Notes from the Hyena's Belly
Download or Read eBook Notes from the Hyena's Belly PDF written by Nega Mezlekia and published by Picador. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Nega Mezlekia |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2015-04-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781466893245 |
ISBN-13 | : 1466893249 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Notes from the Hyena's Belly by : Nega Mezlekia
Book excerpt: In this acclaimed memoir, Mezlekia recalls his boyhood in the arid city of Jijiga, Ethiopia, and his journey to manhood during the 1970s and 1980s. He traces his personal evolution from child to soldier--forced at the age of eighteen to join a guerrilla army. And he describes the hardships that consumed Ethiopia after the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie and the rise to power of the communist junta, in whose terror thousands of Ethiopians died. Part autobiography and part social history, Notes from the Hyena's Belly offers an unforgettable portrait of Ethiopia, and of Africa, during the defining and turbulent years of the last century.