‘Gateway to Hell’: On the Rim of Ethiopia’s Most Active Volcano

The red-hot liquid stew thickened and rose, moving like a tidal wave, topped off by a fireworks of crashing surf. Giannella M. Garrett

My connection to Africa runs deep.

My Genoese uncle, Zio Alfredo, served in Ethiopia during the Italian occupation in the 1930s. Growing up, my mother recounted stories about Zio’s regard for Ethiopian culture and disgust with colonialism.