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Balinjeraye: Unity and Diversity are Neighbors, and So Are We

Many people today assume that unity and diversity are enemies. For example, we often hear in politics and religion about the “pro-unity camp” and the “pro-diversity camp.” This binary metaphor pictures unity and diversity as armies on a battlefield struggling for domination. But unity requires diversity. Without diversity, unity becomes sameness and destroys itself, because […]

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Fascinating fact: empress Taytu regarded as brilliant strategist

Behind the victory of heavily-armed Italian troops that attempted to conquer the Empire in 1896, which maintained Ethiopia as the only African nation that was never colonized, lies a brilliant military strategist named Empress Taytu Betul. Taytu was the loyal and respectful wife of Menelik II; their marriage was beyond romance as it was believed

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