Hama Tuma’s book was first published by Heinemann (London), African Writers Series, back in 1993 and it immediately received rare and positive reviews. Famous Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiongo wrote the preface for first edition and stated: "Hama Tuma brilliantly captures the contradictions that make up the real Ethiopia of the twentieth century". Robert P. Smith of RutgersUniversity also wrote a long review from which the one below is excerpted: Read More…