LET US BE LIKE THE MARKET
11 August, 2009 | By Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin, PhD
Special to nazret.com
defines us.
My reality is that, born in Addis Ababa, I first left Ethiopia with my
family at the age of four to live in New York city, accompanying my
father, Zaude Gabre-Madhin, who was a senior United Nations official,
prior to which he served in the Imperial government. Upon returning a
few years later, my family then left Ethiopia again, escaping the chaos
of the new Dergue regime, this time to Rwanda and later Togo, Malawi,
and Kenya. I thus grew up in six different countries, going to school in
French as well as English, and learning Swahili along the way.
Throughout this time, my parents, to whom I owe everything, instilled
in me and my sisters the deepest love and pride for our country
Ethiopia. As I grew up in different cultures, grappling to understand my
adolescent identity, I drew on the stories my parents told me of my
heritage and of those who came before me. My mother, Bizuwork
Bekele, who never missed a chance to boast about her beloved Harar,
shared stories of my incredible great-grandmother, Imahoy Saba Yifat,
from Menz and Gondar by origin, who lived in rural Hararghe as a
widow after the Italian invasion and was one of the few women fighters
of her time standing up to the invaders to defend the land and her six
children....More
11 August, 2009 | By Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin, PhD
Special to nazret.com
- Much has recently been made of my ethnic
identity although this is a matter of no
relevance whatsoever to a reasoned
discourse on the existence of the Ethiopia
Commodity Exchange. However, when the
unnecessary gets in the way of the
important, however unpleasant it may be, it
must be faced. I am Ethiopian, as truly and
wonderfully as that is, and no one has the
right to define, reduce, or otherwise
dismiss my identity. I do not apologize for
or defend who I am, as each one of us,
defines us.
My reality is that, born in Addis Ababa, I first left Ethiopia with my
family at the age of four to live in New York city, accompanying my
father, Zaude Gabre-Madhin, who was a senior United Nations official,
prior to which he served in the Imperial government. Upon returning a
few years later, my family then left Ethiopia again, escaping the chaos
of the new Dergue regime, this time to Rwanda and later Togo, Malawi,
and Kenya. I thus grew up in six different countries, going to school in
French as well as English, and learning Swahili along the way.
Throughout this time, my parents, to whom I owe everything, instilled
in me and my sisters the deepest love and pride for our country
Ethiopia. As I grew up in different cultures, grappling to understand my
adolescent identity, I drew on the stories my parents told me of my
heritage and of those who came before me. My mother, Bizuwork
Bekele, who never missed a chance to boast about her beloved Harar,
shared stories of my incredible great-grandmother, Imahoy Saba Yifat,
from Menz and Gondar by origin, who lived in rural Hararghe as a
widow after the Italian invasion and was one of the few women fighters
of her time standing up to the invaders to defend the land and her six
children....More
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