East Africa
Ethiopia
Contemporary
English
Fiction
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.
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One of the few English-language novels set during Ethiopia's traumatic revolutionary period
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editorial-summarynot primary textSet 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. One of the few English-language novels set during Ethiopia's traumatic revolutionary period
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