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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Haile Selassie’s Gannata Le’ul Palace and The 1960 Coup
Set within Halie Selassie’s former palace (known to Ethiopians as Gannata Le’ul Palace) and surrounded by the beautiful gardens and fountains of Addis Ababa University’s main campus is the Ethnological Museum. Even if you’re not normally a museum fan, this one is worth a bit of your time. Aside from being a decent museum, on … Continue reading
Art / Ethiopia / Places We Go
Meet Solomon Fissha
I met Solomon while I was wandering around on my own near Meskal Square. His English was pretty good and before long he revealed that he had a special talent that he hoped to use to get into the Guinness Book of World Records… Solomon claimed that he could draw a self-portrait of himself with … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 