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ETHIOPIA<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
XVII<br />
LIFE IN ADDIS<br />
We took a house close to the School and hired an Ethiopian girl to help at home.<br />
The house was a one bedroom house with a large sitting room with fireplace. It belonged to Ato<br />
Alemayu a young educated Ethiopian. Since Addis Ababa was on elevated hill, it was cold all<br />
the year round. We slept with a coal of fire in the bedroom. Because of the fear of carbon<br />
dioxide poisoning it was not a burning fire. Embers were enough to keep the room warm.<br />
The school was only within walking distance. Mr. Wood was the Principal. I started teaching<br />
the High School Physics and Mathematics. Most of the teachers in all Ethiopian schools were<br />
either British or Indian. There were large Indian communities both in education as well as in<br />
business. Most of the Indian teachers were from Kerala and that from the Christian community<br />
as Haile Selassie had a special corner for Christians from Kerala. The Ethiopian Coptic<br />
Nestorian Church shares the faith with the Kerala Jacobite tradition almost completely.<br />
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