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title: News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-260 (Amharic poster distributed in Addis Ababa)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/news-briefs-in-pictures-65-260-amharic-addis-ababa-1965/
description: 'The Amharic edition of a four-picture news sheet. The photographs are those of the English edition: Ethiopian horsemen performing for Queen Elizabeth II.'
section: Collection
---

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# News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-260 (Amharic poster distributed in Addis Ababa)

The Amharic edition of a four-picture news sheet. The photographs are those of the English edition: Ethiopian horsemen performing for Queen Elizabeth II, an architect's drawing of a John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at Haile Sellassie I University, a Peace Corps volunteer family, and a 60-panel painting of Kennedy's life by two Ethiopian artists. The tell is transfer: Kennedy's name and the Peace Corps are attached to Ethiopian ceremony and education.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
አጫጭር ሥዕላዊ ዜናዎች ።

ፈረሰኞች ለግርማዊት ንግሥት ኤልሳቤጥ የጉግሥ ትርኢት አሣዩ ።

ለዩኒቨርስቲ አገልግሎት አዲስ መጻሕፍት ቤት ይሠራል ።

አራት ቤተሰቦች ያሉዋቸው የሰላም ልዑካን ባልደረባ ።

የኬኔዲ የሕይወት ታሪክ በጥንታዊ ስዕል ተሠራ ።

65-260 (8)
```

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

```
Short News in Pictures. / Horsemen put on a gugs display for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. / A new library is to be built for the university. / Peace Corps member with a family of four. / Kennedy's life story made into a traditional painting. / 65-260 (8). Literal rendering of the masthead and headlines only, by FRAME.
```

Body text and captions not transcribed; they parallel the English edition.

[← Aggression from the North poster (English, Manila)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/aggression-from-the-north-poster-manila-english-1965/) [News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-261 (English poster distributed in Addis Ababa) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/news-briefs-in-pictures-65-261-english-addis-ababa-1965/)

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