I just came back from the ELF Reunion in Atlanta Georgia. My first participation ever in any reunion or festival. I am glad I did. This is why:
I witnessed all Berhane told me about the ELF (Jobha) way back in the late ‘70s. He told me that this is the Freedom fighters group that started our liberation war. He made me understand that an alphabet cannot start in the middle, but we have to be able to read the first letters so to be educated. Berhane told me the Eritrean alphabet start with “ha hu” (ሀ ሁ) and the first part cannot be ignored and for us to pretend and start our alphabet in the middle (ለ ሉ). Same with the role of the ELF. Read more
