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This is an Ode about Ethiopia. The oldest fossil skeleton of a human was discovered in Ethiopia, so too was coffee (line 1). Addis Ababa means “new flower” in Amharic. It is the diplomatic capital of Africa (line 3). Ethiopia has 13 months, measuring time from when the sun rises and count it on the opposite side of the clock (line ). It is one of the only two nations in the world never to have been occupied- the other been Russia (line 7). The only country in Africa with its own Alphabet-using an abugida, also known as an alpha syllabay which consists of 209 symbols and 2 letter variants (line 8). Addis Ababa is the 3rd highest capital city in the world (line 10). More than 70% of Africa’s Mountains are found in Ethiopia (line 11). The Great Rift valley is the most significant physical detail on the planet that is visible from space, cuts through Ethiopia from the northeast to the south of the country (lines 12 & 13). Home to a UNESCO world Heritage sites, more than any other country in Africa (line 15) and the gecada baboon- an old world monkey often classified in its own genus and not a baboon, which is the last surviving species of ancient grazing primates (line 16)