Addis may not have all the amenities of a world-class city, but it does have one unexpected thing that is close to my heart - Salsa. It was with surprise and delight that I discovered during a visit there in December 2008, that I did not have to go cold turkey from my routine of four-times a week salsa habit in my adopted city of Johannesburg.

Turning Maids into Wives

Yemehuroch Fiker (Intellectuals' Love), a new two-hour long satire comedy, happens to have attracted two edged of bi-annotations - the first set being the criticism springing mainly from the poor sound and play tempo quality, and the contrasting appreciation for revolving around an issue that seems trivial; while the second set is criticism on the political and social connotations of its theme.

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