Éthiopie

Sara Brunelle,
intern in Johannesburg, South Africa

The following text is an excerpt from a much longer one written by the intern :

[…] I have been tracking down Ethiopians in my neighborhood ever since I returned [to Johannesburg]. Living in the center of Pan African Yeoville, this task isn’t very difficult, I found quite a few at the local Rasta club, and though everyone there is wearing red-green-yellow, Ethiopians distinctively dance only in the shoulders. They get a real laugh when I show up from nowhere saying « hello, how are you », and « what is your name » in Amaharic. But because of this, I now have the fortunate opportunity of hanging out in traditional Ethiopian coffee houses right here in my own neighborhood ! Which is fantastic because Ethiopian coffee is so delicious.