As Mussolini's dreams crumbled into dust and his armies into defeat, the ex-Emperor, supported by the bold but amateurish troops of Orde Wingate's Gideon Force, fought his way step by step back into full control of his Empire, despite all the attempts to stop him by Italians, Ethiopians, and even by his allies the British. 'I asked myself time and again, how a Faranji (foreigner) could understand so much about my coun try.' (Azeb Tadesse-Hahn, Deutsche Welle) 'Bernd Bierbaum travels with open eyes, without any form of arrogance or wise-cracking.'īut then the tide of battle turned. Painting an int riguing web of myth and everyday life, In Ethiopia challenges common assumptions, allowing an ancient yet un iversal and relevant wisdom to reveal itself. Bernd Bierbaum, avid traveller, writer and anthrop ologist was so captivated by Ethiopia that he returned twice each year for the past decade. Set between sky-high mountains on the top of Africa, blistering hot deserts of the Danakil Depression a nd the fertile Blue Nile valley, this is the cradle of humankind, or, according to the Ethiopian Church, t he home of Adam and Eve before their fall from grace. In Ethiopia by Bernd Bierbaum Book Description Publication Date: AugA dust-fille d journey of 3000km, taken twenty times, yields ten chapters of vivid encounters and tangible impressi on s.
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