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My capstone project focuses on sharing Ethiopian culture and heritage which provides brief
overview of the cultural diversity and many languages spoken. I initiated my project to discuss the benefit
of having a national working language based on my experience. However, due to the limited supporting
evidence that I could find, and the concern that I have my project won’t be representative or relevant to
what I would like to present to my classmates, my project focused on Ethiopian culture and heritage. As a
solution to this challenge, I focused on the Ethiopian culture and heritage. Through this process, I gained
valuable knowledge and experience about the history of Ethiopia, its rules, famous athletes, and others.
The steps that I took to complete this project include the following: reading references, obtaining or
taking photos of artifacts that represent the culture, bring some Ethiopian food to share in class, go to
Little Ethiopia in Los Angeles, California, share information on some of the Ethiopian restaurants, and
sharing about my culture and learning about others. Some of the obstacles are related to timing and
finding useful or relevant evidence to my research topic. My visit to Little Ethiopia provided me with
evidences that I need to complete my project. I discussed with both peoples of ethiopian origin and others
who happened to be there during my visit. It was an eye opening experience for me to learn and interact
with other than people of Ethiopian origin who appreciate the Ethiopian culture and heritage. I brought
back with me photos of my visit which I have included in my blog. I now know more than I did when I
started this project, and I feel confident that I accomplished the goal of my objective even though there
was a slight change of the topic to focus on culture and heritage. I learned about myself that I have the
opportunity to experience cultural life in two different countries and be able to share with my you. I am
proud of my life experience and my cultural background. Based on the limited resource I have, I wouldn’t
have done anything differently. I think my project has increased the awareness of my audience about the
Ethiopian culture and heritage. With sufficient resource and time, I would explore the Ethiopian culture
and heritage with sufficient documentations that include interviews, library research, and even going to
Ethiopia to bring accurate, representative and relevant information. Any senior student who plans to do a
capstone project needs to evaluate different topics for a project based on the availability of supporting