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The Silite people in Ethiopia I am an Ethiopian student from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. I was born and nurtured in Silite sub-culture, Ethiopia. Silite is the place my great parents inherited. I grew up by listening the traditional bed time stories from my sub-culture. This bed time stories have a strong impact in my present life. They have controlled my current existence. So, I want to share you something about the Silite people in Ethiopia. The Silite people are one of the ethnic groups of Southern Ethiopia. The name Silite is derived from the alleged ancestor Gen Silt'i. The Silite people are considered as the toughest working people of Ethiopia. An extensive number of the Silite people live in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, and in other big cities of the country. Most of the Silite people in urban areas make their living as businessmen, businesswomen, merchants and  keepers of petty shops. In the countryside the Silitians practice mixed farming and cultivate different kinds of harvests. In 2000 the Silite people voted exclusively to form their own administrative unit, the Silte Zone. Silitians have many traditional cultures, and they are very proud of their culture. After the foundation of the Silite zone, the Silite people have prearranged themselves in different kinds of development associations and involved in various development institutions to solve their crucial social and economic problems. However, the Silite women remain the most oppressed people in this ethnic group. The majority of the Silite women are still illiterate. It is very sad to realize that in this 21 century more than 90% of these women do not know how to write and read. All simple technologies are usually controlled by male members of the family and because the women tend to stay more around the house they have no exposure to any kinds of simple technologies. There are cultural perceptions that certain technologies were not supposed to be used by women. In general, Siltian women are the most disadvantaged in terms of basic education and in using the current technologies. After graduation my plan is to educate these poor women from the minority group that will directly contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction in their home country.

Works cited http://www.siltie.com/index1.html http://www.siltiedevelopment.org.et/index.php/en/about-sda.html http://silte.net/ http://youtube/Y-BuEVBA0qM