Confronting your demons

Retracing Rimbaud

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January 28th 2010
Back in Ethiopia and back to unscrupulous Ethiopian cheek. Having crossed between the dusty border shacks, R and I are offered a lift for the first leg of the journey to Harar by a couple of Ethiopian NGOs working for Save the Children. Of course, when we are inside they rather uncharitably ask for four times the bus fare. We opt for pleb transport after all, during which R's poor pack is the vict ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Harari Region

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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