Karibu and Ethiopia

Here is a project that not only served me on technical aspect, but oddly enough, a geographic aspect as well. I was asked by my DJ friend CTRL-Z to design a poster for the upcoming bash that would be hosted by his parent's Ethiopian restaurant. I decided to make a letter jumble within the outline of the country's borders, and demarcate the various band names with the country's national colors. Needless to say, it was very puzzling when after searching I came up with two very distinct definitions of the nation's border.
This is when I asked the client about this discrepancy. He said that the two areas are separate but he has family from both states. So I should include both areas, the mainland Ethiopia and the Eritria. In typical architecture over-achieving fashion, I designed the poster twice.


Sketch 1 of Ethiopia con Eritrea

The border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has never been precisely demarcated. Between 1998 and 2000, the two countries fought a war over the issue, which involves quite small enclaves along the northern segment of their border, including the tiny village of Badme and the enclave of the Irob people. In 2002 an international boundary commission delimited the border. Although both nations agreed to accept its decision, Ethiopia has refused to accept the commission’s findings in full, much to the consternation of the Eritrean government. The central section of Ethiopia’s border with Somalia also has never been fully demarcated and is only provisional. Questions remain about the precise location of small parcels along the border with Sudan as well.~wikipedia

Sketch 2 of Ethiopia sans Eritrea