Ethiopia

Books in this genre are set in or about Ethiopia.

Cutting for Stone
The Shadow King
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Sweetness in the Belly
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
Yes, Chef
Black Dove White Raven
Say You're One of Them
All Our Names
How to Read the Air
The Legend of Sheba by Tosca LeeJonas and the Mountain by Janis HarperIsmeni by Tosca LeeMakeda by Prue SobersThe Queen of Sheba by Roberta Kells Dorr
Queen of Sheba - Fiction & Nonfiction
15 books — 20 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsKintu by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
East Africa
251 books — 98 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Fictitious Africa
547 books — 265 voters

ከአድማስ ባሻገር by በዓሉ ግርማፍቅር እስከ መቃብር by ሀዲስ ዓለማየሁየተቆለፈበት ቁልፍ by ምህረት ደበበእመጓ by ዓለማየሁ ዋሴትኩሳት by ስብሐት ገብረ እግዚአብሔር
Best Amharic Books
213 books — 1,820 voters
ልጅነት by ዘነበ ወላሐተታ ዘርዐ ያዕቆብ ወሐተታ ወልደ ሕይወት by ዘርዐ ያዕቆብመንግሥትና የሕዝብ አስተዳደር by ገብረሕይወት ባይከዳኝተረት ተረት የመሰረት by ሀዲስ ዓለማየሁኗሪ አልባ ጎጆዎች by በዕውቀቱ ስዩም
Endalk Ena Mahder Book List
34 books — 8 voters


Today, as a result of the increased activity that European nations are putting into expanding their relations with the most remote peoples of the East, and as a result of the repercussions of England's latest relations with Theodore, I thought that my work would not be without utility. I have just resumed it, and I offer it with the confidence that comes from a task faithfully fulfilled, and with the reserve that befits one who, like myself, undertakes to produce a collection of facts and charac ...more
Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Twelve Years in Upper Ethiopia (Translated): Twelve Years' Residence in Highland Ethiopia

Marc Secchia
You think!” cried Mama. “She’s just a-looking after your backside and mine.” But at least her arms let up. Shioni could breathe again. “It’d take five of her to look after your backside.” Mama seemed to find his rudeness amusing. A beaming smile lit up her round face like the sun leaping above the hills of Abyssinia in the morning. “Better a plump, well-padded rump, than the rear end of a skinny goat like you, eh?
Marc Secchia, The Enchanted Castle

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