Goethe-Institut – Celebrating 50 years of nearly everything
What was started as a simple idea for a cultural exchange has grown into a place where nearly everything happens.
Zela Gayle
Established in January 1962, it was the first in Africa. Ethiopians who had studied in Germany had turned to their government and the German embassy requesting both for an establishment of an institute to be the go between them and their German acquired friends, culture and values. By then, diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Germany had already a long-standing history: both had signed a treaty of amity and commerce as early as 1905. In June