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Winner of the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, Trials of Hope tells the story of a shepherd boy turned human-rights academic set against the backdrop of the author's beloved Ethiopia, and the family and friends he has left behind. In this profound and groundbreaking narrative, Ethiopian-born Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes weaves together stories of heritage and heartache. This unique memoir celebrates the beauty of Ethiopian culture while mourning its erosion - first under colonial forces, and later through internal conflict. Framing his work via the Ethiopian belief in the four elemental stages of human experience - water, fire, soil and wind - Yirga's story celebrates and honours the voices that fight to preserve his culture. This is an essential exploration of the human condition, urging us to connect with a nation of people whose sagacity and spirit have endured through generations.

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9781760996376

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City of Fremantle Hungerford Award (Winner 2024)

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Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes is a writer, poet and human-rights academic from Lalibela, Ethiopia. His academic and creative work revolves around African traditions, Ethiopian philosophy, epistemic justice, issues of looted manuscript repatriation, and the politics of language and belonging. Yirga was a 2023 Red Room Poetry Emerging Poet in Residence and one of thirty poets featured in Red Room's '30in30' National Australian Poetry Month celebrations. He won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for Trials of Hope (_x12E8__x1270__x1235__x134B_ _x1348__x1270__x1293_).

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