The essay addresses the origins of the literary expressions of Ethiopia: its oral literature, classical literature, and Amharic literature proper. The oral literature of Ethiopia, including folk tales ...

Bitwodded Mekonnen Endalkatchew, one of whose works we considered last week, also wrote a play on the martyrdom, by Graziani on July 30, 1936, of the Ethiopian bishop, Abune Petros. This work, which ...

"OLDER THAN THE FLOW OF HUMAN BLOOD IN HUMAN VEINS" The Editor's Notes "OLDER THAN THE FLOW OF HUMAN BLOOD IN HUMAN VEINS" The Editor's Notes (pp. 1-6) ...

What inspired you to write this book? One of my inspirations to write this book was to teach children like yourself the history and culture of Ethiopia. It’s important to find an illustrator who is ...

winner of the 2011 Burt Award for African Literature for his book The Young Crusader, founded the center and will serve as its first president. Hailemariam said that center was established promote ...

The other allegorical work of this time was a three act play in verse entitled YeKidane-qal Tiyater, i.e. "Drama of the Covenant", by another foreign-educated intellectual, Balambaras Asheber ...