An Evening of Poetry from the Horn of Africa from ethiopia somalia war Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 57 min 35 sec
✓ Published: 13-Jan-2018

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Non-stop civil war in Somalia. The continuing madness of war talk between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Sudan split in two. Similarly regular warnings of famine. An ominously expanding United States military presence. Is it all just one big “collision of altars” and their gods, as Ethiopian poet Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin once asserted? Can we only see the faces and hear the voices of the Horn through the barrel of a gun? nnEritrean author Zemhret Yohannes claims otherwise! “These poets write a lot abou