A poem by Chris BeckettThe poem is reprinted from Tenderfoot (2020). if someone asks where are you from, little boy? he will answer proudly Inglizawi negn! His translation of poems by Bewketu Seyoum, In Search of Fat, was published by Flipped Eye in 2012 and his second collection of poems, Ethiopia Boy, came out from Carcanet/Oxford Poets in 2013. He co-translated and edited the first-ever anthology of Ethiopian Amharic poetry, Songs We Learn from Trees, also out from Carcanet last year.

Source: Ethiopian News February 14, 2021 02:21 UTC