Above: Senator Tedd Kennedy in Ethiopia during the 1984
famine appears in a photograph published on the cover of
People Magazine.
Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff
Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009
In 1984, Senator Tedd Kennedy of Massachusetts who died this week at age 77, traveled to Ethiopia and Sudan on a fact-finding mission to assess the devastation of the 1984 famine in his capacity as a member of the Senate Refugee Subcommittee. On the trip he was joined by his daughter Kara and his son Ted, who spent a week with the Senator touring several feeding centers. Upon their return to the United States, Tedd Kennedy penned a journal chronicling the painful trip from Mekele to Bati and from Jijiga to Khartoum and Kassala. The journal was published in the January 28, 1985, issue of People Magazine. Images of the family’s journey graced the cover of the publication.
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A great find that is. I will be the first to admit that the Kennedys’ role in Ethiopia is something i am just getting introduced to. They ALL exemplify “public service”.
They deserve emulation.
Growing up in the tumultuous 1960s in Addis Ababa, my introduction to global politics began with the Kennedys. Me and my friends associated hope with the name. As a result, we grieved the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers. We also followed the speeches and actions of Ted Kennedy, the restorer of hope. Ethiopians will always be grateful to Senator Kennedy, for he was in Ethiopia during the great famine of early 1980s empathizing and assisting fellow Ethiopians with us. RIP, the great Senator.