Born in rural Ethiopia to an Ethiopian mother and Indian father, he was a graduate of Addis Ababa University and later studied journalism in the United States. Bealu's life had a dramatic arc of its own. It is generally believed that he was abducted and killed on the orders of government officials in retaliation for Oromay. In the aftermath, Bealu was fired from his job in Ethiopia's Ministry of Information and a few months later disappeared. Government officials attempted to confiscate all available copies but bootleg versions continued to circulate. The novel was almost immediately banned after publication. The criticism contained in this incisive political allegory put Bealu in considerable danger owing to the repressive environment in which it was published. A passionate and turbulent story of love and war, Oromay mocked high-level members of Ethiopia's communist regime and criticized the Derg's actions in Eritrea. Originally published in 1983 in Ethiopia, the novel served as a critical account of the Red Star Campaign, the Communist Derg government's attempt at a final comprehensive victory over the secessionist rebellion in Eritrea. ![]() ![]() This is the first complete English translation of Bealu Girma's classic.
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