Modernisation, Not Westernisation

The Chinese Compromise

The Chinese Compromise

December 25 , 2018 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

It is unlikely that the bald and polished scalp bobbing on the neck of a businessman, past his middle-age, will ever sprout follicles to bud any hair. But this biological detail is of little concern to a tall Indian peddler in a stained sari that dangles brass b...

What Eritrea Can Learn by Looking Southward

What Eritrea Can Learn by Looking Southward

December 19 , 2018 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

If one is planning to bring along a credit or debit card to use anywhere in Eritrea, forbear the thought! “We tell our guests to bring hard currency, in cash, when we book their stay,” says the young and graceful...

Hidar SItaten : Thrives, but with Implications

Hidar SItaten : Thrives, but with Implications

December 5 , 2018 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

There could hardly be any debate that the morning commute of passengers in a minicab from Lage Tafo to Mexico Square can be a gruelling journey. The rattle of the old vehicles, the loud clamours, crowded seats, disarraye...

Tolerance, Charity Sustains Beggars, While Gov't Overlooks

Tolerance, Charity Sustains Beggars, While Gov't Overlooks

November 27 , 2018 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The beggar is a venerated species in Ethiopia. The public space is open and available to the mendicant and the drifter alike without bias. There are few, if any, scriptures of the law that forbids, fo...

The beggar is a venerated species in Ethiopia. The public space is ope...

Modernity Eludes the Private Sector

Modernity Eludes the Private Sector

. By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

A man accompanied by a group of three women shuffles to the reception desk of a dentist’s office on Churchill Road holding a damp soft-tissue paper in his fist. “He just knocked out one of his...

A man accompanied by a group of three women shuffles to the reception...