Ethiopia's Reverence of the Dead Left Me in Awe

opinion

For all delegates to this year's World Press Freedom Day global conference in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian government organized free tours to some of the country's historic sites as well as the eastern industrial park - Ethiopia's oldest industrial park developed by a Chinese investor.

My interest was in a trek to Mount Entoto because of its historic importance to Ethiopia. It is on this Mountain that Emperor Menelik II who ruled Abyssinia (Ethiopia) between 1844 and 1913, built his palace.

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