Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian BoyhoodWinner of the Governor General's Award |
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User Review - theonearmedcrab - LibraryThing“Notes from the Hyena’s Belly: Memories of my Ethiopian Boyhood” (translated in Dutch as “De Buik van de Hyena”) was written by Nega Mezlekia and published in 2000. The author was born in 1958, the ... Read full review
NOTES FROM THE HYENA'S BELLY: Memories of My Ethiopian Boyhood
User Review - KirkusAn affecting, transporting memoir of growing up fast during the grim years following the overthrow of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia."In 1958, the year of the paradox, I was born in Ethiopia, in a hot and ... Read full review
Contents
SAINTS AND SINNERS | 3 |
THE LANGUAGE OF THE ANGELS | 19 |
MEMORIES OF MEMERAES SHED | 25 |
ALULAS MORALITY | 43 |
FEKADUS WORLD | 89 |
THE DEVILTAMERS | 101 |
THE EXORCISTS | 117 |
EARLY TO FALL | 129 |
WINDOW ON HISTORY | 193 |
THE POWER BROKERS | 199 |
JIJIGA BESIEGED | 207 |
A MOVING TALE | 213 |
RETIRING SAINTS | 239 |
AN ALIEN ADBAR | 271 |
SEVEN MONTHS OF DARKNESS | 283 |
A MOURNFUL GHOST | 303 |
EARLY TO RISE | 137 |
GROWING PASSIONS | 145 |
THRUSTING BRASS | 153 |
A RELUCTANT GUERRILLA | 163 |
AN ENFEEBLED SUN | 309 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 353 |
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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: Memories of My Ethiopian Boyhood Nega Mezlekia No preview available - 2000 |