Culture of Ethiopia

Somalia is located in the north-eastern part of Africa. Famine in Africa has always been an issue. Recently there was a spike in this issue. In 2010 to 2012 there was the Somalia famine.This famine killed nearly 260,000 people in the country. Half of the people who were killed were children under the age of five.The famine was caused by a severe drought. This worsened because of conflict between rival groups who were fighting for power. The number of deaths during the most current famine was…

During Europe’s Scramble for Africa during 1884-1885, various European countries assembled at the Berlin Conference in Berlin to discuss the borders and territories of Africa each country would take. The Europeans usually gave the leaders of these territories contracts to sign and sum of money in order to gain consent, but the sums of money were usually not as reasonable as thought by the Europeans and the contracts This resulted in varied reactions from African leaders and people themselves.…

Africa had been invaded by many European nations and it played an important part in World War 2. Ethiopia was one of the only nations to not be invaded yet and Italy wanted it. So when Ethiopia and Italian troops clashed, Italy asked for $100,000 or war. Ethiopia didn’t pay up and both forces started to mobilize, though war wasn’t actually declared. Ethiopia had a massive army of 800,000 Ethiopians with outdated rifles and artillery and spears.They also had 15,000 Emperor's Imperial Guards who…

A well-developed country such as United States of America has carbon emissions of twenty tons per average American person, which is way higher than a person living in Ethiopia. For instance, to support my lifestyle, it takes twenty-four global acres of the Earth’s productive area and twenty-four tons of carbon emissions. On the other hand, to support lifestyle of an average Ethiopian person it takes less than one ton of carbon emissions. The lifestyle of the Ethiopian citizens is mostly based…

Sitting here and thinking back, I don't know where to start. My life in Somalia wasn't troublesome for me as it was for my parents, I was just seven years of age and I've heard bombs and gunfire, seen numerous individuals kick the bucket. In my nation, we haven't had a utilitarian government since 1990 which was before I was conceived. I was conceived when they were slaughtering one another; I was raised when they were murdering one another. War, apprehension, war, trepidation, war! You may…

Ethiopia- The population is 107,534,882 million and the GDP is 8.5 million. The resources of the Staple crops include a variety of grains, such as wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, and millet; coffee; pulses; and oilseed. Grains are the primary staples of the diet and pulses are a principal source of protein in the diet. Over 90 percent of large-scale industries are state-run, as opposed to less than 10% of agriculture. Public industries include the garment, steel, and textile industries, while most…

the city of Axum became weaker, the Agaw people decided to rise and fill the role of power. They started to rule over Ethiopia as the Zagwe Dynasty. Around the 15th century, Ethiopia began to contact the European kingdoms to begin trading. The Ethiopian religion was a mixture of Christianity and Islam. In Ethiopia, there is castle that belonged to King Fasilides, which meant Ethiopia was a monarchy. Also, the leaders of this great dynasty believed they were descendants of King Solomon and the…

Every person belongs to a culture, some people may belong to multiple but sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zone to experience a culture unlike our own. Traveling the world is an excellent example of this, although, sometimes we can have a cultural experience not too far from home, since the United States is tremendously diverse. “Twenty-eight African countries have been at war since 1980, and one-third of Africa’s leadership in 2010 still emanates from the army or a rebellion.…

is often associated with finding lost tribes, understanding ancient civilizations, and the study of indigenous peoples. Its subject matter is both exotic and commonplace. I remembered When I was an undergraduate at the University of Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. Everyone worried about our future anthropology as a career. There are also people thinks and suggested that anthropology is a outlandishly mystical field without knowing about the subject. But what is anthropology mean exactly and how…

the Rastafari religion. “Red signifies the blood of those killed for the cause of the black community, throughout Jamaican history. Green represents Jamaica 's vegetation and hope for the eradication of suppression. Gold symbolizes the wealth of Ethiopia. Black signifies the color of the Africans who initiated Rastafari” (Rastafari At a Glance). The lion is seen as the icon of the Rastafari “this represents Haile Selassie I, who is referred to as the 'Conquering Lion of Judah '” (Rastafari At…