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Dreams of Abyssinia: A ‘forenji’ in the former Ethiopian Empire
Forenji is an Ethiopian word, in the Amharic language, which means foreigner. I arrived in Addis Ababa on Dec. 20, due to spend my entire Christmas holiday traveling to the north of the country and back before New Year’s Eve – Dec. 31. At Hotel Taitu, located in Addis’ historic Piazza district, I checked in and hit…