#Ethiopia

[bibyebae]

[thrdnarrative]

Skating through Harar, Ethiopia

Courtesy of @ethiopian_girl_skaters

[ana-bananya]

$3,064/$30,000

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[forafricans]

Seen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by murllss + matchaarchives for ethiopian_girl_skaters (via IG)

[ditzybat]

bruce: i just want to make sure you’re safe

tim: you microchipped me like a dog!

bruce, showing affection the only way he knows how to by planting a tracker in tim’s neck: exactly, safe.

[elbiotipo]

Many books of the Bible that didn't make it to the official canon(s) and other incredibly important pieces of scripture and literature are only known today because they were preserved in the Ge'ez script in Ethiopia. It is very likely that there are lots of other texts dating to the earliest days of Christianity that are still to be "found", only because there aren't enough international scholars who know the Ge'ez script or work in Ethiopia. There are many, but not as much as it deserves. (Important note is that Ge'ez is both a liturgical language, like Latin, and also is a script, much like Latin or Chinese characters, used by many Ethiopian languages, but others can be written and indeed are written in Ge'ez script, this is why it has preserved such a range of literature)

Ge'ez looks like this:

ሀሎ! ይህ በአማርኛ ቋንቋ እና በግእዝ ፊደል የተጻፈ ነው! ለእርስዎ እና ለቤተሰብዎ በረከቶች!

There was briefly a very bad taste meme calling it a "demon language", with people even copypasting random religious literature in Ge'ez thus making it seem more "sinister". I won't comment on how ignorant and offensive that is.

Ge'ez is an important script and language, much like Greek or Latin, because of its connection to major religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Ethiopia is a wonderful country with a deep, rich history, and is an example of how Africa has always been part of world history. But like all languages, it's also a cultural heritage on its own, worth cherising, preserving, and learning about, regardless of its importance to the rest of the world. Instead of being ignorant for a racist joke, we could always take our time and learn and appreciate such things.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A Rare Sight

An Ethiopian wolf sits among purple flowers in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park.

by Axel Gomille

Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

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Aerial view of a volcanic crater. Danakil Depression, Ethiopia Photo credit: Chris John

[geologyin-blog]

Unbelievable rough opal

Photo: @marukkodqx

[ghost-37]

Nafisa 🌻

[afriblaq]

Hidden History

[honestlyangrypeace]

Church of St. George, Lalibela, Ethiopia: The Church of Saint George is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Originally named Roha, the historical and religious site was named Lalibela after the King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who commissioned its construction. Wikipedia

[typhlonectes]

Watch Ethiopian wolves drink flower nectar, a first for a large carnivore

Pollen coating their muzzles suggests the endangered canids may act as furry pollinators.

With fewer than 500 individuals believed to be alive today, Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) are the world’s rarest wild canid and Africa’s most endangered carnivore. But when they’re not chowing down on rodents, these lanky, alpine wolf relatives have a bit of a sweet tooth: Researchers report this week in Ecology that the animals enjoy licking nectar from red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa, seen in the video above), documenting this behavior for the first time in a large predator...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-ethiopian-wolves-drink-flower-nectar-first-large-carnivore

[longreads]

The Genocide The World Ignored

Did the world intentionally overlook a genocide in Ethiopia? Check out our excerpt from issue 159 of The Atavist Magazine by Drew Philp to learn more.

Please note: The following story contains graphic depictions of sexual violence and other atrocities. 

Tesfaye* woke up on the morning of November 4 to the sound of gunfire. An ob-gyn at Ayder, he was a physically imposing man who was accustomed to deference from others in light of his professional skills and stature. His father had been a farmer, like his father before him, but Tesfaye’s drive and intelligence helped him escape a life of manual labor. His star rose so fast that he never had to apply for a job—he was always offered them. He was a man completely in control of his domain, a master of his trade. Nearly every day, people lived or died at his hands. Mostly they lived. 

Tesfaye wan’t sure where the gunfire was coming from, and with service outages across Mekelle, he couldn’t look online for answers. He was certain something was very wrong. But what could he do? He got dressed and did what he did most mornings. He went to work.

*The Atavist is using a pseudonym to protect his safety. 

[henk-heijmans]

The World Heritage Site of Lalibela is famed for its striking churches, hewn from the surrounding rock some 800 years ago, Ethiopia, 2018 - by George Steinmetz (1957), American