...Ethiopia Ethiopia is located in northeastern Africa, in an area known as the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian’s flag has three stripes. The green stripe stands for rich lands and hope. The yellow stripe means religious freedom. The red stripe hones for those who died for Ethiopia. stripe means Ethiopia has a diverse mix of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It is a country with more than 80 different ethnic groups each with its own language, with most spoken language Ge'ez, modern Amharic and Tigrigna languages.Ge'ez is one of the most ancient languages in the world and is still used today by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has its own unique customs and traditions, which have been influenced by Judaism. Custom The Ethiopian traditional costume is made of woven cotton. Ethiopian men and women wear this traditional costume called gabbi or Netella. Women often wear dresses (Kemis) and netella with borders of coloured embroidered woven crosses, but other designs are also used. Food The Ethiopian national dish is called wat. It is a hot spicy stew accompanied by injera (traditional large spongy pancake made of teff flour and water). Teff is unique to the country and is grown on the Ethiopian highlands. There are many varieties of wat, e.g. chicken, beef, lamb, vegetables, lentils, and ground split peas stewed with hot spice called berbere.Berbere is made of dried red hot pepper, herbs, spices, dried...
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...Ethiopia Ethiopia was never imperialize. On March 1, 1896, Ethiopia's conflict with the Italians, the First Italo–Ethiopian War, was resolved by the complete defeat of the Italian armed forces at the Battle of Adowa Mulatu Teshome/president Christianity/islam. major export products of Ethiopia include coffee, livestock products (leather, live animals and meat), oil seeds and pulses, fruits, vegetables and flowers, textiles, natural gum, spices and mineral products. Push natural disasters like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and flooding. Internal migration is from rural to urban areas. Ethiopia was ruled by a prime minister during the 1900 Ethiopia government change slightly by havinga president DAY 2 Sources https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia...
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...history of Ethiopia is a very long history, Christianity was introduced there in the 1st century A.D. Even the threat of invasion by the Italians couldn't deter this ancient country from expanding. To give a comparison, Ethiopia is almost twice the size of Texas (CIA factbook). The natural resources of Ethiopia include gold, platinum, copper, potash (salts), natural gas and hydropower (CIA factbook). In the late 1800’s, Italy attempted to overthrow the Ethiopian government. Between the mid-1800’s through the beginning of the 1900’s, Ethiopia underwent political changes, such as the expansion of its borders, and the Italian failed attempt to overthrow the Ethiopian government. Ethiopia has undergone significant changes in their culture,...
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...1.1. Urbanization in Tigray Regional State Tigray regional state is one of from nine regional states of the country, located on the northern part of Ethiopia. The regional state covers atotal area of about 54569.25km2 and it was boarder by Eritrea in the north, amhara regional state in the south, afar regional state in the east and sudan in the west. The region’s climatic zones are lowland/kola/, temperate/weina dega/ & highland/dega/. Temperature is inversely related to altitude, with mean annual temperatures of 22°C to 27°C in the Lowlands and between 10° to 22°C in the Highlands up to 3,000 masl. The Region has a single rainy season of variable length between May and October. According to the projected census of 2007, the region has a total...
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...Ethiopia is a proud country that consists of 94.1 million people, has over 80 languages, was the first country to win a gold medal at the Olympics, and is full of intricate cultures and people, but that is not what most think of when Ethiopia comes to mind. Most immediately think of the horrible orphan crisis that has overtaken the country. Unicef reports, “Ethiopia counts one of the largest populations of orphans in the world: 13% of children throughout the country are missing one or both parents. This represents an estimated 4.6 million children” (Unicef). Also, it has been reported that this number is continually increasing due to several different factors such as: malnutrition, violence, treatment of women, diseases, and lack of the responsibility...
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...Ethiopia is a landlocked country in the world and in the Horn of Africa located 9.0167* N and 38.7500* E. Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the 2nd most populous country in Africa. It has a population of 94.1 million people and the life expectancy for the average person there is 42 years old. The country has a high central plateau and mountains reaching over 13,000 feet, it’s in a tropical zone laying in between the equator and the tropic of cancer. Ethiopia has three different climate zones do to the differences in elevation. Kolla is the tropical zone, Woithna Dega is the subtropical zone, and Dega is the cool zone. The western highlands get summer rainfall and the lowlands and eastern highlands are hot and dry, most people live in or near the western highlands as well as the capital, Addis Ababa....
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...Some parts of the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, the UN says. Large areas of Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya are in a crisis or an emergency. The Sahel region of Africa has been suffering from drought since the early 1980s. The land is marginal in Sahel regions over cultivation, overgrazing are human activities can lead to desertification especially when it is combined with drought. Drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall for a specific area, which leads to a shortage of water. A drought occurs when there in to enough rainfall to support people or crops. Sahel is in the Eco-climatic and bio-geographic zone stretch/transition between the Sahara desert (north) and the Sudanian Savannas (south). It is also located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red sea. Covers parts of Senegal, southern Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, southern Algeria, northern Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, northern Ethiopia and Eritrea Annual rainfall is 200 mm in the north and 600 mm in the south on average. There are not enough wells to access water in the ground to provide irrigation when the rains fail. Since 1985, 77% of tree cover has been cut down, this reduces transpiration from plants and so means rain is less likely. Ethiopia is a very poor country, the 5th poorest in the world. The result of drought is soil erosion, famine, starvation. 60% export food .80% of the population rely on agriculture mainly in subsistence and rain-fed farming and livestock...
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...Interview and Analysis of Ethiopia Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is a landlocked country. The countries that border Ethiopia are Kenya to the south, Djibouti and Eritrea to the northeast, Somalia to the east, and Sudan to the west. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia and is located in the heart of the country. The population of Ethiopia is approximately 32.2 million people. The population growth continues to remain high at 2.76 percent and it’s estimated that that the population could reach 90.0 million people by 2015. Ethiopia has over 83 different languages with about 200 different dialects. The largest and most common are Oromos, Amharas, and Tigrayans. The ancient language of Ge’ez was first introduced as the official written language when the Sabeans sought refuge in Aksum. The official national language of Ethiopia is Amharic. Large widely spoken languages include; English, Arabic, French, and Italian. The languages of Ethiopia are broken down into four major language groups; Semitic, Omotic, Nilo-Saharan, and Cushitic. In Ethiopia there are two main religions, Orthodox Christianity and Islam. These religions have coexisted since Mohammed’s time. If you were to visit a church the priests are always happy to have guests. Every church has three or four entrances. The east entrance is only for the priest, the south is for women, and the north is for men. The last entrance, the western one can be used by men or women. Once inside women sit on the right...
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...Projection 14 Analysis of various factors 17 Inflation 17 Interest Rates 17 Exports and Imports 18 Trend Analysis 18 4. Conclusion 19 5. References 20 1. Introduction to Ethiopia’s Economy Ethiopian economy is mainly based on agriculture sector, which accounts for 46% of the GDP and 85% of the total employment. Coffee has been a major crop which also mainly contributes to Ethiopia’s exports to the other countries. Ineffective cultivation practices and inadequate rainfall are the major deterrents to the agricultural sector. But recent joint efforts by the Ethiopia Government and aid agencies are helping to upgrade the traditional agricultural practices. This has significantly contribution to the reduction in number of Ethiopians suffering from starvation. The sectors of banking which comprises Insurance and Micro-credit industries are not open to foreign investors, though Ethiopia had huge inflows of investment in other commercial agricultural sectors like leather and textile. The graph shows Ethiopian economy’s sector-wise performance from the year 2004 to 2010. The agricultural sector has seen constant decline from 65% to 30% chiefly due to minimal rainfall. Soil is not fertile for the harvesting, so the crops were not growing properly. In industry sector emerging as it can be seen from growth up to 60% in 2010 as compare to 20% in 2004. The service sector has shown no sign of improvement as it remains constant at 10%. The Ethiopian constitution grants...
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...There are many similarities and differences between the United States of America and Ethiopia. The U.S. has around 300 million people, while Ethiopia having about 100 million being 3rd and 10th place in population. But by population density America has about 33 people per square kilometer(.62 miles), while Ethiopia has 85 people per square kilometer, meaning Ethiopia is both a lot smaller and a lot more dense than America. Though I like a bunch of people in a city, Ethiopia would probably be too populated for me. Maybe there are just a bunch of people in one area and there is a lot of space left, like America, but probably not. America also has more jobs and job opportunity than Ethiopia. In America you can be almost anything: a garbage man, an actor, a fast-food worker/maker, a teacher, a policeman, a farmer, a pilot, and so on. While in Ethiopia most people are just farmers, nomads, animal herders(which farmers also usually are), and marketers. Though variety is good it is also bad. As Shakespeare said,”Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.” For example, if you have chocolate every once in a while it is good, but if you eat it everyday for a month, it stops being as good as it was when you started. I still like more choice so I like America’s jobs better than Ethiopia but still,...
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...The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia September 7, 2012 Currently, various countries in the world are faced with many serious issues, and these problems can make countries collapse. According to Jared Diamond (2011), who is a professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, “There are four frameworks that cause societies to collapse, consisting of human impacts on the environment and climate change, declining relations with friendly neighbors, relations with hostile societies, and society’s responses to their problems”. Ethiopia is one of the East African countries that is now facing with various national problems, which can be clearly explained by all of Jared Diamond’s frameworks. Ethiopia has a significantly high risk of collapsing in the very near future. One of the most critical factors that Ethiopia faces is the various environmental catastrophes, which deals with the first framework that Jared Diamond has pointed out. According to the Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2012), most of the land in Ethiopia is highlands, grasslands, deserts with only a few rivers, and Ethiopia is a landlocked country. Therefore, Ethiopia has lacked adequate of water resources. Moreover, Ethiopia is faced with human impacts on the environment such as deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, and water shortages in some areas (“CIA The World Factbook,” 2012). ...
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...Iddir, metaphor for solidaity in Ethiopia Solomon Dejene The aim of this paper is to gain insight into the relation between iddirs and sustainable development in Ethiopia. The material to achieve the aim is gathered through literature review and field work. The method of analysis is inspired by Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis (henceforth CDA). CDA focuses on the relation between language use and social reality. It combines three forms of analysis. The first is linguistic analysis of text. It deals with wording, grammar, syntax, cohesion, metaphor, transitivity, and so forth The second deals with discursive practice which is an analysis of the (processes of) production, distribution and consumption of texts. At this stage we look at inter-textuality and inter-discursivity. The third form studies the socio-cognitive effects of discursive practice, in particular, reproduction or transformation of status quo. Definitions of the key concepts are given in the introduction of this book. One of the issues to be dealt with is to what extent iddir can be considered indigenous. The paper is divided into four sections. The first section is a review of several publications on iddir. The second section is an overview of data gathered through field work. The third section contains a critical correlation of theoretical insights gathered through literature review (section one) and empirical insights gathered through fieldwork (section two). The final section contains some conclusions...
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...Ethiopia in the 20th Century Ethiopia, Africa is known for their perseverance during the colonization in Africa during the twentieth century. Because this nation was one of the few that did not succumb to colonial rule, there is a great pride within the country of Ethiopia. Drastic changes took place within the twentieth century; however, the fortitude demonstrated by Ethiopia can be seen most through their politics, culture, and liberal arts. Ethiopian government went through challenging obstacles from fighting off the Italians to deadly famines. Within the early twentieth century, Ethiopian emperor, Menelik, attempts to make peace with the growing enemy, Italy. In attempt, Italy and Ethiopia sign the Treaty of Uccialli which traded parts...
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...Ethiopia is located in Eastern, Africa, as well as the horn of Africa. The horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast, Africa. Ethiopia is surrounded everywhere, north, south, east, and west. To the south of Ethiopia is Kenya, to the east is Somalia, to the west is Sudan and South Sudan, and to the north is Djibouti and Eritea. Its absolute location is between three and fifteen degrees latitude, and between thirty three and forty eight degrees longitude. It has an area of about 1,127,127 square kilometers, with a length of 1,639 kilometers, and a width of 1,577 kilometers. Some people in Ethiopia has changed their environment by changing the things around them. They climb the mountains and hilly areas. Also they have adapted to the...
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...Ethiopia`s development from famine to economic growth The classic theory of modernization has its origins in the 1950`s, a post-war period which challenged strategists to investigate the problems faced by the underdeveloped countries, in their attempt to provide aid programs and technological assistance and promote long-term economic growth and political stability. Typical traditional societies were analyzed in the processes through which they should develop into modern social structures by following an unidirectional path similar to the ones already tested by the Western societies. Several factors that contribute to the development of a modern society (including technological, economic, social, political, military and cultural innovations) were illustrated in many studies of this theory. The complexity of outcomes was generally overlooked, making necessary more than just the classic theory for a proper analysis of a country`s modernization. Thus, the Harvard Project, the most relevant study on the social and cultural aspects of development, emphasized that an ideal model can`t be defined, as the modern personality corresponds more to a desirable plan of modern society than to the contradictory nature of modern reality. Therefore, I will further seek to determine Ethiopia`s (one of the countries severely affected by famine for the last years) development in its process of modernization. Ethiopia has been plagued by famine going back to the 16th century. While climatic conditions...
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