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
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.
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. 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
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.
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