blue donkey

Blue Donkeys and Red Terror

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August 24th 2010
Riding the Blue Donkey: Saturday is culture day. This entails venturing forth into the chaos of the city. Needless to say, hunting culture is tiring work. Well caffeinated to face the day, we walked to Bole Road to catch a blue donkey. Blue donkeys are blue and white Toyota mini-buses with three rows of seats in the back. Though their final destination is often mysterious, they are the mos ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

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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