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Stories Set in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is a high-altitude capital in the Ethiopian highlands, founded as an imperial town. Emperor Menelik II established it in 1886, and its survival through Italian occupation plus role as seat of the African Union made it a stage for court, revolution and diplomacy. Cutting for Stone opens in its hospitals, while Difret follows a court case in its streets. Open Addis Ababa on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 6 books and 3 movies set in Addis Ababa.
Cutting for Stone
A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel - an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful…
Difret
Three hours outside of Addis Ababa a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape but ends up shooting her would-be…
Pierino medico della SAUB
Alvaro Gasperoni alias Peter returned to Rome with their families from Addis Ababa where he received his bachelor's degree in medicine. Helped by his father through a recommendation from the P2 Lodge he manages to get…
The Emperor
Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Elect of God, Lion of Judah, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, reigned from 1930 until he was overthrown by the army in 1974. While the fighting…
Sweetness in the Belly
Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised…
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
From one of our most widely read, award-winning journalists – comes the powerful, unputdownable story of the very human cost of a global pandemic of staggering scope and scale. It is essential reading for our times.In…
The Babel Codex
In this electrifying new novella, heroine Annja Creed uncovers yet another one of history's monsters.From the Old Testament comes a new danger...Fighting skeletons in Addis Ababa isn't in Annja's contract. Especially…
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የታሪኩ ዋነኛ ገጸባህርያትን ተከትሎ በብዙ ሰዎች እና ቤተሰቦች ዙሪያ የሚያጠነጥነው ይህ ታሪክ በኢትዮጵያና በአሜሪካ የተከወነ ሲሆን በውስጡም ፍቅርና-ቅናት፣ ክፋትና-ደግነት፣ ጭካኔና-ርህራሄ፣ ድህነትና-ስኬት ይንጸባረቁበታል፣ ይፈራረቁበታል። ከገጠር እስከ ከተማ፣ ከቤት ቤት ይዞራል፧፧ በታሪኩ ዉስጥ የተቆላለፉ ጉዳዮች እስኪፈቱ አንባቢ ከራሱ…
Stand Up My Beauty
Nardos an Azmari singer from Addis Ababa dreams of telling stories about the lives of ordinary people through her music. In her search for the stories behind her songs she meets Gennet a poet who lives on the streets…
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