Monthly Archives: March 2015

Abuna Yemata Guh

“Abuna Yemata Guh.” The name probably doesn’t ring a bell for most of y’all. Your city probably has no streets with this name, or schools… or churches. I had just spent 3 days in the second lowest place on Earth: … Continue reading

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My encounter with a Rastafarian

On my second day in Ethiopia, we stopped in the city of Shashamane. In 1948, emperor Haile Selassie allowed a number of Jamaican Rastafarians to settle in Shashamane, and since then it has had a small community of these people. … Continue reading

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