false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175114684m/481005.jpg 481005 6 <div><b>Winner of the Governor General's Award</b><br><b>A <i>Library Journal </i>Best Book of 2001</b><br><br>Part autobiography and part social history, <i>Notes from the Hyena's Belly</i> offers an unforgettable portrait of Ethiopia, and of Africa, during the 1970s and '80s, an era of civil war, widespread famine, and mass execution. "We children lived like the donkey," Mezlekia remembers, "careful not to wander off the beaten trail and end up in the hyena's belly." His memoir sheds light not only on the violence and disorder that beset his native country, but on the rich spiritual and cultural life of Ethiopia itself. Throughout, he portrays the careful divisions in dress, language, and culture between the Muslims and Christians of the Ethiopian landscape. Mezlekia also explores the struggle between western European interests and communist influences that caused the collapse of Ethiopia's social and political structure&#8212;and that forced him, at age 18, to join a guerrilla army. Through droughts, floods, imprisonment, and killing sprees at the hands of military juntas, Mezlekia survived, eventually emigrating to Canada. In <i>Notes from the Hyena's Belly</i> he bears witness to a time and place that few Westerners have understood. <br></div> 469380 2001 Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood total:92|5:24|4:39|3:25|2:3|1:1| 92 358 160 23 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 22:49:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 22:58:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 15:45:21 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 11:31:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 22 16:36:43 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 16:37:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:42:45 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:44:36 -0800 2009 How little we understand about the rest of the world.]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 14:08:58 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 14:09:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 19:51:13 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 12:55:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:59:02 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:59:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 06 11:56:17 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:54:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 16:01:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 16:01:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 13:30:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 13:30:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 27 18:04:37 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 18:10:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 03 19:52:54 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 19:54:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 20:52:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 20:54:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 11:55:50 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 11:57:31 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 07:41:18 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 07:43:08 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 18:58:29 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 18:59:44 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Sep 28 20:31:28 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 20:35:58 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 17:12:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 17:13:29 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Sep 13 05:38:45 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 05:40:00 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Mar 14 09:53:54 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 09:56:13 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=481005