Ethiopian Venture - Changing Perceptions of a country closed to the world
Ethiopia is a large, diverse country even by
African standards. Its unique facet is that apart from 6 years of
Italian Occupation, it has never been colonised. Very few foreigners
have left any cultural influence. The Scottish explorer, James Bruce,
wrote in his Travels to Discover The Source of the Nile of the
extraordinary beauty and fascination of 'Abyssinia' in the
1760's.
Despite the rich cultural history of Ethiopia, and the beauty of its landscape, it is still perceived as a country that withholds many secrets.
It was difficult to visit Ethiopia from
1974-1991 due to a harsh military regime called the derg. Powerful
television images from the 1980's of famine and refugee camps are the
dominant influence in most people's minds. Ethiopian Venture aims to
change that perception and expose the potential for travel and
discovery in a land that remains one of the least explored countries
of the world. Click
here for a political, historical and
cultural background to Ethiopia.
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