Come to Ethiopia

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If nostalgia

Beset your mind

Come to Ethiopia

a cradle of mankind!

Come to Ethiopia

With no hesitation

Ancient civilization

will engross

Your attention!

Before identity quest

you smother,

Come to Ethiopia

Cause

Lucy, your great,

Great grandmother

You could watch closer!

A melting pot of

Over 80 ethnic groups,

who with

Cordial hospitality,

Will embrace you

without standing to

Ceremony or formality.

Come to Ethiopia

a mosaic of culture

a true place for adventure!

If you need

an original taste of

Coffee Arabica

Come to Ethiopia

A beacon light to Africa

To freedom fighters

Up to America.

Come to Ethiopia

you will meet there

People who have to borrow

Valor from nowhere!

Come to Ethiopia

Triggering off no

Feelings of discomfort

Mosques churches abut.

Come to Ethiopia

in a way

Description that defy

A church by a

Muslim name goes by!

Come to Ethiopia

An exemplary country

to deter common enemy

to spur development

in a spectacular bent

Muslims and Christians

Each other’s heart rent.

Come to Ethiopia

whose name on the bible

Times and again bubble!

Come to Ethiopia

for his persecuted

Followers, the Prophet

Mohammed

A high-heaven marked!

Come to Ethiopia

Now on the path

Of renaissance

Mutual regional growth,

a sustainable peace

Are whose

Unwavering stance!

Come to Ethiopia

a country with its own

Alphabet and calendar!

Of course you will wonder

when you get yourself

Eight years younger!

Come to Ethiopia

to feast your eyes

on breathtaking waterfalls

Scenery and greenery

God-hand-made caves

Endemic animals and birds

Live volcanoes

Obelisks and

Rock-hewn churches.

You shall feast

Your eyes on Harar wall

For the Muslim

A holy city on row four!

You will stand a chance

For Ivangadi a traditional

Spectacular dance

Also Konso’s terrace.

Come to Ethiopia

Aside from adventure,

you could collect

Invincible athletes

And successful Olympians’

Signature!

Your souvenir picture

with them

You may capture!

Of course

you can board ‘Ethiopian’

that was there when

the horizon of aviation

History when we scan.

Come to Ethiopia

The celebration of

the finding of the true cross

the pilgrimage

To Sheik Hussein Mosque

and Epiphany

that have

No parallels by any!

Come to Ethiopia

to see first-hand

a country

13 months sunny!

Come to Ethiopia

to enjoy

A Teff-made

Flat bread organic

Found not carcinogenic!

You will gather

Like coffee

Teff and its

Bread chemistry

Time-old, with it,

That were there,

Are blessings

To the rest of the world

Ethiopia Proffer!

Come to Ethiopia

If you want to understand

As to what is meant

By black pride!

If you worry about class

Ethiopia today

has countless

Hotels shining with stars!

A tourist destination, peaceful coexistence, a land where Christians and Muslims unite like milk and water, a cradle land of mankind, your origin

 BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS

SUNDAY EDITION 30 JANUARY 2022

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