In researching her new book 'The Shadow King' in Ethiopia, novelist Maaaza Mengiste (maazamengiste) finds a horrifying past and a stubborn hopefulness
While researching battle scenes in Ethiopia, novelist Maaza Mengiste finds stubborn hopefulness in the ancient rock churches of LalibelaTHIS PAST JANUARY, I drove from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to the country’s northern highlands with my mother and my cousin, a seasoned tour guide.
I came to research locations where certain battles took place during the 1935-41 Italo-Ethiopian war and occupation for the novel I was writing. The book follows fighters on both sides of the bloody conflict that would eventually see Mussolini’s invaders ousted. My Ethiopian soldiers—part of an army comprised of both men and women—waged war near the scenic, rugged landscape of the Simien Mountains so that’s where we were headed. I was looking for historically accurate,...
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