Sahle Sellassie

Sahle Sellassie Berhane Mariam (Amharic: ሳህለ ሰልላስሴ በርሃነ ማርአም ; born 1936) is an Ethiopian author who 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[1] 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 Books, African Writers Series No. 52 (1969), ISBN 0-435-90052-8
• Warrior King, Heinemann Educational, African Writers Series No. 163 (1974), ISBN 0-435-90163-X - fiction based on the life of Theodore II
• Firebrands, Longman Drumbeat (1979), ISBN 0-582-64243-4
• "Wetat Yifredew"(ወጣት ይፍረደው)(1967
• "Basha Qtaw"(ባሻ ቅጣው)(1984)
• "shukita"(ሹክታ)(2000)

Sources and references

1. Shinega's Village, Translator's preface

• Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge (2002), ISBN 0-415-23019-5 - p. 477