Ethiopia is the only African country not to have been colonised. They wear this badge with pride and are admired across the world for holding their own. I have heard elaborate stories of how they humiliated the Italians at the battle of Adwa in 1896. Apparently the Italians wanted some but the Ethiopians kinda liked their set-up so they fought like lions.
Like Arnie, some dude called Benito, a total nobody who was really close to other reprobates like Adolf and Stalin felt the need to ‘be back’ and so he was, 40 years later. A dark cloud covered Ethiopia and this great nation was occupied by Italy between 1936-1941. Luckily for the Ethiopians, fascism was no longer the done thing and thanks to British military support, the Italians had to leave (oh the irony!).
Ethiopians are truly generous, one man informed me that they love everyone; even the Italians. Now that is a lesson for the world.