Synopsis
Romesh Ranganathan discusses with Mike, his guide and an anthropologist, the misconceptions people hold about Ethiopia and the legacy of the famine in the 80s.
- Programme: The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
- Series: 1
- Episode: Ethiopia
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Geography | Locational Geography | Ethiopia | Physical and Human Characteristics
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