tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172521982012-01-03T06:49:02.494-05:00Carpe Diem Ethiopia: "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time." (E. B. White). An Independent Ethiopian-American Pro-Democracy Site coming your way from Prospect Park--a Haven for Ethiopian Immigrants for more than Three Decades--and urging Ethiopia and Ethiopians to Seize the Day (by its Zebu Horns). Title image taken from Michael Abbott's Western Cluster series (mabot.com)Ersasunoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17252198.post-1171166768944352872007-02-10T22:31:00.000-05:002007-02-10T23:07:24.346-05:00

Senator Barack Obama's decision this morning to throw his hat in the presidential race is a significant moment in this nation's history. In MLK, Jr., Ethiopia, and Protest Politics, we honored the work and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and in so doing, recognized the numerous legislative and judicial victories scored by African-Americans in the last century (to name a few, voting rights,

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He came to class reeking of the brothel where he had spent the night and of the undistilled Katikala that still swam in his body. He was a drunk fool, my Amharic teacher, a man small in stature and in mind and prone to hurling insults at his students in the cruelest words he could conjure in the Amharic language. He was unashamed to discharge audible bodily vapors so putrid those of us

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It's easy to get lost in the numbers—no less than two million Iraqis died under Saddam Hussien’s watch. Images of Kurdish children lying prostrate, dead on the spot they breathed Saddam’s deadly mustard gas—the same biological weapon used by fascist Italy against Ethiopian villagers in 1935—show one of the most horrific acts of brutality known to mankind. The Butcher of Bagdad’s 1986-88

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On this Memorial Day, to America and Americans: thanks for teaching the world that a government is by its very nature suspect and that its powers must be limited. Á salute to the fallen.

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Biete Mariam Church, Lalibela. Permission granted by Michael Abbot Prayer in the Western Cluster We thank Mr. Abbot for allowing us to use his photography. Please check his website for more breathtaking photography of Ethiopia, South Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Melkam Fasika.

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LITTLE ETHIOPIA New Year’s Eve 6:00 p.m. It was strange to see my bride gushing at another man. It was also strange I felt okay about it. Hey, it was Teddy, okay, the man responsible for the best thing that has happened to Ethiopian music since Muluken "hodenew Telatish” Melese! Polite to the hilt Tewodros Kassahun interrupted his conversation with friends at a restaurant near Little Ethiopia,

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Published in 2005 by Chicago-based Nyala Publishing, Fasil Yitbarek’s Texture of Dreams is a story about a young Ethiopian who immigrates to New York City in the last days of the Derg. The novel takes its main character Yosef Temesgen through various hurdles in New York City and a story of an Ethiopian Horatio Alger unfolds. In that sense, the book is a journey forward. However, the character’s

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