The People Have Spoken…. “We cannot be bought†By Meron Ahadu
I got back yesterday to my hometown Los Angeles after spending an amazing 4 days and having a blast with thousands of my people at the 30th anniversary of Ethiopian Sport Federation cultural Festival. This year’s theme was “Celebrating Ethiopian women†and what a celebration it was. I have to set the record straight right […]
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Read More →U.S. Double-talking Human Rights in Ethiopia, Again!AL MARIAM’S
As my readers know, I enjoy watchin’ American diplomats chillin’ out and kickin’ it with African dictators. I like watchin’ ‘em kumbaya-ing, back-pattin’ and fist bumpin’. I have trained myself to decipher their cryptic diplomatese spoken with forked tongue. I have also learned to chew on their indigestible words with a whopping spoonful of salt […]
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