Ethiopia - Mata-Hara, Karayou Shepherd

Mata-Hara, Ethiopia

Karayou Shepherd 

Photo-Art, George Talanos, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

This real-photo postcard is postmarked around 1955.

The sender writes:

All continues to go well.  Africa is almost beyond belief for the boys as well as myself.  We have an interview with the king tomorrow.  As he rarely grants them to visitors, we are all quite excited.

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Haile Selassie I  (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor from 1930 to 1974. 

He is on the stamps that are on the back of this postcard.  I wonder if this is who they were able to interview???

Ethiopia - Mother and Child

Etiopialainen aiti  -  (Ethiopian mother)
Valok.: Kaisa Huttunen  -  (Photo: Kaisa Hutunen)
2009

The sender writes that these postcards were sold to support missionary work.

Ethiopia - Harar, Shadow of a Donkey

Harar
Shadow of a Donkey (The rope the girl is pulling must be connected to a stubborn donkey.)

Photo: Pavel Mikes in 2010

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Harar, commonly known as Gey, is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. 

Ethiopia - Afar Camp near Gewane, Cows and Camels

Qafar
Afar

Afar camp near Gewane
Rainy season 2009
Ethiopia

Photo: Pavel Mikes

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The Afar (Afar: Qafár), also known as the Danakil, are an ethnic group in the Horn of Africa. They primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti.

The Afar are traditionally roaming farmers, raising goats, sheep, and cows in the desert.

Addis Ababa Restaurant, Ethiopia

The Addis Ababa Restaurant
Le Restaurant D'Addis Abeba
Printed in Ethiopia
Photo: E. Djerrahian

Ethiopia - Harar Market

Selling salt in the colorful Harrar market
Photo: Hapte Selassie

Produced by Ethiopian tourist Organization

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Harar is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and is located on a hilltop, in the eastern extension of the Ethiopian highlands.

Harar Jugol has been included in the World Heritage List in 2006 by UNESCO in recognition of its cultural heritage.

It is also famous for its distinctive, natural processed coffees which bear the same name.