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Jan 4 , 2020

Reflecting on Time

A group of men surrounded our young Ride driver, threatening his livelihood. “You're working with the car your father gave you!” one of the men screamed in between the profanity he slurred. These...

Dec 28 , 2019

Removing Unrealistic Price Tags

We stood at the doors of the document authentication bureau and the dellala(Broker) tells me he would like to be paid 2,000 Br more than our agreement. I stood there in disbelief, unable to find the w...

Dec 21 , 2019

Point in the Middle

According to my Facebook, we are all feminists who are keen to see equality while spreading love or sarcastic memes at one another. Facebook and Instagram, along with most other social media platforms...

Dec 14 , 2019

Greatness is all Around Us

A coat of pride engulfs Ethiopia once again, as two international awards shine their lights on the country. Freweini Mebrahtu was chosen as CNN Hero of the Year and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahm...

Dec 7 , 2019

Generation Equality Against Rape

He was her cousin, not a stranger but someone she had grown up with. He sexually assaulted her for months. These incidents, she confides, continue to affect her intimate relationships. This is a story...

Nov 30 , 2019

In Between Culture and Productivity

In a time management class, the instructor shares, “There is 24 hours in the day, split those hours into three, eight hour portions.” He challenged us to think what the eight hours of free time wo...

Nov 23 , 2019

Please Mind the Road

The minibus taxi spun: everything moving in slow motion with broken glass flying everywhere. I am not sure how many people were injured. I was able to leave the damaged vehicle through the window, as...

Nov 16 , 2019

Traditional Wisdom for Modern Problems

Al Jazeera recently released a documentary on their regular Witness programme of an Ethiopian girl who was adopted by a family residing in Denmark. The journey of her return was broadcast as she led t...

Nov 9 , 2019

Change Begins at Home

A friend stands up, loudly declaring, “pain is opportunity,” as he walks away. Knowing he would not be rejoining us, the interpretation was left to those of us left behind. It took me a step towa...

Nov 2 , 2019

Home Peace Home

A Rwandan friend who was visiting Addis Abeba this week sat across from me and said, “When I read about Ethiopia today, I think of what happened to my country.” Many people have made this comp...

Oct 26 , 2019

Raising Children for Today's World

The young person wrote in an anonymous Ethiopian health group, “Where would I be able to find anxiety medicine without prescription?” Within the past few years I have been hearing people self-d...

Oct 19 , 2019

ADDIS BUSINESS: Running through Loops

I have been preparing to start my own business these past few months. As everyone who has lived in Ethiopia knows, this is not an easy endeavor. It is a difficult road made worse by misinformation, mi...

Oct 12 , 2019

Modernising Community Values

A society consensus teaches citizens what it upholds. As one generation replaces another, societies develop and change. While change is inevitable, it is worth taking a moment to ask if we are growin...

Sep 28 , 2019

KILLING IT SOFTLY

Haile Gerima, a prominent Ethiopian filmmaker, famously pointed out that groundbreaking artists are only recognized after foreign validation. Even though there have been attempts to dispute this senti...

Sep 21 , 2019

The Subtle Art of Holding On

Each year as the Ethiopian New Year arrives, I am reminded that nothing is ever black and white. While we cannot change the mathematics of the earth's movement, we can change our interpretation; it se...

Sep 14 , 2019

Bunker Mentality

Human beings are both capable of building as well as destroying. At the scale of a society, this particular feature is best summed up with walls and bridges. Piling stone after stone, some build wa...


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