Adwa 125 & Empress Taytu’s Justice in the Land of Stars

Itege Taytu Empress of the Ethiopian Empire

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

Yerada Lij Australia Lalibela rock-hewn monasteries photo of Giyorgis taken by Mesfin Tadesse

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

Addis Ababa green grocery with organically grown fruit & vegetables

With your right hand, tear off a piece of injera, which is soft. Scoop up shiro with it. Never use your left hand. To learn how to share a dish hygienically, watch Ethiopians. If you make a mistake, they will keep a straight face.

2-Pronged Attack on Ethiopia at Temket Festival

Temket, Ethiopian baptism, 19 January 2020

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

Green pointed leaf low plant with a covering of white silk

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.