Ethiopians have been involved since time immemorial in various fictional works by foreigners. Some of those stories teach people a lesson (like the one with Moses’ Ethiopian wife) and some don’t. Aida maybe one of the later. Written by Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, according to wikipedia, “for the celebration of the opening of the Suez Canal” in 1871, one finds it hard to understand where the lesson lies. Except inter-racial relationships are fatal and people shouldn’t indulge in them 
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Still, Aida is an Ethiopian Princess which is enough for any Ethiopian 
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