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Unswallowed Critique: A Political Novel of Ethiopia's Struggle for Democracy
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ISBN13: 9798259020825
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 26 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 26 2026
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What happens when silence becomes more dangerous than speaking out?
In the heart of Addis Ababa, Hiwot, a 25-year-old political science graduate, receives a mysterious message inviting her to a secret café meeting. What begins as curiosity becomes a calling: joining a growing underground movement of young Ethiopians who refuse to accept oppression in silence.
In the heart of Addis Ababa, Hiwot, a 25-year-old political science graduate, receives a mysterious message inviting her to a secret café meeting. What begins as curiosity becomes a calling: joining a growing underground movement of young Ethiopians who refuse to accept oppression in silence.
Unswallowed Critique is a gripping work of political fiction that weaves together love, betrayal, revolutionary idealism, and the painful question every generation must answer: Is peaceful struggle enough when a government responds to protest with bullets?
Spanning Ethiopia's haunted political landscape, from the Red Terror of 1977 to the civil wars of today, Abel Tewodros crafts a story of ordinary people who dare to imagine a democratic future. As Hiwot's movement grows from five members in a dim café to a nationwide force, she must confront the ghost of her grandfather, who died fighting the same fight fifty years before.
Part political thriller, part love story, and part manifesto, Unswallowed Critique asks the question that echoes across every generation: Can a people transform their country without destroying it? This book also features:
An Analytical Essay on the Concepts of Peaceful and Armed Struggle
The income from the book's sales will be used to purchase basic necessities for people affected by the civil war in Ethiopia.
Spanning Ethiopia's haunted political landscape, from the Red Terror of 1977 to the civil wars of today, Abel Tewodros crafts a story of ordinary people who dare to imagine a democratic future. As Hiwot's movement grows from five members in a dim café to a nationwide force, she must confront the ghost of her grandfather, who died fighting the same fight fifty years before.
Part political thriller, part love story, and part manifesto, Unswallowed Critique asks the question that echoes across every generation: Can a people transform their country without destroying it? This book also features:
An Analytical Essay on the Concepts of Peaceful and Armed Struggle
The income from the book's sales will be used to purchase basic necessities for people affected by the civil war in Ethiopia.
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