World History
Obama Factor: Ethiopians and Their Place in World History by Mitiku Adisu Important paleontological findings of the past three decades have identified Ethiopia as providing the firmest clue to human origins and to ‘conceptual thinking.’ This statement is, however, too general for our present purposes. With Barack Obama taking center stage and Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday approaching we may want to revisit specific contributions Ethiopians have made to world community. In an earlier post we cited that the Luo in Kenya, Southern Sudan and possibly Uganda claim Obama as one of their own; Ethiopians, on the other hand, opted to rename him Brook [blessed v. blessing] in the hope that he will be the one blessing we need to end the deception and misery being carried out in the name of democracy. But unlike Kenyans and Sudanese we already have Abe Lincoln, Alexander Pushkin, and Peter Ustinov in our list of notables. How so? Well, Abe Linco...