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Bahir Dar Monasteries: Part 2
Here are some more of the photos I shot when I was visiting the ancient monasteries out on the isolated islands of Lake Tana. This first shot is the typical tourist shot, I know. The murals and tapestries here date back to about the 16th century, although there are...
Ancient Monasteries of Bahir Dar: Part 1
Scattered throughout the vast Bahir Dar Lake are seven sacred islands, each home to an ancient monastery, where monks still live in seclusion and contemplation The lake is the source of the Blue Nile (more pictures on that in a bit), and just getting to the islands...
This is my class of professional journalists at Bahir Dar University
This is a photo of my class of working journalists. I am demonstrating for them how easy it is to do a blog post in real time. Please excuse any typos, because I am in a bit of a hurry. We can also use the blog to link to other sites about Ethiopia - for example, this...
Growing Pains: Daredevil Construction and the Future of Ethiopia
Africa's fastest-growing economy balances between dreams of the future and the shackles of the past For those libertarians who feel that OSHA and any and all regulations on workplace safety are the very essence of neo-Stalinism, I submit the construction industry in...
State of Media in East Africa: “Mover and Shakers” Interview for AfroFM
UPDATE: The first video below was erroneously a duplicate of video #3. I blame the shoddy connection I had - I am thrilled that the videos made it up to YouTube at all, frankly, and it took me an hour and several tried to get this post to publish, so I had some...
My interview with AfroFM
This is the charming host of "Movers and Shakers" here in the lobby of the Semien Hotel.