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ers and wall hangings, each emblazoned with vibrant embroidery. The items are so
Ethiopian, yet they wouldn't feel out of place in a Kathmandu or Bangkok market. The
shop is off Ring Rd, southwest of the city centre in the Alert Hospital compound; follow
the signs to the canteen.
Africans Bookshop
(Hailesilase St; 9am-1pm & 2.30-7pm Mon-Sat)
The best place for second-hand books
on Ethiopia, particularly those out of print. Selection is very limited.
BOOKSHOP
Bookworld
Friendship City Center
(Bole Rd; 9am-9pm Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Sun)
; Haile Gebre-
selassie Rd
(Haile Gebreselassie Rd; 8am-9pm)
; Boston Day building
(Bole Rd;
7am-11pm)
; Piazza
(Wavel St; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat)
The best place for books in English
(as well as some in French). There's also a small section on Ethiopia and some foreign
magazines. Prices are more than you'd pay at home, but much cheaper than the hotels.
BOOKSHOP
SOLEREBELS FOOTWEAR
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu set up
soleRebels Footwear
Offline map
Google map
( 0118-302326;
www.solerebelsfootwear.co
; 2nd fl, Adams Pavilion, Sar Bet)
as a way of helping the unemployed but tremendously
talented artisans in her Addis neighbourhood. Just eight years later soleRebels is one of Ethiopia's best-known com-
panies internationally and the world's first shoe company to have been certified by the World Fair Trade Organiza-
tion. All its shoes are made using locally sourced natural fibres, hand-made fabric and, for soles, old car and truck
tyres, and staff are paid up to four times the average wage in Ethiopia.
soleRebels shoes are available in around 55 countries including a flag-ship shop in Addis Ababa.
