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title: 'Pictorial News poster, 65-25: Ethiopia, Africa, World (Amharic, Addis Ababa)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/amharic-wall-poster-65-25-news-from-ethiopia-africa-world-addis-1964/
description: 'An Amharic photo sheet headed ''Selected news from Ethiopia, Africa and the world'' with four photographs: men gathered round a sprayer.'
section: Collection
---

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# Pictorial News poster, 65-25: Ethiopia, Africa, World (Amharic, Addis Ababa)

An Amharic photo sheet headed 'Selected news from Ethiopia, Africa and the world' with four photographs: men gathered round a sprayer, a symphony orchestra under a conductor, two men talking over flowers, and footballers contesting a ball. The sub-headings say Ethiopian malaria specialists are trained in Asia, a new orchestra drew admiration, the Red Cross received relief funds, and football has become popular. The tell is card-stacking: four favourable items stand for the news.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (Amharic) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ከኢትዮጵያ ፡ ከአፍሪቃና ፡ ከዓለም ፡ ዓይነተኛ ፡ ወሬዎች ።

ኢትዮጵያውያን ፡ የወባ ፡ በሽታ ፡ ሊቃውንት ፡ እስያ ፡ ውስጥ ፡ ይሰለጥናሉ ።

አዲሱ ፡ የሲንፎኒ ፡ ኦርኬስትራ ፡ አድናቆት ፡ አገኘ ።

የቀይ ፡ መስቀል ፡ ማኅበር ፡ የተሰበሰበለትን ፡ የእርዳታ ፡ ገንዘብ ፡ ተረከበ ።

የዕግር ፡ ኳስ ፡ ጨዋታ ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ፡ ውስጥ ፡ ተወዳጅ ፡ ሆንዋል ።
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Selected news from Ethiopia, Africa and the world.

Ethiopian malaria specialists are trained in Asia.

The new symphony orchestra won admiration.

The Red Cross Society received the relief money collected for it.

Football has become popular in Ethiopia.
```

Only the masthead and the four sub-headings are transcribed; the body captions are too small to transcribe verbatim and are not included. Some syllables of the sub-headings are hard to read at this resolution.

[← President Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin 'Midnight Address'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gulf-of-tonkin-address-1964/) [Thailand Is Vigilant photo poster (Thai, Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thailand-is-vigilant-poster-ppb-378-thai-bangkok-1964/)

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