others have to sift through the pieces. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, nebil: addis ababa. anthony: admit it. you hear the name ethiopia and you think starving children with distended bellies. you think dust and famine and despair so awful, you frankly don t want to even think about it anymore. but take a look. addis ababa, capital city of ethiopia. a cool, high altitude, urban center that will both confirm and confound expectations. fueled largely by direct foreign investment and a returning ethiopian diaspora eager to be part of the new growth, things are changing in addis. it s one of the fastest growing economies in the world . it s not the first time the place has gone through a growth spurt. in the 1950s, emperor hai
you know, something unexpected happened. anthony: in 1974, emperor haile selassie was deposed and the very unpleasant general mengistu and a hard-lying communist regime called the derg took over the country. as in mao s china, all agricultural property was taken over by the state and broken up into small parcels. petros: everything what my father had, the land, the property, is confiscated. and those who had the authority, they had the chance to work together, to cooperate, or they were enemies. anthony: right. anyone deemed an enemy of the state, and this could be a very dangerously loose definition, but usually and typically included the educated, the well-off, and anyone associated with the former government were hunted down, shunned, jailed, harassed, and often straight out killed.
so, who is your father? maya: my dad was my hero and everyone s hero in this i mean everyone, but my brother could explain a little bit more. petros: he was a local chief and also a member of the supreme, or the highest court, you can say. during the haile selassie period he was engaged in more innovative and experimental and mechanized farm. with, during the communist anthony: yes. petros: period. you know, something unexpected happened. anthony: in 1974 emperor haile selassie was deposed and the very unpleasant general mengistu and a hard-lying communist regime called the derg took over the country. as in mao s china, all agricultural property was taken over by the state and broken up into small parcels. petros: everything what my
hard-lying communist regime called the derg took over the country. as in mao s china, all agricultural property was taken over by the state and broken up into small parcels. petros: everything what my father had, the land, the property, is confiscated. and those who had the authority, they had the chance to work together, to cooperate, or they were enemies. anthony: right. anyone deemed an enemy of the state, and this could be a very dangerously loose definition, but usually and typically included the educated, the well-off and anyone associated with the former government were hunted down, shunned, jailed, harassed and often straight out
so, who is your father? maya: my dad was my hero and everyone s hero in this i mean everyone, but my brother could explain a little bit more. petros: he was a local chief and also a member of the supreme, or the highest court, you can say. during the haile selassie period he was engaged in more innovative and experimental and mechanized farm. with, during the communist anthony: yes. petros: period. you know, something unexpected happened. anthony: in 1974 emperor haile selassie was deposed and the very unpleasant general mengistu and a hard-lying communist regime called the derg took over the country. as in mao s china, all agricultural property was taken over by the state and broken up into small parcels. petros: everything what my father had, the land, the property, is confiscated.