Author Essayias presents a diverse and dazzling collection of short stories. Most of the work is inspired by travel and exile, but it also reflects what has transpired. Each short story takes you on a rollercoaster of emotion as you experience different areas of Ethiopian life.

Essayias L Bezabeh is an Ethiopian American author who grew up in the capital city of Ethiopia. Essayias writes with incredible vividness and clarity. His works are a joy to read. His poetry touches on the subjects of love, happiness, and heartbreak. self-love and death.

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Essayias Lesanu Bezabeh’s third full-length collection of poetry in Amharic is a celebration of healing, compassion, and hope. Courageous at times, haunting and sometimes profoundly humorous, ‘Yesenbet Weg’ is a superb work by Essayias Lesanu Bezabeh. It presents the brilliant shows of how Ethiopians in diaspora live.

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Written with such clarity for every passing moment of his travel from DC to Addis Ababa and to Axum, Essayias opens up the discussion about Ethiopia in this book. After 30 years of exile, he visited his motherland and had the opportunity to see it. It was one of the wonderful experiences, and as an author, he sparked conversation with his readers through his book.

This book is a must-read. And it appeals to us on many levels. Our yearning for freedom and expansion, a need for companionship, and the protection of a common identity as Ethiopians. The book reminds us that while change is constant, progress is slow and difficult. It evokes a strong need to see our country in a different light. Also compelled us to explore the biggest humanity.

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