Ethiopian Peasant Claims to Be '160-Year-Old'

6 September 2013

Addis Ababa — Dhaqabo Ebba, an Ethiopian peasant and a renowned community elder from Ethiopia's Oromia region says he is 160 years old.

In an interview with a local Television station, Oromia TV, Ebba claims to have passed through power transfers under the Gadaa system - the Oromo people's own cultural, social, and political system - which accordingly will make him at least 160 years old.

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