This amazing memoir combines captivating storytelling, important history lessons and firsthand experience to result in a complicated and useful volume. Mezlekia sucked me in with the story and even got me to read the history and politics with interest. Not an easy task.The story of how a boy grew into a man during the troubled and dangerous junta takeover in Ethiopia is as heart-wrenching as it is entertaining. The way he tells the story casts a light on traditional Ethiopian society and religious practices that blend witchcraft, herbology, and Orthodox Christianity.
A worthwhile, informative and entertaining reading choice.
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