Abiy Ahmed Ali – Nobel Lecture
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Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2019 Abiy Ahmed Ali, Oslo, 10 December 2019.
We have an old saying:
“በሰላም እንድታድር ጎረቤትህ ሰላም ይደር”
“yoo ollaan nagayaan bule, nagaan bulanni.”
It is a saying shared in many African languages, which means, “For you to have a peaceful night, your neighbor shall have a peaceful night as well.”
Medemer resonates with the proverb, “I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper.”
In my little town, we had no running water, electricity, or paved roads. But we had a lot of love to light up our lives.
We were each other’s keepers
Abiy Ahmed Ali – Nobel Lecture. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. Tue. 10 Dec 2019. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2019/abiy/109716-lecture-english/>
