Ethiopia's 900-year-old Shonke village on a mountain

Name: Ethiopia's 900-year-old Shonke village on a mountain
Uploaded: 2019-10-29T00:18:29.000Z
Duration: 2 min 47 s
Description: Residents say they prefer their traditional stone-built homes to Ethiopia's "shining cities".

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Shonke village is a 900-year-old settlement on the top of a mountain in Ethiopia's Amhara region.

Residents say they prefer their traditional stone-built homes to Ethiopia's "shining cities".

About 20 generations have lived in the village, but residents now say half of the village's estimated households have left in search of farmlands down the hill.

Video journalists: Habtamu Tibebu and Yadeta Berhanu for BBC News Oromo

Africa

29 October 2019