"Please Stop!"

We attended a traditional instrument workshop at the Alliance Frances - Addis's hub of cultural exploration. This particular instrument has one just one string. You drag the bow with one, and slap fingers on the string with the other. Traditional Ethiopian music has a five note scale, which works will with five fingers. But apparently, not my five fingers.

Addis in the Aftermath

November 10th 2005
We arrived to a dead calm in Addis - 45 dead to be exact. The previous week's protests against election irregularities and the anti-democratic tendencies of the reelected government had spun out of control with hundreds of civilians shot or injured by military and tens of thousands in jail (including all the opposition party leaders and a host of "treasonous" journalists). Our dear host Russel bra ... read more

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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more

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