage house and retrieve all of ethiopia's riches. it boggles my mind how mr. coffee man is an American business man from New York who also use to own an NBA basketball team...and

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Our geographic coordinates are 8 00 N 38 00 E (north east from the center of the earth)Area: 1.13 million square kilometers (a little less than twice the size of texas)Parameter: 5,328 kilometers (bordered by sudan, eritrea, djibouti, somalia, kenya)Land Area: 1.12 million square kilometersWater Area: 7444 square kilometersLand used for replantable crops (wheat, maize, rice): 10.01%Land used for

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