By now, I’ve read a few works of fiction set in Algeria. There has been the visceral devastation of Algerian White. The incandescent rage of Tomorrow, They Wont Dare to Murder Us. Before that, the masked colonialism of The Stranger … Continue reading →| anenduringromantic
In 1983, the Ethiopian writer Baalu Girma published his sixth novel, Oromay. Within the week, Oromay was banned in Ethiopia, Girma was fired from his job at the Ministry of Information, and copies of the book were pulped at a … Continue reading →| anenduringromantic
In 1974, the regime of the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, was overthrown in a revolution. Left-wing student movements played a significant part in the revolution, primarily through the vehicle of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (the EPRP). However, soon after … Continue reading →| anenduringromantic
I first read (and reviewed) Dambudzo Marechera’s The House of Hunger a few years ago, and fell in love with this strange, indefinable, and incandescent piece of work. His observations on language – and the use of English by outsiders … Continue reading →| anenduringromantic