This marvellous ancient engineering work that is the Lalibela monasteries is vital to future engineering developments.
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Ethiopia’s November War is the September War
"Where are you? Children are dying." __8-year-old girl
Ethiopian Recipes for Awaze & Kibbe and a Rumination Upon World Peace
People over 90 years of age eat kibbe in the morning. It is good melted in coffee.
Ethiopia, Land of Pyramids
In Ethiopia today, quiet agrarian achievers use the ancient water technology of vaska or pyramids. It is theirs and always was.
What Makes You Jealous?
Could America be jealous of Ethiopians? Of their beautiful animals, climate, people, art? 'But wait,' you say. 'America is rich.' How can the rich be jealous of the poor? Do they walk a mile in their plastic shoes? What makes you jealous?
Adwa 125 & Empress Taytu’s Justice in the Land of Stars
Ethiopians invented boxing, hockey and polo; also, soccer. Fair play and virtuosity complement one another in the land of stars.
King Lalibela’s 13th Century Feat of Engineering Serves Ethiopians Now
The Lalibela rock-hewn monasteries are unique because King Lalibela built them from the top down. They are the only structures in the world to have been constructed in this way.
Ethiopian Shiro is Nourishing, Simple & Cheap
One Ethiopian staple food is shiro. Naturally processed, it is vegetarian and made with beans and spice. The powdered mixture is a rich yellow. Cooked, it is a smooth, curry paste.
2-Pronged Attack on Ethiopia at Temket Festival
At the end of 2020, mercenaries massacred 103 Amhara farmers in Metekel. People were asleep.
The November War in the Land of Monks & God
More than 103 TPLF-made mass graves were discovered. They sprayed corpses with, ‘A GIFT FROM THE WEST,’ and, ‘NO MORE AMHARA’. European NGOs and TV news never reported this.
Woven Wisdom is the Edge of Art
We kept the white maggot of a fly called qmburs. It reached 3 centimetres and pupated for 25 years. As it aged, it shrank and produced more silk. Qmburs wove a silk case around a shell. When it got too large, the case would stifle it and the maggot moved out. My grandmother transferred it while still inside its shell to a new home. This was usually the underside of an old bamboo coffee table. The maggot adhered to the surface with a glue-like substance and produced more silk: 3 x 600-millimetre-square harvests per year, thick and frothy. I scrounged bamboo-coffee tables. Mama kissed my forehead: a rare gift.
