{"id":412320,"date":"2002-08-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CAIiENKW2Vm2caKGYuSbPElpa0sqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow46WPCzDur6IDMOqNrgY?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:00:29","slug":"little-ethiopia-in-los-angeles-habesha-diaspora-culture-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/412320","title":{"rendered":"Little Ethiopia in Los Angeles: Habesha diaspora, culture, and community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles is home to one of the largest Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora communities in the United States. The neighborhood known as <strong>Little Ethiopia<\/strong>, centered on Fairfax Avenue between Olympic and Pico, grew as Habesha immigrants opened restaurants, caf\u00e9s, markets, and cultural spaces that now draw Angelenos and visitors alike.<\/p>\n<p>The enclave is more than a food district. It reflects decades of migration shaped by Ethiopia\u2019s political upheavals, U.S. refugee resettlement, and family networks that link Addis Ababa, Asmara, Washington, D.C., and Southern California. Community events, Orthodox and Protestant churches, and businesses keep Amharic, Tigrinya, and other languages alive far from the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>KCRW\u2019s long-form feature <em>Exploring Africa in LA: A Little Ethiopia story<\/em> traced how Habesha identity, Rastafari reverence for Emperor Haile Selassie, and immigrant entrepreneurship intersect on Fairfax. For Ethiopian and Red Sea audiences, Little Ethiopia is a living archive of diaspora resilience\u2014and a reminder that Horn of Africa politics and culture travel with people who leave.<\/p>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/culture\/shows\/special-programming\/little-ethiopia-la-part-1-habesha-immigrant-rastafari-emperor-haile-selassie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KCRW \u2013 Little Ethiopia LA (Part 1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/locations\/little-ethiopia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Conservancy \u2013 Little Ethiopia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring Africa in LA: A Little Ethiopia story (Part 1)&nbsp;&nbsp;KCRW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":465246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Little-Ethiopia-celebrates-opening-of-Las-Vegas-cultural-district.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1Jgk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599601,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412320\/revisions\/599601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}