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Zelalem Kahsay

Shoemaking, done properly

  • 🇪🇹 Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia
  • Adama Workshop
  • 1989 to 2022
  • English, Amharic
I've worked in shoemaking from 1989 to 2022. I learned from my older brother and passed what I could on to 860 apprentices. The best compliment I ever got was a customer who called me back 10 years later for another job. If we met, say hello. I'd love to know how life turned out.

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Some of my old apprentices now run their own shops. I couldn't be prouder.

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What gifts mean to Zelalem: I'd put gifts toward a new set of tools for the next apprentice.

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