After
school, Nicolas goes through his weekly
ritual. With a punk look, an extroverted and
intense nature, Nicolas always shaves his head
on Thursday, keeping four dreadlocks on his
neck. But in Ethiopia, shaved hair is a sign a
sign of mourning... and here, there are a lot.
The
dtudents invite us every day at their place.
They are poor, most of our pupils are issued
from a peasant familly. Many of them live in
huts, with corn and spice fields around. All
of them offer us, Injera, tea, a soda,
coffee... They give us all that they have with
a lot of dignity and generosity. But
it's still hard to exchange ideas with the
population. Except our students, a very few
people can speak english. Old people know a
few words of italian, as a memory of the
attempt of colonization. Most of the people
are of orthodox beliefs and peacefully coexist
with catholics, protesants, muslims. Tonight,
we went to see Enouk, a radio, electric
devices, and audio tapes dealer. Seen as one
of Meki's richmen, he prepared us a meal with
fish. We gave him two tapes, one of Luis
Armstrong, the other from the latest
Jamiroquai. His father is an incredible
character: he's 88 years old, wich is very
uncommon in Africa... and had his last son
when he was 77 !!! Our compliments !
And
now click on the picture
and download the VIDEO !
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Here are some expressions of
the people we meet:
Farengi
- 'a stranger' scream
the children when we arrive in
little villages
Where
are you go? - A casual
expression when we go downtown.
You
...hey you! - to get our
attention.
Caramella
- the children say this to obtain
something.
Money
- people beg in the big cities,
not in the countryside. In the
villages, people would give you
everything they have with a lot of
dignity.
My
ambition is... - say
seriously our students about their
future.
Franco!
Franco! - Shout the children
when they see Franck. He became a
real personality here.
Let
me move now - our new
expression since Ejegu said it.
(see video 09.03.2001)
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Revolt
of the Ethiopian students !
All began the
last 12th of April, when two
teachers gave a conference in the
University of Addis Abeba about
Human Rights. The next Monday
after the Conference, a small
group of students beagan to
protest inside the University,
with slogans like: "Stand up
for your rights!". Hundreds
of people joined them. Inside this
group, there were unfortunately
infiltrated agents. That's how the
incidents began...
Policemen,
then soldiers, armed and driving
armoured vehicles, start to fight
against the crowd. The fightings,
very violent, lasted four days.
The official assessment was 32
dead young people, one thousand
injured.
The actual
Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, is now
trying to minimize the facts. But
today, a few days from the
beginning of term, people are
talking about what happened... The
situation is all but quiet.
We'll try to
know more about it.
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Finals
of the Meki School soccer
tournament. We'll organize our
last week-end in Ethiopia. What
about you, Virtual ? Come on the
Forum, and think about the
Car@van's next step...
We must
feel unite in these difficult days
for the all World.
team@nomadcommunity.com
- loako@hotmail.com
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