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. maya s dad was all those things, an educated landowner and part of the rural tribal administration from the selassie time. most people who had the means left the country. petros: i know this guy who is appointed, you know, as a governor of the region, killed 60 people in the region. in three year s time. maya: nobody knows when he s coming. anthony: right. maya: so he could, he d just knock our door and my mom, she
gets it every time he comes. he gave her bullets. he tells her, this bullet next time is yours if don t bring your husband. so my dad always came to visit us in nighttime, so he never been really home or around during the daytime. anthony: so for most of that time your father had to live in hiding. maya: yeah. petros: yeah, and then we all survived by the grace of god, and we are blessed for this.
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everybody s got a function. you know? it s, it goes right back to the first fire. i mean, i ll bring the dip. you know? maya: normally, you hold it like this, and then you have, you put everything you want in here. marcus: okay, cool. anthony: got it. maya: so you guys could take some and then we re going to take it around. anthony: perfect. gomen and ayib are greens, like collards, with a big hit of berbere and ayib cheese. mmm. i like the cheese. it s like a ricotta. marcus: that s right. anthony: lamb kiftu, prepared gurage style. laboriously diced. amazing. maya: this is all, like, innards. anthony: yeah, i got some of that, that s good. that s delicious. marcus: yeah. anthony: this i love without reservation. barbecue, now we re talking. man, what a meal. pretty impressive.