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2 works

Maaza Mengiste

East AfricaContemporaryFiction
The Shadow King
2019
Maaza Mengiste

Historical novel about Ethiopian women who fought against Mussolini's 1935 invasion, following Hirut who rises from servant to soldier.

East AfricaFiction
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
2010
Maaza Mengiste

Set during the 1974 Ethiopian revolution when Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by the Derg military junta, following a family caught between loyalty, survival, and resistance as the country descends into terror.

East AfricaFiction