I am really astonished how you articulate and convey your message. Please continue with this and if any support is needed we are ready to support you, as an independent Ethiopian-Americans.

You yourself and many Ethiopian Women like you have to be promoted. Our history tells us that women are very strong to straighten up this Chemlaka System. We can only come out of this deep
ditch through strength.

We love the way you write.

Thank you
Getachew

Bertukan In the trails of her ancestors

It was a pleasure to read Lulit’s Mesfin account of how the glorious
heroine, Bertikwan Mideqsa was tumultuously received by thousands of her
people in our capital.

I trust that the admirable compatriot, who did everything in the
demands of her conscience, is cognizant of other Ethiopian heroines of
yester years.

Ethiopia’s early history is replete with chronicles of women leaders
whose heroic deeds were of epic proportion. Birtkwan trailed in the
trodden path of her proud forbears.

Yes, it was under the command of queen Candace, that Ethiopia
decisively pre-empted the might of the invading Roman army in Merewe (or
Meroe, in present day Sudan) and routed out its formidable garrisons..

Some opine that the studied reluctance of Alexander the Great to march
to the South of Egypt, had to do with his practical lessons in
history. He consulted caution and carefully avoided tampering with the
Ethiopian lioness, Candace, who had hitherto dealt a mortal blow to the
Romans. Had the Macedonian ventured to prowl in her territory, just South of
Egypt, the course of world history would have changed as he most
assuredly would have been mauled.

Sabba, the controversial Yodit Gudit, the influential Eleni Mohammed,
and Taitu Btul, were some of the brave and wise women leaders who
protected and bequeathed to us our great nation.

There were women pharaohs of Ethiopian origin in ancient Egypt of the
25th dynasty . Compare that with the West, where women until recently,
were at best considered ‘half men’.

So, when Lulit says Ethiopia is a patriarchal society ( which society
is not ?), it would be fitting to say so in context. In other words,
reference needs to be made that Ethiopian societies in the past were not
preponderantly androcentric .

The highly acclaimed egalitarian commune of Awra Amba, near Gondar
that was founded on the basis of complete gender parity by Nuru Zumra a
few decades ago , too is an Ethiopian invention.

If this valiant history make the the band of petty,
mis-educated, misguided and parochial rifraffs who are battering the motherland cringe
in shame, it would herald Ethiopia’s rather belated renaissance. For,
the great country has unduly regressed for too long, largely because we
her children allowed it.

Inqutatash le dfin Ethiopyawyan
Debru Negash, M.D.

Inspiring

Selam Dear Lulit

I really feel confidence & hope when I see articles of yours and some others Ethiomedia contributors and at the same time feel shocked when I think what if they are not available? The only means of getting the truth about my country. Frankly speaking, it is good not to think about that!!!

Any way my today e-mail is provoked by your recent two articles. I clapped!!! in fact it is not in a way Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam mentioned in Wzt. Birtkuan award ceremony, which may make people drunk. However, I couldn’t hide my admiration & respect every time I read your article. Please do not get tired. Egziabher yirdawo!

Peace, good health, love and long age to you & all “yekurt ken ye Ethiopia lijoch”

With regards,
Tibebu

Thumbs Up!

Woud Lulit;

It is such a wonderful commentary. Please keep it up.”Indeed the Sun Has Risen In Ethiopia, Darkness Is No More!”Let every one do something so the suffering of our country be shorter.

I love it,

Zegeye

Change’s Long overdue

Hi Lulit,

I read the article and I was moved seeing so many people out supporting Bertukan. I hope it brings a positive change for our motherland. It is too long for us to wait to see a change, ever since Mengistu time.

Thanks for the wonderful article.

Regards,
Teddy

Ethiomedia: Fruitful

Dear Lulit,

I am one of your regular customer of your website, my deepest appreciation to Mr. Abraha Belai for his relentless effort that he has made this website available to the freedom hungry Ethiopians his people: Thank you, Thank you. Had it not been for Ethiomedia we wouldn’t have any thing to communicate with. Secondly Lulit honestly I was crying from the start to finish when I read what you have written about our HERO Birtukan Mideksa and the die hard Ferencay sefer Ethiopian Heros Achiievement. You are so incredible. I know you are the daughter of our Father and Father of Ethiopian Democracy, Prof.Mesfin. No wonder, you cannot be different. Keep it up we are with you.

God Bless you!

Shiferaw

Editor’s Note – Senior Editor Lulit Mesfin is NOT the daughter of Professor Mesfin Woldemariam. However, she herself is a dogged human rights fighter, which makes her a good disciple of the founding father of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (Ehrco). We’re grateful for your inspiring words. – Ed.