| Edition |
Second edition |
| Descript |
xi, 315 pages illustrations, portraits 23 cm |
| Series |
Saba & Lucy's people books ; 1
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Tadesse, Mesfin, 1959-
Saba & Lucy's people books ; 1
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references |
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"Lucy's People: An Ethiopian Memoir" is the story of a country and a life. Mesfin is Falasha, an Ethiopian Jew. He is born to resist brutality and help others. Under Emperor Haile Selassie I, life is delightful - until the communists. For 17 years, the Derg régime of Ethiopia persecutes the humane and brilliant. It torments teenage Mesfin. Conscripted at 16, he is forced to fight a war nobody wants. He serves as a lieutenant with special Airborne force. Ethiopia was home to the hominid fossil 'Lucy' or Dinknesh. Her skeleton has survived for 3.2 million years. Can Ethiopia's best & brightest survive now? Mesfin gains a degree in construction engineering in Ethiopia. Three thousand years ago, Saba was her Engineer Queen. Ancient Abyssinia pioneered pyramids, dams and water technology. He wins a scholarship to study in Egypt. Topping first year, he graduates as a civil engineer in water development. He works all over Ethiopia. Then comes the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Does he stay or flee?"--Publisher's description |
| Subject |
Tadesse, Mesfin, 1959-
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Since 1974
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Judar
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Falasher
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Familjer
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Ingenjörer
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Barnsoldater
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Jews, Ethiopian -- Biography
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Families -- Ethopia -- Biography
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Engineers -- Ethopia -- Biography
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Child soldiers -- Ethiopia -- Biography
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Ethiopians -- Australia -- Biography
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Child soldiers.
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Engineers.
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Ethiopians.
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Families.
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Jews, Ethiopian.
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Manners and customs.
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Politics and government.
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Etiopien
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Australien
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Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1974-1991
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Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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Ethopia -- Social life and customs
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Australia.
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Ethiopia.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Classmark |
963.07
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| Alt Auth |
Bastyan, Ianet, 1954-
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780648828723 (paperback) |
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0648828727 (paperback) |
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