Comments on: grey & worn ethiopian tales

By: senduQ » Opposite Sides of the Border: Eritrea

senduQ » Opposite Sides of the Border: Eritrea — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:08:33 +0000

[...] life and love it ardently. I identify myself as an Ethiopian; yes! with its many contradictions, conflicted narrative [...]

By: senduQ » Why I write about Ethnicity…

senduQ » Why I write about Ethnicity… — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:21:22 +0000

[...] grey and worn ethiopian tales [...]

By: On History, Theatre & other such bollocks « |s?nduQ|

On History, Theatre & other such bollocks « |s?nduQ| — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:21:02 +0000

[...] simply highlighting the thin ‘arguable’ line between perspective and truth… Ethiopian tales and Ethiopian tarik, history and [...]

By: Reading our Ethnic Past through Genes « |s?nduQ|

Reading our Ethnic Past through Genes « |s?nduQ| — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:31:35 +0000

[...] Legends and stories of ancestors wade in the consciousness of current groups through written records, oral traditions…Claims… The history writers usually have intentions which bias, and limit the accounts. And histories from different camps usually differ because the continuity of each group, the validation for their existence is constructed on a feeling of valor and pride by selectively forgetting parts of history and remembering other parts of it. This is why the first task of an ethnic movement is building a solid grounding through re-examining and dabbling in history through immaculate attention to recorded details: History, read and written. [...]

By: to listen…. « |y?hasab s?nduQ|

to listen…. « |y?hasab s?nduQ| — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:01:14 +0000

[...] me a dreamer or call me something else… but i believe in words and pictures about imaginary worlds that encompass common experiences. for instance, “a nation- an imaginary world” where the experiences of a young nomad [...]