Marques D Cameron Sr.

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2,953 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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By then, a lot of the wars are done.

They're done with Italy, so now it's time to build.

Remember, the question was, we know how to fight, but can we build?

So one of his first ventures was to build a new capital at Addis Ababa on this site chosen by his wife, Sayidu, in 1886.

By the late 1890s, the city was growing out of the ground like a prophecy, right?

Matalek transforms Addis Ababa from a royal camp into an actual modern capital.

So by 1910, Addis Ababa had a permanent population about, say, 70,000 people with tens of thousands more residing there temporarily.

So think about this growth, how large this place is from just a settlement on a plateau to 70,000 people to a city in just like 20 years.

Wow.

So Menelik, he wasn't, say, focused on the here and now, right?

He saw into the future.

He saw what was happening next.

He saw what was going to happen.

So he saw the future generations, right?

Emperor Menelik II, he was forethinking.

He was a progressive leader who recognized the importance of

a modern and well-planned capital for Ethiopia's growth and development.

This is the picture, by the way, for the fam.

This is a picture of modern day Addis Ababa.

One day I'm going to go.

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