ETHIOPIAN WOMEN: THE ESSENCE OF JEGNOCH I knew this a long time ago, Ethiopian women are the backbone of Ethiopia. I realized this when my grandmother back in Ethiopia (RIP emaye) taught me everything that there was about being a man. She taught me about courage, about audacity, about sticking up for what is right and helping people, above all she taught me about my heritage. Although I knew my grandmother, I never really knew my grandmother. I was only seven when I left Ethiopia and in the process left behind my grandmother emaye. What I know now about her blows my mind, I was literally raised by a war hero. When I was seven I used to play with a medal of hers that was always near and dear to her. It was not until I became a teenager that I learned what the meaning of that medal was. You see, my grandmother fought in World War II against the Italians. She was an airplane gunner, she literally was at the front lines. There is a picture of her standing by the gun, as Italians were using mustard gas on innocent Ethiopians and brutalizing them from the skies, my grandmother was there shooting down those planes, till this day I have yet to meet ONE man who was a bigger G than my grandmother. The medal I used to play with was a medal of honor that Haile Selassie awarded my grandmother for her courage and tenacity. But the story of my grandmother is not exclusive to you, tens of thousands of Ethiopian women back in WWII were doing the same thing even if they were not recognized for their valor like my grandmother was. So this story is a dedication to all Ethiopian women, you dont have to fight in a war to be a war hero, after all, the biggest war in life is this war called life that we all struggle with. Let me take you back to the battle of Adwa for a minute. Sure over 15,000 men perished defending Ethiopia for a colonial power that wanted to colonize Ethiopia. But death is temporary, you die and then you are gone. The biggest war heroes to me during Adwa were not the men who bled and died, it was the women who had their backs during those battles. You see, Ethiopian women have this tradition where they encourage, some say embarrassed, their men. They would tell them to fight and come back home in victory or not to come back at all. They instilled in their men honor, dignity, and valor, no man wanted to come back home defeated and have to face his wife in shame. In fact, some women Ethiopian women actually used to follow their men to battle and literally encourage their men to run straight into bullets and certain death. Like I said, death is instant, but imagine the women who had to witness their men die on the battle field and then had to live with that image for the rest of their lives as widows as they raised their children by themselves. This my friends is the essence of courage and valor, they had no problem sacrificing their husbands for the sake of a united Ethiopia. Ethiopian women to this day have this trait of valor and courage in their genes. They might not be on the battle field, but each day Ethiopian women wake up and fight like soldiers to feed their husbands and children. They go to work only to come back home and do more work, sure the men get the credit, but really all of us know that the true credit is deserved by Ethiopian women. Ethiopian women are the backbone, the heart, and the soul of emama Ethiopia. Without them, there is no us, without them there is no Ethiopia. I love you Ethiopian women, even if I joke around at times and call you yene big foreheadiye, just know that in my heart and my soul I cherish each and every one of you, Ethiopian women are the E in Ethiopia, they are infinity, they are eternal, Ethiopian women are the real jegnoch of every family. RIP Zenebwork Shimeles, I love you emaye, I still remember your qunichach (pinch), if you did to Italians what you did to me for two seconds when you pinched me, man I feel sorry for them :) I hope you are resting well in heaven with my father Fikre, your grandson turned out to be an OK guy, but I can learn a lot about your quite strength and your endless patience. Check out this amazing video of an Ethiopian woman, her name is Wizerot Muluemebet Emiru! What an amazing story, she was the first African pilot to fly a plane! OMG Wizerot Emiru, you are a blessing and I am PROUD TO BE ETHIOPIAN! Shout out to AMAZING women I know, the jegnoch in my life! Rahel Fikre Mariam Fikre Ruth Tadese Saba Sabina Misslady Kay Shahira Amin Genet Selishi ShushuDiva Tekle Leilena Mersea Girma Adugna Lydia Kassie Munira Amare Alex Babyy Boo Zeirhun Sara Berhan Berhan Mercy Tesfaye Butulu Alemu Betania Kassa Haymie Tesfaye Maggy Chaher Lidya Getahun Lidia Lovely Yemane Helen Derbew Netsanet Haile Haile and soooo many more! Thankyou thank you thank you, you ladies are jegnoch and you dont have to be boastful like me to make your point, you win not with fire but with fiker....I am learning from you, I love yall!
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:45:37 +0000
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