Aïda Muluneh
Cycles (Ethiopia) (The Road of Glory Series), 2020
photograph printed on Hahnemühle photo rag bright white
31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in (80 x 80 cm)
Edition of 7
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The fundraising campaign Live Aid and the song Do They Know It’s Christmas? – controversial today for its simplistic portrayal of Africa – turned the eyes of the world to...
The fundraising campaign Live Aid and the song Do They Know It’s Christmas? – controversial today for its simplistic portrayal of Africa – turned the eyes of the world to Ethiopia and the famine of 1983–85.
The dictator Hailemariam limited food supplies to areas viewed as oppositional to his rule. Thus, the effects of the drought, which would otherwise be manageable, were greatly worsened.
“I think about the mothers who watch their children die, either by a bullet or by hunger.”
The dictator Hailemariam limited food supplies to areas viewed as oppositional to his rule. Thus, the effects of the drought, which would otherwise be manageable, were greatly worsened.
“I think about the mothers who watch their children die, either by a bullet or by hunger.”