Remembering Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian Singer And Activist

[Toyin Falola]

The super talent was shot dead, throwing Ethiopia into turmoil and fear of an ethnic war. This assassination has rubbished the Nobel Peace Prize given to their President.

His songs have inspired millions of people. If you don’t know him, listen to Maalan Jira for a start.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3he6CGF3E

 

 

[Assensoh, Akwasi B.]

Why did the assassination "rubbish" the Nobel Peace Prize given in 2019 to the Ethiopian leader? Has it been established that he killed the super talent?

Please, do not use a language that would make Mr. Trump think that, by de facto, he deserved the 2019 prize due to his orchestrated "peaceful" acts! That was why Mr. Trump's base or supporters often at his rallies, to his applause, loudly chanted: "Nobel, Nobel, Nobel"! Have we so quickly forgotten that after the Ethiopian President received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, his countryman, at the helm of the affairs of the W.H.O., has not known peace from Mr. Trump, who needed the prize to boost his U.S. electoral prospects.

Of course, it is sad that the super talent is wasted in Ethiopia through such an unfortunate assassination, as nobody knows what the aftermath will be. We, however, pray that justice will eventually prevail, and that -- as inscribed on the Atlanta tomb of the late civil rights hero, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it will also be said for the assassinated Ethiopian super star: "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty I am [he is] free at last!" May he rest in peace as well.

A.B. Assensoh.

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The super talent was shot dead, throwing Ethiopia into turmoil and fear of an ethnic war. This assassination has rubbished the Nobel Peace Prize given to their President.

His songs have inspired millions of people. If you don’t know him, listen to Maalan Jira for a start.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3he6CGF3E

 

 

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[Gloria Emeagwali]

There is one other possibility to note in this assassination- The tense situation between Ethiopia and Egypt.

When Simegnew Berkeley Aynalem, the chief engineer for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,  was assassinated in 2018, 

some analysts wondered whether Egypt was involved.They may be asking the same question now.

GE

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[Gloria Emeagwali]

Correction:

Simegnew Bekele Aynalem 

(1964 - 2018)

My question to S.O: How do you

know that God “sits eternally alone.” What if he, she or it is a

polygamist surrounded by a zillion divinities? 

Olayinka are you suggesting that

more of Africa’s wealth should be transferred to Britain? Is the depletion of resources locally,  and wealth transfer to the hegemon, really a solution?

GE

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On Jul 3, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Gloria Emeagwali <gloria.e...@gmail.com> wrote:

There is one other possibility to note in this assassination- The tense situation between Ethiopia and Egypt.