I went to what I assumed would be a kitschy, tourist-oriented “cultural dinner” in Ethiopia and walked away having learned something genuinely profound about how Ethiopians see themselves and their place in history.
Then the story of Queen Sheba came up, and everything shifted.
I had always understood the Queen of Sheba as a vaguely biblical figure, a ruler who visited King Solomon, exchanged gifts, asked riddles, and then faded back into legend. What I did not appreciate, and what Ethiopians know deeply, is that this story does not end in Jerusalem. It continues in Ethiopia.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
