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Ethiopians in Colorado

by Alejandro Hernández on May 5, 2022

Ethiopian Wedding at Lowry Airfield 1950s

Ethiopian Wedding at Lowry Airfield 1950s

Ethiopian Wedding at Lowry Airfield 1950s

Millette Brehane Meskele relaxes with her father, Brehane Meskele Madhaiy 1984

Tsegaye Hailu is a hydro-geologist with J. F. Sato's engineering firm. 1991

Sara Takale teaches Nigest Abreham sentences from an English Book 1984

Daniel Yohannes, president of Colorado National Bank 1993

Woman join in dance and song that was part of an Ethiopian service Sunday morning October 1, 2006 in the new Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, 16200 E. Colfaz in Aurora.

Men join in dance and song that was part of an Ethiopian service Sunday morning October 1, 2006 in the new Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, 16200 E. Colfax in Aurora.

Debre Salam Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church members Ashenafi Admassu, left, and Melaku "Angel" Hailegiorgis, right, hang an American flag along with a banner with the Ethiopian colors as they celebrate the inauguration the church

This World Plate feature profiles Tsehay Hailu (cq), the owner of Ras Kassa's, an Ethiopian restaurant in Boulder. Tsehay's daughter Atsede Demelash (cq) (far right) pops a bite of delicious Ethiopian food into her aunt Fekerte Hailu's (cq) mouth

Kidane Teklu, an Ethiopian immigrant, poses for a portrait after his radio show at KLTT studios in Denver, Colo., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005. Teklu moved to the United States 10 years ago, but is able to connect with his Ethiopian heritage through his radio

Beza Hailu poses for a portrait after a radio show by Kidane Teklu(cq), an Ethiopian immigrant, at KLTT studios in Denver, Colo., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005. Teklu moved to the United States 10 years ago

Yohannes Gebregeorgis speaks to children at Arrowwood Elementary in Highlands Ranch Wednesday November 12,2008. Gebregeorgis is a man who believes in giving back. and then giving back some more.

Zewditu (Zodi) Aboye (cq), owner of the ethiopian restaurant, Queen of Sheba at 7225 E. Colfax, at Quebec, on January 10, 2007, for World Plate food story. The platter of traditional meat and vegetarian stews (named "wat") is sitting in a "mesob,"

Sofia Kedir, 7, center foreground, dances at Strings Restaurant in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, August 16, 2007. The girls are members of Mesgana Dancers of Ethiopia, a troupe of 11 girls ages 8-12 from Ethiopia that performed traditional Ethiopian Dances

Father Likelikawnt Gebrehiwot poses for a portrait after a radio show by Kidane Teklu(cq), an Ethiopian immigrant, at KLTT studios in Denver, Colo., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005. Teklu moved to the United States 10 years ago

Ethiopia fan, Seife Tesfemariam, 26, of Denver, holds up a Ethiopian flag as he and others celebrate the men's Team Ethiopia victory in the 27th Annual Bolder Boulder held in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, May 30, 2005.

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