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In 1990, at the age of 27, she published her first book of short stories, titled ‘ ye bakene gize’ (‘Wasted Time’). [1] Yemedish worked for twenty-six years at Polis Ena Ermijaw the newspaper of the Federal Police in Ethiopia. She started as an intern, and worked her way up as a reporter and crime journalist, and then editor, and was ...
Daniachew Worku was born in a village south of Debre Sina, the eldest of five children.His family moved to the town of Debra Sina when he was four. His father, Worku Bezabih, went to France in 1914 and served in World War I before returning to Ethiopia and marrying his mother, Asegedech Habte-Wold.
The novel gained popularity largely due to its widespread dissemination on Ethiopian radio during the Derg regime. It was featured on the popular radio program Kemetsahifit Alem (The World of Books) by host Wegayehu Nigatu. The author himself later praised Wegayehu for "giving life to the characters in the story" with his narration of the novel ...
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The title of the book refers to the fact that Ethiopia has 13 lunar months.. The manuscript was received by James Currey of the African Writers Series in 1972. An early reader, Ros de Lanerolle, noted that the story was a mechanism to "expose decaying society, politically brutal, static and uncaring, corrupt and privilege-ridden.
[7] In Algeria, oral poetry was an important part of Berber traditions when the majority of the population was illiterate. These poems, called Isefra, were used for aspects of both religious and secular life. The religious poems included devotions, prophetic stories, and poems honoring saints.
The following is an alphabetical list of Amharic writers, presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Amharic language, used predominantly in Ethiopia.
The story is focused mainly on him. He has a little sister named Lemlem, and of course a mother who cares for him but also doesn't tell him the news about his father being alive. Bini: The main character's friend, is also very smart (maybe even smarter than Shif).