Comments on: Feedelix – speaking in your own language http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/05/feedelix-speaking-in-your-own-language/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Meskel Square http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/05/feedelix-speaking-in-your-own-language/comment-page-1/#comment-368438 Meskel Square Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:02:54 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1473#comment-368438 <strong>Lunch at the Greek lunch...</strong> Had lunch the other day with TED attendee Ted Kidane (try saying that quickly) and his wife at the Greek Club. We were in a post-conference African Renaissance high. So the conversation turned naturally to trying to imagine what Ethiopia...... Lunch at the Greek lunch…

Had lunch the other day with TED attendee Ted Kidane (try saying that quickly) and his wife at the Greek Club. We were in a post-conference African Renaissance high. So the conversation turned naturally to trying to imagine what Ethiopia……

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Africa: speaking your own language http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/05/feedelix-speaking-in-your-own-language/comment-page-1/#comment-327592 Global Voices Online » Africa: speaking your own language Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:26:50 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1473#comment-327592 [...] Ted Kidane came to the United States from Ethiopia twenty four years ago as a student, with $50 in his pocket. He starts his talk with a story about misunderstanding - he was visiting a tax preparer (which he found weird as, in Ethiopia, the government never gives money back to you), and then man said “Get out of here.” Kidane didn’t know he was joking, and ran out of the office. He offers this as a lesson in the importance of understanding language and communication,” writes Ethan Zuckerman from Arusha, Tanzania. Share This [...] [...] Ted Kidane came to the United States from Ethiopia twenty four years ago as a student, with $50 in his pocket. He starts his talk with a story about misunderstanding – he was visiting a tax preparer (which he found weird as, in Ethiopia, the government never gives money back to you), and then man said “Get out of here.” Kidane didn’t know he was joking, and ran out of the office. He offers this as a lesson in the importance of understanding language and communication,” writes Ethan Zuckerman from Arusha, Tanzania. Share This [...]

]]> By: Feedelix - Speaking in your Own Language - AfricanLoft http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/05/feedelix-speaking-in-your-own-language/comment-page-1/#comment-327419 Feedelix - Speaking in your Own Language - AfricanLoft Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:34:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1473#comment-327419 [...] P stands for possibilities O stands for opportunity V stands for validation of our ideas E stands for enthusiasm to do things R stands for resillience T stands for trust Y stands for yesOriginal by Ethan Zuckerman (Blog: My Heart’s in Accra) writes from TED conference in Arusha, Tanzania. [...] [...] P stands for possibilities O stands for opportunity V stands for validation of our ideas E stands for enthusiasm to do things R stands for resillience T stands for trust Y stands for yesOriginal by Ethan Zuckerman (Blog: My Heart’s in Accra) writes from TED conference in Arusha, Tanzania. [...]

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