Eritrea: Currency fights back dictatorship

From Welcome to Asmarino Independent. Wed Aug 27 2014, 21:13:50

 Freedom Friday (Arbi Harnet) activists have successfully launched an innovative project to encourage young Eritreans to resist the regime that is pushing them into exile. The initiative which was successfully launched at the annual festival held in Asmara (expo) aims to spread the message by writing anti dictatorship and motivational slogans on currency notes (the Eritrean nakafa). The initiative named Nakfa Talks ("Nakfa Tezaribu"), has so far released 5,000 Nakfa worth of bank notes. 

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