Celebrating women
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Maaza Mengiste is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. Maaza is also the writer for the Ethiopia segment of the “Ten by Ten” project, a feature film that tells the stories of 10 extra
Maaza Mengiste is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. Maaza is also the writer for the Ethiopia segment of the “Ten by Ten” project, a feature film that tells the stories of 10 extraordinary girls from 10 developing countries around the world.
A new book is published by Girmay Gebru. The book is sold in different book stores and has audio clip.
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A new book is published by Girmay Gebru. The book is sold in different book stores and has audio clip.
If you need a copy of an audio version of the book please contact Habtom at (202) 344-7740
You can order the audio version here
In Ethiopia, A Monarch Falls In 'The Lion's Gaze'
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A 3,000-year-old monarchy is said to have ended in 1975 with a pillow to the face. Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was thought to be a descendant of King Soloman and the Queen of Sheba. It is widely believed that after 40 years on the throne, Selassie was murdered in his bed by revolutionaries — too impatient to wait for an old man to die in peace.
Read more: In Ethiopia, A Monarch Falls In 'The Lion's Gaze'
Q and A with Maaza Mengiste
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Source: (Tadias Magazine)
New York (Tadias) – In the last few years we have witnessed the emergence of Ethiopian-American authors who are making their mark on the tapestry of American literature. The latest such work comes from Maaza Mengiste, a Pushcart Prize nominee who was recently named “New Literary Idol” by New York Magazine.
Her debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze depicts Ethiopia in the 1970s, when the country was undergoing a political revolution. The military had just deposed an archaic monarchy system with a promise of peaceful change. But what followed Emperor Haile Selassie’s removal was anything but peaceful. The country would soon plunge into unimaginable violence.
Following in the footsteps of other highly acclaimed works by Ethiopian-American authors including Nega Mezlekia (Notes Form the Hyena’s Belly) and Dinaw Mengistu (The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears), Maaza delivers what Chris Abani calls “an important story from a part of Africa too long silent in the World Republic of Letters.”
The Library Journal adds “Although the depictions of brutality are extensive, they are also realistic and captivating, helping place Beneath the Lion’s Gaze into a small cadre of Ethiopian fiction, including Abraham Verghese’s Cutting for Stone and Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly.”
Interview with Journalist Girmay Gebru (Amharic)
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The Reporter (Amharic Interview with Journalist Girmay Gebru) - 11/11/09 - [an interesting interview - must read]
About Girmay Gebru
Born in Teseney, Eritrea, and raised in Adwa, Ethiopia, Girmay Gebru Desta is a journalist, an author, a poet, an academician, a lawyer and a lyricst. He joined the armed struggle of the Tigrian people as a teenager in 1981 E.C.