Anane
I was born in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is located in east Africa, many call it the horn of Africa. I am not sure what day or year I was born. My birth was never recorded. I spoke Oromia as a child which is the native tongue of the Oromo people. With my parents Ayuntu and Musgabu, we lived in a mud hut along with my twin brother, Gamme. Life was not the best for us but we did not struggle like most people in our area. My father always worked and my mother stayed home taking care of us and the house. We had neighbors that my parents became close with. Every Sunday we would go and have coffee ceremonies with. I gotta say, coffee ceremonies were a big deal to Ethiopians. Though like many cultures have their own traditions, that was one of ours. Our home was built on a hill so every time we had to go hang out with the neighbors we would roll down the hill and into their place. Sadly that usually led to my mother screaming her guts out at us. Life was decent for us. Nonetheless, everything good sometimes has to come to an end…