I’ve been working for a while on a book for children. I wanted to write something for my two Ethiopian children, a book to show them where they come from, to be proud of their country and their heritage, and also as a starting point to discuss their culture and the adoption. [...]

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The first reunion of adoptive parents and their children, who adopted from Toukoul orphanage is coming. If you haven’t registered yet to attend you have until July 24th 2010 to do so. The reunion will take place between August 5th and 8th in Portland, OR and among the [...]

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  I’ve just read in Brown Condor‘s blog about the amazing documentary Awra Amba, Utopia in Ethiopia. I didn’t even know that this Ethiopian community existed and I was pleasantly surprised. Awra Amba is a town founded by a man named Zumra Nuru, who after witnessing as [...]

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We’ve been quite busy lately (more about this soon!) and I couldn’t find much time to blog. One movie I wanted to watch at the last Cascade Festival of African Films was A Dios Momo, but since I couldn’t, I ended up renting it from Netflix. A Dios [...]

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