“This was a great result for Ethiopia, but Tirunesh stole the show with her win.”
Kenenisa Bekele
“The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
“The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia”
African Proverb
“Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) / That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, / In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: / When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.”
Bible
“From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.”
“If they try to dominate, then we're probably going to see little brushfire rebellions breaking out in parts of Ethiopia, not at a national level, but as a voice of protest at the continuing hold on power of the EPRDF.”
Matt Bryden
“The critical point is whether there is progress on the cardinal issue: whether Ethiopia has accepted the boundary commission's decision in good faith. The formal statement from the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry yesterday does not encourage one to think in optimistic terms.”
Yemane Gebremeskel
