From Haile Selassie to crowdfunding, how Ethiopia’s GERD dam was born
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After decades of work, funding delays and regional pushback, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is inaugurated.
In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so litt…