Last night we had a festive outdoor celebration at Amadu Hotel where the Elders were staying. A sheep was slaughtered, butchered, and cooked on an outdoor fire served with traditional Ethiopian food and beer. The One Love Band played late into the night. The two Marines from the Embassy detachment who were training …
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The formal Cultural Exchange meeting is held in the large conference room of our hotel. We’ve arranged a semi circle for the Elders, Tes, Linda and myself to sit, and rows of chairs for the seminarians facing us. Tes recommended that the American men wear suits and the women wear long skirts or a …
*This is the sixth installment in a series of writings from the first East African Aikido Seminar and Cultural Exchange, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can find Report #1 Here. The first day of the East African Aikido Seminar is packed with last minute details and adjusting to the endless stream of changes: flights from Kenya …
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*This is the fifth installment in a series of writings from the first East African Aikido Seminar and Cultural Exchange, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can find Report #4 Here. I wake with the morning call to prayer from the muezzin in the mosque across the street. The thin rind of the moon, detached and milky, …
*This is the fourth installment in a series of writings from the first East African Aikido Seminar and Cultural Exchange, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can find Report #1 Here. The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa sits on a slight rise with an expansive view of the northeast section of the city and beyond to …
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