Our Man who passed for a Mau Mau hero

Anyone with a slight familiarity with the Kenyan’s struggle against the British colonial forces is bound to know what the Mau Mau movement is.

The small band of independent fighters that emerged in 1952 among the Kikuyus of Central Kenya became popular for their dedication in the struggle against the British colonial forces, their collaborators and informants.

 But as it turned out later, the movement wasn’t destined to last long, as dwindling moral and logistic come to split it.

Gender Bias on Men

Read this and cry for Canadian fathers. Think of what a typical Ethiopian father would say when he hears this gender discrimination on men.Gud saisema meskerem aitebam?

Emperor Haile Selassie’s favourite dog, Lulu

Mammo Haile had worked as Emperor Haile Selassie’s valet for thirty years.He still works at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, where he takes care of his former master’s private quarters in the museum.

 Philip Marsden, an English travel writer, who authored the book, ‘The Chains of Heaven, An Ethiopian Romance’ (HarperCollinspublishers, 2005) met him there. Marsden described him as a person who had ‘chaotic teeth, a hangdog expression, and an undimmed devotion to his master.’

Mammo told the writer his stories, including about His Majesty’s favourite dog, Lulu.

Marsden said he had seen a picture of Lulu sitting in the emperor’s lap while he stroked her with his small, feminine hands .He described her as a tiny, frog-eyed Chihuahua.