Tag Archives: discrimination
Frustrating Phrases
For one of the ice breaker sessions during mid-year seminar all of the fellows were asked to teach everyone our favorite word or phrase from the country where we work. I taught the phrase “denanesh” which means “are you fine” … Continue reading
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Judging a book by its cover
It’s a warm, sunny afternoon and I am sitting outside on the balcony of my house reading a book about the AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia. Despite having earplugs in to block the noise of the raucous party going on somewhere … Continue reading
A Ferenji in Gonder 