Addis Ababa

When a boomerang is released into the sky, it makes a giant loop and comes back to its original location. This is the phenomenon that inspired the boomerang hypothesis applied to many different genres of popular music from the continent of Africa. For some African countries and its people, the boomerang was released during the slave trade. Not until slavery was abolished did the boomerang finally return to its origin. For other African countries, the boomerang was flung out much later, during…

sent a had full of young men and women for study abroad. The interest for education grew rapidly and this fell sympathetic to the empror to the point where it lead him to open the (1925) Addis Ababa’s second modern educational facility, Teferi Mekonnen School and in 1931 opened the first all girl school in Addis Ababa, Empress Menen School. This school had boarding students as well as day time students. In general this school gave women all over the country an opportunity to attain a high level…

One of the most important aspects of the IB curriculum is that students are introduced to relevant literature. ¨Child Of Dandelions” by Shenaaz Nanji and ¨The Garbage King¨ by Elizabeth Laird offer interesting protagonists, rich backstories, and global conflicts that allow students to inquire about real-life issues plaguing our world. ¨Child Of Dandelions¨ is about Sabine struggling to reclaim her rights to live in Uganda, and fighting against the government wanting to throw out all Indians.…

Ethiopia to research because I was over whelmed with the homeless population that exist within this country alone. There are many reasons why homelessness exist and the government of Ethiopia are doing all they can to help fight this problem. In Addis Ababa, "75% of the total population of the city is living in overcrowded houses or dilapidated structures, under unhygienic conditions, lacking basic urban services like safe drinking water and sewage, and in sprawling informal settlements with…

I am an immigrant and I am from Addis Ababa, one of the most beautiful cities in East Africa. Being born and raised in the capital city of Ethiopia for the first two-and-a-half years of my life, I was able to build my life’s foundation in my mother country and create the memories, though they were few, with the people that have influenced me the most, my family. I was able to bask in my parents’, aunts’, uncles’, grandmas’ and grandpas’ attention and love, but then America happened. My entire…

stick with us forever. Mary Joy was one of those experiences that stayed with me. My interest in volunteering was triggered one day when I was on my way to school with my father. During that specific car ride, I noticed young kids on the streets of Addis Ababa who had no families and were left to fend for themselves. It was this horrific scene that led me to join a non-profitable organization called Mary Joy. Mary Joy Development Association is a nongovernmental, nonreligious, nonpolitical and…

go to grocery store for food, instead we ate the meat from the cattle and sheep and the other food from the crops. We had a beautiful lake near us called Awassa Lake. When I was seven I lived in the capital of Ethiopia which is Addis Ababa. I saw many more things in Addis than I would not have seen where I was born. It was much more different than what I was used to and it took a while to settle in. I saw many well decorated buildings and national museums. When I was nine I moved to the United…

Location Dire Dawa is one of the two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). The administrative council consists of the city of Dire Dawa and the surrounding rural areas. The council has no administrative zones but one woreda - Gurgura woreda. There are 4 Keftegnas, 24 urban kebeles and 28 rural peasants associations. It is found at a road distance of 515 km from Addis Ababa. Dire Dawa is the capital city of the administrative council, lays in the eastern part of…

Introducing students to relevant literature is one of the most important aspects of the IB curriculum. “Graffiti Knight” by Karen Bass and “The Garbage King” by Elizabeth Laird both provide great plot, characters, and significant settings that students can easily relate to their personal life and global issues such as poverty, dysfunctional families, and children rights. IB students would learn about risk-taking and caring. Graffiti Knight is a character rich story about 16-year old Wilm and his…

Antique Souvenirs: Ethiopian Crosses Ethiopia stands out among other Christian countries for the incomparable prominence of the cross in the life of its people. Ethiopian crosses are adorned on almost everything from the utensils to clothing, art, tattoos on their bodies and even books. With a variety and intricacy of the patterns used to decorate cross-shaped objects of all kinds, Ethiopian crosses are possibly the most interesting crosses on earth. Each cross looks completely different from…