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
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforEverfair by Nisi ShawlLagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 16 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,759 books — 1,638 voters

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters
I Didn't Do It for You by Michela WrongBrothers at War by Tekeste NegashHeart of Fire by Senait G. MehariEritrea and Ethiopia by Tekeste NegashMy Fathers' Daughter by Hannah Azieb Pool
Eritrea
9 books — 3 voters


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

Enock Maregesi
Biblia pamoja na historia vinatwambia kuwa mitume kumi na wawili wa Yesu Kristo waliamua kufa kinyama kama mfalme wao alivyokufa, kwa sababu walikataa kukana imani yao juu ya Yesu Kristo. Mathayo alikufa kwa ajili ya Ukristo nchini Ethiopia kwa jeraha lililotokana na kisu kikali, Marko akavutwa na farasi katika mitaa ya Alexandria nchini Misri mpaka akafa, kwa sababu alikataa kukana jina la Yesu Kristo. Luka alinyongwa nchini Ugiriki kwa sababu ya kuhubiri Injili ya Yesu Kristo katika nchi amb ...more
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