Culture of Ethiopia

Teff is the smallest grain in the world, it is ancient to Ethiopia and is used to make the Ethiopian staple Injera. Located in the eastern sub-Sahara region of Africa, with its unique cultural heritage and ancient culture, Ethiopia is one of the most beautiful countries around the globe. Unfortunately, in the past 30 years Ethiopia had been famous for drought and famine that killed thousands of its citizens. Many Ethiopian’s depend on foreign food aid due to the periodic drought they experience.…

Ethiopia has been governed by the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front since they apprehended the capital city and ended the Ethiopian Civil War in 1991. Members of the Tigrayan ethnic group established a minority of Ethiopia 's population. Nevertheless members of this ethnic group control the superior positions in the country 's political and military structure while the majority of Amhara and Oromo people are cut off, which make up the majority of the population. The country has…

Ethiopia, is one of the very few African nations that was never a European colony, nonetheless it was still a victim of colonial greed: as it endured five oppressive years of Italian fascist occupation between the years of 1936 and 1941. The Invasion of Ethiopia by the fascist leader Benito Mussolini was one of “the greatest colonial wars ever fought on the African continent,” paving the way for this five year occupation a “turning point in the country’s millennium-old history”. In fact it…

both my parents are descendants of the Tigrinya tribe. Due to the recent events and tragedies happening amongst the Horn of Africa especially within Ethiopia and Somalia, I have been more drawn to investigate the relationship between the East African ethnic groups and tribes. The Horn of Africa, which comprises of the countries Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is filled with many people of different ethnic and tribal backgrounds. Within these groups, they share many similarities and…

at the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Djibouti is located in Northeastern Africa, also known as the Horn of Africa. The surrounding countries include Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east, and Ethiopia to the west and south. Personally when I read that Ethiopia was a surrounding country the first thought that came into my mind about Djibouti was poverty. This may be wrong and false…

pertaining to its structure, civilizations, and religion influence of other great civilizations. The Nile River The Nile River is said to derive from two main sources. The Blue Nile starts from a spring 5,000 feet above sea level, near Lake Tana in Ethiopia highlands. The river flows through the lake, runs through rapids, then drops into a deep canyon, and then through the Sudan to seam with White Nile in Khartoum. Also unlike most rivers the Nile River flows from…

The nation's is situated on the Horn of Africa in Eastern Africa. Somalia borders Djibouti and Ethiopia in the northwest, the Gulf of Aden toward the north. Towards the east, the country touches the Indian Ocean and borders Kenya in the southwest. The boundary of Somalia with Djibouti has been fixed through international agreement. However, the western border with Ethiopia stays in question. Somalia has the longest coastline on the mainland of Africa with a seaboard that extends…

in Eastern Ethiopia also known as "Gambella People's Region, is one of the previously known Region 12, capital is Gambella. The region is situated between those two top 10 Ethiopian rivers Baro and Akobo Rivers. One of the most known parks in Ethiopia "Gambella national park" also located in the region covers approximately 5,061 square kilometers or 17% of the region. The region is also believed to have major oil resources, this region caught investor's eye and the government of Ethiopia to turn…

In “ Last Words: Two Confederate Flags ”, there are two different kinds of display of the confederate flags. One is in a form of a headstone with words and a picture of Big Ed extending his middle finger, the other is a simple flag hanging on a wooden stick waiting to be destroyed by a strong wind. Bethe Dufresne argues that the confederate flags are history factors, and we should embrace their historical value. Furthermore, the flags should be displayed as " a muted artifact of unspeakable…

Ethiopia, a country landlocked in the Horn of Africa, has just about everything going for it to experience mass famine. One major reason for Ethiopia’s eternal hunger is the geopolitics of the country. Ethiopia is surrounded by land, and other unstable countries on all sides, since 1993, when Eritrea gained its independence and Ethiopia lost its coastline (The World FactBook). In addition to having no easy route to any other countries for trade, Ethiopia also has poor irrigation due to its lack…