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All she wrote: our obituaries editor reflects on 2021

The Intelligence from The Economist

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A School for the Poor in Ethiopia

Aspor yemiru decided at the age of nine that he didn't want a life herding goats. So barefoot and with only 50 cents in his pocket, he set off from buglar to adisababa. He won a free scholarship to one of the best schools in the city - wingate school. The emperor hylisilase came to visit it on an occasion when they both showed what an extraordinary school this was. And aspor emil would appear barefoot, because he wanted never to forget where he'd come from. As trains arrived full of human cargo bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp, an orchestra played on the platform.

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