manuscripts

Left: Unidentified artist, Shawl, Ethiopia, 20th century, cotton, 110.49 x 195.58 cm (43.5 x 77 in.). Salem, The Peabody Essex Museum, Gift of Charles R. and Elizabeth C. Langmuir, after 1973, acc. no. E68695. Right: Aïda Muluneh, Part Three (from the 99 series), 2013. Photograph printed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag, Bright White, 40⅜ x 39⅜ in
Ethiopia at the Crossroads: An Exhibit of Resilience
Africa sits as the world’s second-largest continent and holds an intriguing and extraordinary history. Among its 54 distinctive countries, the genesis of developed humanity in Ethiopia rests.…