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Stories Set in Ethiopia
Three thousand years of emperors, Adwa's victory, revolution's gaze and long-distance glory — Ethiopia's stories stand apart in Africa. Start with these ten, then open the country on StoryTerra's map.
Open Ethiopia on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Ethiopia
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Browse 24 books, 12 movies and 1 game set in Ethiopia.
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…
Live and Become
In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes…
438 Days
On the eve of June 28th 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research planning and failed…
What Is the What
From the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost…
Omo Child: The River and the Bush
For many generations people in the Omo Valley (tribal southwest Ethiopia) believed some children are cursed and that these 'cursed' children bring disease drought and death to the tribe. The curse is called 'mingi' and…
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.With Pulitzer Prize winners…
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…
Dukale's Dream
In 2009 actors Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-lee Furness traveled to Ethiopia as ambassadors for World Vision Australia one of the world's largest humanitarian aid organizations. As longtime donors the Jackmans…
Sweetness in the Belly
Orphaned in Africa as a child Lilly escapes to England as a refugee fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London attempting to reunite people with their…
Shaft in Africa
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia then France to bust a human trafficking ring.
The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 37 in the catalogue for this entry. For the full live catalogue, open Ethiopia in the StoryTerra app. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.
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