Regarding passing on the family history, what is the relationship between children and parents?
What is the relationship between the highlanders and the lowlanders? In the old days we didnt even want to see the lowlanders. We saw and passed them at the market place. We went to their place only when we had to have a cloth woven for us. Now Amharas and Muslims call each other dear, dear. The towns people come to us and we go to them. For example, I had never seen Geregera Market. Now I am happy that I have been able to see it and make an acquaintance with many persons. In the old days we were limited to the kitchen and never dared to leave the house. We spent the whole day grinding grain and doing other house chores. When our husbands came home they demanded that we wash their feet regardless of whether we were busy. We women were oppressed then. With the Derg came literacy schools, and a few women who got education left the place to find a job. The rest of us were envious of them and began to attend school. Our men too wanted to be educated. They didnt want to be left behind their
