the Derg
Rebellion and repression: Oromay, by Baalu Girma, reviewed
Girma’s semi-autobiographical thriller follows the efforts of the Marxist Mengistu to crush secessionist Eritrea in the bloody aftermath of Haile Selassie’s downfall
A century of Ethiopia’s turbulent history, seen through the life of one woman
Yetemegn was barely eight years old when her parents married her off to a man in his thirties. Before she…