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judiciary. According to the Official Ethiopian Parliament Website (2016), the leading political party is the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, which formed by the merging of four political parties. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa; it is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. The population of Ethiopia is around 100 million people. The country is made of two major religious groups with 60 percent Christian and 30 percent Muslim.…

Julie Mehretu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1970. She was schooled in Kalamazoo, where she received her bachelor degree in Art, and continued on to receive her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design in 1997 (Artnet). She lives and works in Harlem New York with her artist and partner (Plagens). Mehretu works on drawings influenced by architectural plans and aerial maps. She adds many layers to increase complexity. She relates the layering to herself as parts of who she is. She…

thoughts of despair and loneness in her attempt to raise her daughter, and often contemplates thoughts of suicide. Another women within the community gives her hope has she encourages, Ayehu to seek treatment for her condition in Ethiopians capital Addis Ababa. The remainder of the film focus on Ayehu journey and the journey of other women…

Fig 1.7 Pollution Prevention Hierarchy 1.6Company back ground Colba leather & tannery is a private limited company established in January 2002 G.C. Processing Ethiopian hair sheep skins, Bati Genuine goat skins, and cow hides they offer crust and finished leather to local and foreign markets located on Mojo (Oromiya). Soaking capacity per day Sheep and goat skin 8000sqft Cow hides 500sqft. Colba have 297 workers in the Tannery of which skilled 42 and unskilled 149 workers. ( Source: LIDI,…

It is a simple calculation. Out of one million qualified applicants of this lottery only ten thousand will win. Every year the United States of America gives the opportunity to other to win and be a part of the American dream. This lottery is applied to people who live in Asia, Middle East, and Africa. One things you have to know is the winners will not get a money prize. It is one in a life time opportunity, also known as Diversity Visa (DV). This worth is more than money; it includes life…

and 505000m E longitude (Fig.1.1). The area coverage of study area is approximately 64 Km2. The average elevation of the area is approximately 1650 m a.s.l. 1.2.2. Accessibility The study area is accessed by asphalt road which is running from Addis Ababa through Mekelle, Hagere Selam, Abi Adi, Werki Amba, Mai Kinetal and Adwa. The mappable area is accessed by foot path and trails stretching to different locations of the study area. Fig.1.1: Location map and digital elevation model (DEM) of…

Both of these artworks, “The Cotton Bowl” by Hank Willis Thomas, and “Tightrope 9” by Elias Sime, are located in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thomas’ piece was donated to this museum by the North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporaries in 2012. Hank Willis Thomas’ piece was from his series Strange Fruit, and he notes that it is a “visual and conceptual explanation of the black body as spectacle and souvenir in the American popular culture.” Contrastly, Sime’s…

Dinaw Mengestu is an Ethiopian American novelist and writer born in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. He left his family during the Ethiopian Civil War when he was two year old and immigrated to the United States. He was raised In Peoria,Illinois and went and graduated from Fenwick High school in Oak-park,IL. Later on graduated from Georgetown University. Mengestu wrote his first book in 2007 called The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. Mengestu's second novel was published in October 2010 and was called…

“Activists say an elephant is being shot for its ivory every 15 minutes” (Dinmore). Throughout the world and the history of it, elephant poaching has become a real problem. The United States has not done very much to prevent this, but more should be done. Elephants are killed everyday for their tusks. In a lot of places there aren’t many elephants left. Without tusks, there is more of a challenge in digging for food and water and defending themselves, so even if they do not die when their tusks…

The Republic of South Sudan is known as the youngest and newest state of the international community. It gained independence on July 9, 2011 as a result of a 2005 peace deal that ended the longest-running civil war in Africa. However, a couple of years later crisis struck the new state during a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar whom he sacked due to accusations of planning a coup. Machar denied the accusations but still mobilized a rebel force…