Category: Books
By Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese was born and raised in Addis Ababa to Indian parents who worked as teachers. He began his medical training in Addis Ababa and he completed his training at Madras Medical College, the year Emperor Haile…
አምቦ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የባህል ጥናትና ምርምር ማዕከል ያቋቋመለት ታላቁ ጸሐፌ ተውኔት ሎሬት ጸጋየ ገብረ መድኅን ስለ ሕይወት ታሪኩ ራሱ ከጻፈውና ሌሎችም ከመዘገቡት ማስረጃዎች ለመረዳት እንደሚቻለው በ1929 ዓ፡ ም የተወለደው የሜጫ ጎሳ አባል ከሆኑት ከአባቱ ከሐምሳ አለቃ ገብረ መድኅን ሮባ ቀዌሳ እና…
King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia by Asfa-Wossen Asserate, translated from the German by Peter Lewis, London, Haus Publishing, 2015 In his exhaustive, deeply affecting biography of the life of his great-uncle Emperor…
(This is the second installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige. Find the first part here.) Andargachew Tsigie’s narrative tells the emergence of Addis Ababa as…
(This is the first installment in a three-part series looking at the memoir written by the Ethiopian intellectual, freedom fighter and opposition politician, Andargachew Tsige.) Andargachew Tsigie and Meles Zenawi became friends- or more precisely, card-playing partners – one Christmas break…
Emperor Haile Selassie. By Bereket Habte Selassie. (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2014. Pp. 147. $14.95.) Reviewed by Charles W. McClellan This slim volume by distinguished scholar of African studies and law, Bereket Habte Selassie is part of Ohio University…
Children of Hope, The Odyssey of the Oromo Slave from Ethiopia to South Africa (review) 2019 by Shama Books Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 334pp Price. 340 ETB In Children of Hope, Zimbabwean-born Sandra Rowoldt Shell traces the lives of sixty-four children,…
One of the strengths of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the party that has held the rein of power in Ethiopia for the past twenty-seven years and a coalition of four ethnicity-based parties, is its culture of secrecy,…
Author: Yordanos Almaz Seifu Mengedegna (The Traveller) Addis Ababa Pages 359 price 100 birr The series of xenophobic attacks targeting Ethiopians and other African national immigrants in South Africa has been in the news recently. Incidents of shootings, vehicle torching,…
Author: Worku Gebeyehu Lakew Empire and Revolution in Ethiopia, a new perspective: 2018 Addis Ababa 344 pages, Price 142 Birr Forty-five years after its outbreak, the Ethiopian Revolution has continued to fascinate historians and writers to this day. A handful…