Qualla: Addis Ababa https://qualla.com/addis-ababa en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/scee/addis-ababa-wk/related-poi-addisview-jpg.jpg Qualla: Addis Ababa https://qualla.com/addis-ababa Addis Ababa: Introduction https://qualla.com/addis-ababa/ Photo credit Please credit "family photos of Infrogmation", CC BY-SA 4.0. From the Entoto Mountains, at 3,300 meters above sea level, King Menelik II and Queen Taytu Betul looked south across the highland plateau in 1886 and decided to build a capital. The city they founded — Addis Ababa, meaning "New Flower" in Amharic — is now home to nearly four million people and growing fast. It is a place of contradictions that somehow cohere: a city barely 140 years old that serves as the gateway to one of the world's oldest civilizations, a diplomatic hub where the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa have their headquarters, and a sprawling metropolis where very few streets have names and residents navigate by landmark instead.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/c/e/e/addis-ababa-wk/scee-addis-ababa-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Addis Ababa: A City Built on Scars and Victories https://qualla.com/addis-ababa/ Photo credit Vob08, cropped by Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0. Addis Ababa wears its history in its monuments. Walking from Meskel Square to Sidist Kilo, you pass the Africa Hall, the parliament building, the Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, and the National Museum — where a replica of Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old hominid, gazes from behind gla...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/c/e/e/addis-ababa-wk/scee-addis-ababa-a-city-built-on-scars-and-victories.mp3 0:06 2 full Addis Ababa: The Diplomatic Capital of a Continent https://qualla.com/addis-ababa/ Photo credit Joe Castleman (Gyrofrog), CC BY-SA 3.0. More than 120 international missions and embassies operate in Addis Ababa, a concentration of diplomatic activity rivaled by few cities on earth. The African Union headquarters — a massive complex partly funded by China — anchors the city's role as the de facto political capital ...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/c/e/e/addis-ababa-wk/scee-addis-ababa-the-diplomatic-capital-of-a-continent.mp3 0:06 3 full Addis Ababa: Injera, Coffee, and the Rhythm of the Street https://qualla.com/addis-ababa/ Photo credit Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ethiopian cuisine revolves around injera, a spongy, slightly sour flatbread made from teff flour that is fermented for several days before cooking. It serves as plate, utensil, and staple — locals eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, tearing off pieces to scoop up stews of le...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/c/e/e/addis-ababa-wk/scee-addis-ababa-injera-coffee-and-the-rhythm-of-the-street.mp3 0:06 4 full Addis Ababa: A Modern City in Motion https://qualla.com/addis-ababa/ Photo credit Lemazelalem3, CC BY-SA 4.0. Addis Ababa's light rail system, built with Chinese investment and opened in the 2010s, made it one of the first cities in sub-Saharan Africa to have rail-based public transit. Two lines cross near Meskel Square, connecting the sprawling city along north-south and east-west axes....

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