Re-erect Axum Obelisks
Open Letter to:His Excellency, Ambassador Mohamoud DirirMinister of Culture and TourismAddis AbabaYour Excellency:We, Ethiopians, groups and concerned individuals, are signing this petition to express... continue reading »
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"I hope me signing this petition will help re-erect our historic Axum Obelisks very soon. The sooner the better."
"While petitioning the Minstry of Culture on this issue, we must also push the government to encourage private investors to build Five Star Hotels in Axum and make the city the #1 tourist destination of the world. Thanks."
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"NEEDS TO BE ERECTED FOR 2000"
"We've waited years after years for its return, and finally our beloved Aksum obelisk made it home safe but couldn't find anybody to erect it back...very SAD. Tigrai/ET gov't should've stressed the Italians to erect it back . Tow years it's a shame, I hope"
"I recognize Axum is something for ALL Ethiopians including "Wolayta" as oppose to Meles Zenawis saying What is Axum for Wolayta people?"
"Why two years of waiting to erect the Obelisk? We need to erect it SOON."
"I want to see it erected for the Milinium"
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"Please please please....Re-erect Axum Obelisks in the near future."
"yes,it should be re-errected in a very fast manner but we should know also the the time it will take to do so"
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"I am more than happy if the oblisk stand in its orginal place in short time ."
"The greatest strength of Ethiopians and the Symbol of Africa is the stele which deserve more attention than any thing else."
"Our anscestors, who are the makers of the Aksum Obelisks made, erected and handed them to their people. Enemies fallen them. Now it is our responsibility to loby and re-erect them. We should not stop lobying until we see them re-erected."
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"The will of Queen of sheba was( yeaxumen howelt anuru) to keep the Axum Obelisks alive, so let us respect our history."
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"I am planning to visit my home country, Ethiopia. I would like to visit the newly progressing Ethiopia with its monuments erected and decorated."
"Is it a new revelation that we Africans are utterly incompetent. In 1935, some 70 plus years ago the Italians had the audacity to lift, carry and transport this priceless monument over rugged terrain, desert, and seas and of course re-erect it as one piec"
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