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Ethiopia Musings: 7) The Money

As a finance major and the retirement representative for my group, I have a more than passing interest in money. I am not talking about “money” for the sake of riches, but money as a reflection of society. Specifically, I always find it…

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Ethiopia Musings: 6) Lucy at the National Museum

In the center of Addis Ababa is the Ethiopian National Museum. Although it has been around for decades (1930’s), it was in the mid-1970s that the government supported the idea of having a National Museum that would exhibit the various objects that had been discovered at the archeological and anthropologic excavation sites around the country. These include the famous remains of “Lucy”.

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Ethiopia Musings: 5) Visiting the Rift Valley

  About 250-300 kilometers due south of Addis Ababa is the Great Rift Valley , a remnant of long forgotten volcanic activity from millennia ago. The person I had arranged the visit with offered to drive me down to the Rift Valley Lakes, which…

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Ethiopia Musings: 7) The Money

As a finance major and the retirement representative for my group, I have a more than passing interest in money. I am not talking about “money” for the sake of riches, but money as a reflection of society. Specifically, I always find it…

Read More

Ethiopia Musings: 6) Lucy at the National Museum

In the center of Addis Ababa is the Ethiopian National Museum. Although it has been around for decades (1930’s), it was in the mid-1970s that the government supported the idea of having a National Museum that would exhibit the various objects that had been discovered at the archeological and anthropologic excavation sites around the country. These include the famous remains of “Lucy”.

Read More

Ethiopia Musings: 5) Visiting the Rift Valley

  About 250-300 kilometers due south of Addis Ababa is the Great Rift Valley , a remnant of long forgotten volcanic activity from millennia ago. The person I had arranged the visit with offered to drive me down to the Rift Valley Lakes, which…

Read More