Ethiopia Girls Skate - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2024)
Over the past several years, the presence of skateboarding has slowly but surely risen among the bustling streets of Addis Ababa. For Sosina Challa, this left no question but to want to be a part of it. Watching many others take to the streets, she taught herself how to skate but noticed there wasn’t much of a space for them and other girls to be themselves. Challa decided to host the first all-girls skating session where she met Hana Beles, who goes by Bee. In the beginning, Bee says, ‘I used to go [to the skatepark] and just watch her.’ After the two met, they formed Ethiopia Girls Skate, one of the first female-only skateboarding groups in Addis.
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