Beautiful Special Foul

Abi Aday

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June 28th 2014
We stopped in this town on our way from Axum to Mekele. There were no other tourists there, so we received a lot of attention -- even more than in other parts of Ethiopia. We arrived in late June, just before a 'whipping holiday,' as one called it, on July 5th. It was disconcerting to walk and run though the streets as children practiced their whip cracking technique, nearly hitting us at times ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia

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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