The shame of a continent!!!

[GAMES]

LooL the irony in all this is, half the stuff at Dulles, Reagan and Minneapolis St Paul International airport are Ethiopians. And it's spiffy clean...u can literally eat off the floor. It's that clean.

Maybe they need to import some of these people over to manage and run the place.

[Lamagoodle]

Africa's biggest problems was the lack of modern state geared economic developed and the lack of national conciousness development of any kind pre colonialism. Colonialism is a problem so long as it drew fake lines on a map, but the biggest issue lay in the quality and experience of the people. So in essence most Africans were hundreds of years behind European/Middle Eastern/ East Asian countries. Today in most African countries these problems have been reduced.Ethiopia although has had some level of national conciousness mostly restricted to some of the highlanders; most of Ethiopia was in essence a colony itself under occupation no different from most sub saharan countries sxb. So i dont buy into that. I dont see why Ethiopia should be put on a higher pedestal.

L stands for Loss.

Saaxib; Africa has relatively been doing good. Economic growth has been in double digits for the last two decades or so in many countries. Yes, granted some of these growth is not that big in absolute terms but generally the continent has been doing well. Ethiopia in particular has been doing exceptionally well.

The problems are huge; we lack institutions , or those that we have are weak. There is also population growth that is not matched by economic growth.

As I said, Ethiopia is the gateway to Africa; it cannot blame colonialism (boy, I can write essays on the impact of colonialism on Africa) and besides why build a big airport when you cannot build and maintain toilets?

Thanks for describing the L.

[Lamagoodle]

Lama,En galen dilemma jag förstår. Man vill ha dem samtidigt blir man äcklad när man tänker hygien mässigt.

Sant.

[AbdiJohnson]

LooL the irony in all this is, half the stuff at Dulles, Reagan and Minneapolis St Paul International airport are Ethiopians. And it's spiffy clean...u can literally eat off the floor. It's that clean.

Maybe they need to import some of these people over to manage and run the place.

Add Logan to that list

Lamagoodle, the souvenir shop? I vaguely remember. But Ill never forget that restaurant. Cute chick, and food that gave me food poisoning

I am,

Abdi "I barfed on the plane" Johnson

[srsbsns]

Africa's biggest problems was the lack of modern state geared economic development and the non existant national conciousness of any kind pre colonialism. Colonialism is a problem so long as it drew fake lines on a map and forcefully joined uncivilised tribes together, but the biggest issue lay in the quality and experience of the people (average worker/technocrat) whom define the course of any nation. So in essence most Africans were hundreds of years behind European/Middle Eastern/ East Asian countries. Today in most African countries these problems have been reduced.Ethiopia although has had some level of national conciousness mostly restricted to some of the highlanders; most of Ethiopia was in essence a colony itself under occupation no different from most sub saharan countries sxb. So i dont buy into that. I dont see why Ethiopia should be put on a higher pedestal.

L stands for Loss.

Truth. Thing is, most parts of what is Ethiopia was and is still colonized. Europeans first, now the Amhara/Tigray. Can't believe why it's protected by external forces when any media exposure would make people realize it's basically a effective colonial entity.

[Lamagoodle]

LooL the irony in all this is, half the stuff at Dulles, Reagan and Minneapolis St Paul International airport are Ethiopians. And it's spiffy clean...u can literally eat off the floor. It's that clean.

Maybe they need to import some of these people over to manage and run the place.

Add Logan to that list

Lamagoodle, the souvenir shop? I vaguely remember. But Ill never forget that restaurant. Cute chick, and food that gave me food poisoning

I am,

Abdi "I barfed on the plane" Johnson

Abdi, yes and the other one; a few meters where they sell cig; they were all over me. The only thing I was thinking about was the toilet visit

[Estarix]

Africa's biggest problems was the lack of modern state geared economic developed and the lack of national conciousness development of any kind pre colonialism. Colonialism is a problem so long as it drew fake lines on a map, but the biggest issue lay in the quality and experience of the people. So in essence most Africans were hundreds of years behind European/Middle Eastern/ East Asian countries. Today in most African countries these problems have been reduced.Ethiopia although has had some level of national conciousness mostly restricted to some of the highlanders; most of Ethiopia was in essence a colony itself under occupation no different from most sub saharan countries sxb. So i dont buy into that. I dont see why Ethiopia should be put on a higher pedestal.

L stands for Loss.

Saaxib; Africa has relatively been doing good. Economic growth has been in double digits for the last two decades or so in many countries. Yes, granted some of these growth is not that big in absolute terms but generally the continent has been doing well. Ethiopia in particular has been doing exceptionally well.

The problems are huge; we lack institutions , or those that we have are weak. There is also population growth that is not matched by economic growth.

As I said, Ethiopia is the gateway to Africa; it cannot blame colonialism (boy, I can write essays on the impact of colonialism on Africa) and besides why build a big airport when you cannot build and maintain toilets?

Thanks for describing the L.

So colonialism only applies when white people do it?... i understand your well versed in the history of NFD in Kenya, would you not describe the state of the people there for the past 50 yrs something akin to colonialism. The Somalis and Oromos (basically a plurality of pop of Ethiopia) have been under worse conditions.
Like i said before the root of the problem though (if we ignore colonialism) lies with the history and culture. And the two are inseparable.

[TheblueNwhite]

I used to hear about how it's a normal thing for Ethiopians (men and women) to urinate in the middle of street whenever they get the urge to pee.

I thought it was just dacaayad until I saw it with my own two eyes.
The Senegalese are 100 times better when it comes to nadaafad in the suuli.

[AbdiJohnson]

LooL the irony in all this is, half the stuff at Dulles, Reagan and Minneapolis St Paul International airport are Ethiopians. And it's spiffy clean...u can literally eat off the floor. It's that clean.

Maybe they need to import some of these people over to manage and run the place.

Add Logan to that list

Lamagoodle, the souvenir shop? I vaguely remember. But Ill never forget that restaurant. Cute chick, and food that gave me food poisoning

I am,

Abdi "I barfed on the plane" Johnson

Abdi, yes and the other one; a few meters where they sell cig; they were all over me. The only thing I was thinking about was the toilet visit

Don't remember using the washroom but I can imagine it being nasty

I don't like how the Ethiopian Airlines puts regular people off of planes and gives priority to UN workers on standby to fly first. I yelled at the workers. I'm surprised I wasn't arrested by the government

I am,

Abdi "I threatened them" Johnson

[Lamagoodle]

Estarix, you have a point. Colonialism is colour blind. The ppl of the NFD have experienced it; the British and the Kenyans.

But my point was that Ethiopia as a country has been free (many african countries blame it for our misfortunes). Ethiopia, generally, is viewed as a gateway to Africa. The OAU and many other org have their HQs there.

Blue True; I have visited 25+ african countries and we could say what we want about african airports but they are clean.

Abdi J, yes, they delayed my flight too; no information and we were caged like birds into a hall .

[GAMES]

So how was ur overall experience in Ethiopia though? Did you at least enjoy the place? I haven't really been to Africa since I left that place, would definitely love to go there if I can scrap enuff lacag to travel.

[Lamagoodle]

Games; Africa = pibolar
On the one hand, poverty, crime, injustices, the lack of law and order, corruption, unemployment, ppl wanting to have a life beyond their means and much more heinous aspects. Tribal societies; we have not taken the evolutionary stride to modernity.

On the other, the scent, the ppl, the easy life and a sense of pride.

That is Africa.

[GAMES]

LooL sounds like a nice place to visit.

[Robotic]

Lama, dom är riktigt skarriga. Visste du att de flesta etiopier har pottor under sina sängar. Istället för att gå till toaletten så pissar dom i pottan i rummet och fortsätter sova.

HAHAHAHHAHAAHAH!

[Bella18]

Waa la yaabay
Lamagoodle, meel kasta wax baad ka sheegta, halkee ku roon eebow?