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The Lost Words of Yohannes IV and Abiy Ahmed!


By Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar

Excerpt:

One possible factor, among major others, was Yohannes’s reference to Abu-Anja as “Dejach (ደጃች)”, an honorary Abyssinian title, which the translator wrote it poorly as “Dejaj ((دجاج” and the Mahdi’s read it to mean “chicken” in Arabic (دِجاج). Thus Abu-Anja, in his response said: “You refer to me as chicken Abu-Anja, I am not a chicken rather you are the chicken…”!



Read more here:

http://awate.com/lost-words-yohannes-iv-abiy-ahmed/

Eri,

The 7th king wannabe is a copy cat. He has been reading Ethiopian kings and dictators famous sayings and presenting them as his own. Remember that recent chicken/ cow analogy he copied from Mengistu Hailemariam. BTW, the street gangister bantustani Mengistu didn't mince his words. He was original though.

Blueshift wrote: ↑

07 Jul 2021, 10:14

BTW, the street gangister bantustani Mengistu didn't mince his words. He was original though.

So true

So murderous but true to his aim as well.