Addis Ababa

Books in this genre are set in or about Addis Ababa.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s sprawling capital in the highlands bordering the Great Rift Valley, is the country’s commercial and cultural hub. Its National Museum exhibits Ethiopian art, traditional crafts and prehistoric fossils, including replicas of the famous early hominid, "Lucy." The burial place of the 20th-century emperor Haile Selassie, copper-domed Holy Trinity Cathedral, is a neo-baroque architectural landmark.
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Cutting for Stone
መስቀል አደባባይ
Where the Hell Is Addis Ababa?: Tales from the Files of a Very Public Private Investigator
Addis Ababa Noir
I Didn't Do It for You by Michela WrongBrothers at War by Tekeste NegashEritrea and Ethiopia by Tekeste NegashMy Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Azieb PoolUnderstanding Eritrea by Martin Plaut
Eritrea
8 books — 2 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseBeneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza MengisteThe Emperor by Ryszard KapuścińskiThe Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw MengestuThere Is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene
Books Set in Ethiopia
124 books — 79 voters