“I am a Winner”, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Published on November 16, 2009
Women chat at a typical Harari shop, with a window to the street from inside the multi-family walled compound.
Archive for November, 2009
Shop Scene with Goat (Goat #4), Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Published on November 13, 2009
Women (and a goat) chat at a typical shop on the streets of Harar.
Goat #3 (Chewing Chat), Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Published on November 12, 2009
This goat is partaking of the leaves of chat (qat), the favorite past-time and narcotic of choice of the Harari people. Only the young soft leaves are chewed to gain the narcotic effects (followed by a period of stimulation), so the rest are thrown into the street for the goats, with predictable results in terms [...]
Street Scene, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Published on November 9, 2009
A man walks by a poster showing some of the Italian influence in Harar, as elsewhere in Ethiopia.