Cultural Corner

- Ethiopia

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Facts and Figures
* Articles and Links
* Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC
* Lesson Plans

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Facts and Figures: 

World Fact Book: Ethiopia— A comprehensive list of basic information about Ethiopia from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/et.html

Ethiopia: A country study— An online book on Ethiopia from the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/ettoc.html 

Languages of Ethiopia— An authoritative listing of the spoken living languages of Ethiopia by the SIL International’s Ethnologue site

Tana H School Students

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Articles and Links: 


Lonely Planet
— Ethiopia- An overview of Ethiopia from Lonely Planet’s online magazine.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/ethiopia/ 

Education in Ethiopia— Statistics and articles on primary and secondary education in Ethiopia.
http://chora.virtualave.net/gnews.html 

Embassy of Ethiopia— Information about government and politics and travel and culture from the US Embassy of Ethiopia.
http://www.ethiopianembassy.org/index.shtml 

Climate, Points of Interest, and Travel in Ethiopia— Information on facts, history and social points from Africanet homepage.
http://www.africanet.com/africanet/country/ethiopia/home.htm 

Ethiopian News— News articles on Ethiopia from Addis Tribune an Ethiopian International Magazine. http://www.addistribune.com/ 

Religion in Ethiopia— Information and articles about Indigenous religions in Ethiopia.  http://atheism.about.com/library/world/AJ/bl_EthiopiaIndigenous.htm?iam=savvy&terms=religion+ethiopia

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Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC:


Senai Afework discusses native short stories that her aunts and grandmother have told her

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Lesson Plans: 

Drought, Famine, and Geographic Diversity: A collection of lesson plans and other resources from National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/morellwier68.html

 

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