In Addis Abeba, Progress Measures Success in Square Metre, Lost City Soul
Arada District Land Management & Administration Bureau, on Adwa St., near Berhanena Selam Printing Enterprise, was not just a place for paperwork last week. It was a venue where the drama of a city in transition played out, one story at a time.
The corridors embodied the vibrant marketplace of Piassa, a microcosm of Addis Abeba itself – now caught in the throes of a dramatic transformation. Residents' faces, etched with a mixture of anxiety and hope, filled the waiting area. Most were there to receive the 50,000 Br compensation package, a meagre consolation prize for the upheaval in t...