A Bargain Look at Addis From: The Washington Post | Date: July 17, 1989| Author: Neil Henry | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Abraham is 12 years old, a slender boy with big brown eyes and a head of curly hair who makes a living on Menelik II Avenue here selling tiny crucifixes made of stone. The other day he was wearing a pair of ragged black sandals and an old green shirt when he sidled up to a stranded foreigner and managed, in a matter of minutes, to turn frustration into joy.

To be stranded anywhere is no fun. To be a stranded, newly arrived Africa correspondent trying without success to get to Sudan t...

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