Habesha <\/em>is the word Ethiopians use to refer to themselves. It literally means “mixture” as in mixture between white and black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost all of us ended up dancing, forcefed in the traditional way by one of the dancers, and generally having a good time. The dinner ended with a coffee ceremony. On the ride home, Frederick gave Brutawit and I both a bar of Belgian chocolate. I arrived at Richard’s place and he and I chatted a bit more before we slept and all too early the next morning Tamir picked me up to take me to the airport for a flight to Axum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 5 was my last night in Addis… it was a fun night! Lynda, Gordon, Frederick, and I met Brutawit, one of Richard’s Ethiopian sister-in-law’s, for dinner at this great place called Saba (or Sheeba, like the queen). Besides excellent … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/stardustdoherty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2007\/03\/DSCN4295.jpg\")
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