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SECONDHAND MARKET

A man hauls a sackful of secondhand clothes for sale in Addis Abeba in the area known as Mendida on the outskirts of the city.

SECONDHAND MARKET

A man hauls a sackful of secondhand clothes for sale in Addis Abeba in the area known as Mendida on the outskirts of the city. One of the origins of the supply chain for clothes sold in the informal market by vendors, these clothes are washed and dried before they are ironed out. After they are made to look fairly new, they are transported to the city centre for sale.

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SURREAL SAUNTERS

The Big Art Sale in Hilton attracts notable dignitaries like Minister of Labor & Skills Muferiat Kamil. During its 18th rendition this year, thousands of visitors showed up to see the works of over 100 artists. Ethiopia's rich art history has been subjected to theft and destruction through the ages due to successive wars over the centuries. Most recently, Ethiopians have been asking for the return of a 19th-century shield, taken by British soldiers more than 150 years ago. The engraved shiel...

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BOHEMIAN MORPHEMES

A 123-year-old newspaper adorns a cafe around Bole, inspiring the inquisitive gaze of its sole customer on a late afternoon. "Aimro" was the first government newspaper published in Ethiopia in 1901, and it had Emperor Menelik II on its front page. The Emperor introduced the first motor car, postal system, telephone, telegraph, and typewriter. Menelik also reorganized the tithe system to fund the army, issued the first national currency in 1894, and built the first mint nine years later...

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SOFT SLOUCH

A road sign around Zewditu leans into the main road as if desperately reaching to remind passers of road safety. The Addis Abeba Transport Bureau has recently started to issue tickets to transgressing pedestrians in a last-ditch effort to reign in traffic accidents. The recent nine-month performance review by the capital's transport bureau revealed that around 286 people have died, with the majority being working-age young men. Massive digitization of the road infrastructure has been underway fo...

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