Opening the floodgates to freedom and prosperity in Ethiopia
By Adia Wilson
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia is a strange beautiful country. At times it feels
almost biblical, as if time had stopped at a certain stage, giving tradition
and religion the necessary space to evolve in a way that is unknown to
the western world. Ethiopia is the cradle of humankind, the birthplace of
coffee, the purported resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. Then again
Ethiopia feels like a place that has gone a long way already, that has been
wounded and has suffered immensely but is now ready to catch up with the
21st century. The Ethiopians believe in their future and want to leave the horrible
images of the great famine in the 1980s forever behind - why can't we? (More....) Click for more details |