Sahle Sellassie

Berhane Mariam Sahle Sellassie is an Ethiopian author who was born in 1936 and has written in three languages: Gurage, English, and Amharic. He wrote the first novel in Chaha, a Gurage dialect, which was translated into English by Wolf Leslau for publication ["Shinega's Village", Translator's preface"] with the title "Shinega's Village". This was followed by several books in English; "The Afersata" (1969) is perhaps the best known of these. He has written a major work in Amharic about the war with Italy, 1935 to 1941, and has translated other works.

Books

* "Shinega's Village: scenes of Ethiopian life", University of California Press (1964)
* "The Afersata", Heinemann Educational (1969), ISBN 0435900528
* "Warrior king", Heinemann Educational (1974), ISBN 043590163X - fiction based on the life of Theodore II
* "Firebrands", Longman (1979), ISBN 0582642434

ources and References

* Simon Gikandi, "Encyclopedia of African Literature", Routledge (2002), ISBN 0415230195 - p.477