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Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound!

Originally appeared in the Huffington Post on  10/10/2010 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alemayehu-g-mariam/ethiopia-birtukan-unbound_b_757501.html An October to Remember The great American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote: “All things on earth point home in old October; sailors…

The Ghost and the Spirit

Alemayehu G. Mariam After the Dust Settled After the dust settled following Meles Zenawi’s speech at Columbia’s World Leaders Forum, a dark shadow and glowing light were visible on stage…