Comments on: Book Review: Bikila – Ethiopia’s Barefoot Olympian http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/5893 Ethiopian News & Opinion Journal Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tebaw http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/5893/comment-page-1#comment-14357 Tebaw Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:19:23 +0000 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/?p=5893#comment-14357 I will revserve judgment until I read the book. Having said that I have to tentatively agree with Alfreso. I will revserve judgment until I read the book. Having said that I have to tentatively agree with Alfreso.

]]> By: Afreso http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/5893/comment-page-1#comment-14350 Afreso Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:45:50 +0000 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/?p=5893#comment-14350 Why do we have to read such racism: "Across the border in Kenya, the colonialists did not manage to create any support for modern sports until well into the 20th century. Yet we are to believe that Ethiopians happily adopted and mastered the jumping, throwing and running events during Emperor Menelik’s reign!" The author of this article is saying that Africans cannot do anything for themselves. The British could not get the Kenyans to play sport so how could Menelik have gotten Ethiopians to run? Then he tells us that Abebe owes his success to his European trainors. What a joke, and what a shame that Ethiopian Review will give voice to any racist around. Why do we have to read such racism: “Across the border in Kenya, the colonialists did not manage to create any support for modern sports until well into the 20th century. Yet we are to believe that Ethiopians happily adopted and mastered the jumping, throwing and running events during Emperor Menelik’s reign!”

The author of this article is saying that Africans cannot do anything for themselves. The British could not get the Kenyans to play sport so how could Menelik have gotten Ethiopians to run? Then he tells us that Abebe owes his success to his European trainors. What a joke, and what a shame that Ethiopian Review will give voice to any racist around.

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