"Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roosts of what made me an African. Meeting the emperor himself would be like shaking hands with history." Nelson Mandela in his book - Long Walk To Freedom , describing how he felt as he was getting ready to embark on his first visit to Ethiopia in the early 1920s

"It has always been the wish of Bob Marley to return to Ethiopia and become a Rastafarian... and with the African Union, Addis Ababa is the capital of Africa and therefore a very symbolic place." Bob Marley's widow, Rita Marley, on 7 February 2005 as she and many thousands prepare to celebrate what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa

"The origin of Ethiopia is largely the origin of us all. " Javier Gozalbez in his book - Touching Ethiopia

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