Yves has edited an acclaimed book (Ethiopia through writers’ eyes), and authored a fictionalised history of Ethiopia, The Abyssinian Syllabary (available as a podcast). In his latest work, A Gallop in Ethiopia: Wax, Gold & the Abyssinian Pony, the author lovingly but candidly offers an unvarnished picture of the country and narrates many tales of his friendships with notable Ethiopians. This excerpt, a sketch of the great Ethiopian writer, Sebhat Guebre Egziabher, offers a taste of this riveting read. In this metal can, eager teenagers crowded on benches of split eucalyptus trunks, to read out the poems they had composed, under the watchful eye of the writer Sebhat Guebre Egziabher. Although ultimately we did not see eye to eye, I retained my fondness for Sebhat till the end.

Source: Ethiopian News June 06, 2022 12:22 UTC