Atse Tewedros, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855-1868, is remembered in Gondar central square.
Atse Tewedros statue, Piazza, Gondar
Passing Gondar, Wild Wheelchair expedition to the Simiens 2019
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Atse Tewedros, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855-1868, is remembered in Gondar central square.
Atse Tewedros statue, Piazza, Gondar
As the rainy season – the Kremt – begins to recede, Ethiopians prepare to celebrate their new year – saying goodbye to 2016 and hello to 2017. If you want to know about the why’s and wherefores of the Ethiopia’s unique calendar please check this earlier blog article. The New Year holiday falls on […]
For those of us in Addis the change in the weather has been noticeable in the last week. One of my favourite descriptive words in Amharic is ‘goom’ – ጉም – which describes the low cloud/ foggy weather which has started now. Along with a lot of rain over the last week, there is this […]