The Mattress Man

This man went trotting down the sloping street with all these mattresses on his head! It just took a while to stop staring and laughing to take the photo! Photo credit: Toni Hunseler

Shashamane to Addis Ababa

February 1st 2014
29 October, 2012 We in stopped in Shashamane, home to the Rastafari movement, for an afternoon en route to the capital. The population of the town is approximately 100,000 of which nowadays only 200-300 still call themselves Rastafarians, though numbers were as high as 2,000. The truck was parked at a café and we went out to the road to hail tuk tuks to drive us out to the area. I wasn't su ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

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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