Showing Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. Full description
Important places
- Addis Ababa (18)
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- Addis Ababa (18)
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- Ethiopia (235)
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- Ethiopian Highlands (58)
- Eastern Africa (1,319)
- Africa (5,755)