Well yesterday I took my mom to the airport for a very unusual trip. She has always been an adventurous sort, but I think even for her this trip will be something special. She's heading off to Ethiopia to visit the remote Suri tribe as part of the Ethiopia Reads project to bring books to the people of Ethiopia.
She has promised to blog about this when she can on her blog A Heart Full of Happy. The people she will meet do not have a written form of their language and the hope is to help them to develop this in order to protect themselves from the inevitable development that is heading their way. The Surma people have an incredibly rich cultural heritage of body ornamentation, decoration and culture.
I'm really inspired by mom and the fact that she is so willing to take on any new adventure. I've outfitted her with lots of advice, a digital camera and a really nice digital recorder for taking professional quality recordings while she is there. She seems to take to these new devices with ease, it's very cool. Can't wait to see what she comes back with and hear the stories she's going to tell.
Friday, September 26, 2008
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