About the Author

Alemseged Tesfai, lawyer turned freedom fighter, is a pre-eminent historian and dramatist. A quarter of century ago, Alemseged abandoned a promising academic career to join the fledgling Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front to fight for Eritrea's freedom. He has used his prodigious literary talent to the nationalist cause effectively, and has written several books and plays, including Aynfalale, a superbly documented account of the political struggles of the 1940s.

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"I found it so moving that I couldn't put it down..." - Murray Last, Journal of Modern African Studies