John Snyder, Crossing Ethiopia: A 1972 Photographic Journal Retracing the Last March of Emperor Tewodros to Magdala
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 6:30 PM
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Open to the Public | Members' Room | $10 with advance registration; $15 at the door
Snyder recounts the dramatic story of the Ethiopian emperor’s 1868 clash with the British Army in the context of his own 1972 trip across the country, photographing a world then almost unchanged from the prior century but soon to vanish due to famine and civil war.
Download: crossing_ethiopia.mp3