Tamirat, Nafkote

Summary: A mesmerizing, indelible coming-of-age story about a girl in Boston's tightly-knit Ethiopian community who falls under the spell of a charismatic hustler out to change the world A haunting story of fatherhood, national identity, and what it means to be an immigrant in America today, Nafkote Tamirat's The Parking Lot Attendant explores how who we love, the choices we make, and the places we're...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Company 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAM

Jonas, Raymond Anthony.

Contents: Pt. 1. The road to Adwa -- Courtly ambitions -- Listing toward Adwa -- Italy in Africa -- The price of liberty -- Black in service of white -- Africa in Italy -- "Something humiliating for my kingdom" -- pt. 2. The battle -- Menelik's march -- Amba Alage -- Stalled at Sauria -- Baratieri chooses -- Armies meet -- The center crumbles -- pt. 3. Aftermaths -- Despair, panic, pursuit -- The harvest...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 963.043 JON

Waugh, Evelyn

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1977

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAU

Mergia, Hailu.

Contents: Yegle Nesh -- Tizita -- Belew Beduby -- Anchihoye lene -- Abichu nega nega --y Yetewat hilm

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Awesome Tapes from Africa 2023

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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MER

Berg, Raffi

Summary: In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury holiday resort opened for business. Catering for divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were undercover spies, working for the Mossad - the Israeli secret service. Providing a front for covert night-time activities, the holiday village allowed the agents to carry...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Icon 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.125 BER

Astatke, Mulatu

Contents: Original stereo album. Multau (5:00) ; Mascaram setaba (2:40) ; Dewel (4:00) ; Kulunmanqueleshi (2:05) ; Kasalefkut-Hulu (2:25) ; Munaye (3:15) ; Chifara (7:08) -- Mono album mix. Mulatu (5:31) ; Mascaram setaba (3:06) ; Dewel (4:06) ; Kulunmanqueleshi (2:12) ; Kasalefkut-Hulu (2:29) ; Munaye (5:24) ; Chifara (7:31).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AST

Astatke, Mulatu

Contents: Yèkèrmo sèw -- I faram gami i faram -- Shagu -- Mulatu -- Fikratchin (with Menelik Wossenatchew) -- Yègellé tezeta -- Asiyo bellema (feat. Frank Holder & Niaaza Alsherif) -- Emnete -- Lanchi biye (with Tlahoun Gessesse) -- Yefikir tizita -- Yèkatit -- Ebo lala (with Seifu Yohannes) -- Wubit (with Muluken Melesse) -- Dèwèl -- Mascaram setaba -- Girl from Addis Ababa -- Kasalèfkut hulu --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Strut 2009

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AST

Inner Circle (Musical group)

Contents: I'm a rastaman (Rastman chant) -- Forward Jah Jah children -- Love is the drug -- Ghetto on fire -- Tired fe lick weed in a bush -- Music is for everyone -- Roman soldiers of Babylon -- 80,000 carless Ethiopians --This world -- Jah music.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Cema Special Markets 1993

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE INN

Miller, Jacob Killer.

Contents: Shaky girl -- Tenement yard -- Suzy Wong -- Sinners -- Healing of the nation -- 80,000 careless Ethiopians -- I've got the handle -- Tired fe lick weed in a bush -- Roman soldiers of Babylon -- Standing firm -- All night till daylight -- Forward jah jah children.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Records 1978

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE MIL

Contents: Awash (3:45) -- Kan ati fettun isani infedhani (4:45) -- Nagatti si jedha (5:53) -- Imiman jalaala (5:00) -- Eshurruru (4:48) -- Waa silleen indararuu (5:45) -- Awash (5:04) -- Eessaati si argaa (4:55) -- Si jaalallee (4:07) -- Abbaa lafa (5:48) -- Inyaadi'ini (4:29) -- Si inhanbisin warri (3:54) -- Yaa hundee bareedaa (3:46) -- Awash (6:00) -- Si jaalallee (2:54).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: BudaMusique 2013

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ETH

Summary: A sublime work of personal vision, the debut feature by the Mexican Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir is a hypnotic documentary immersion in the world of Ethiopia's Oromo and Harari communities, places where one commodity khat, a euphoria-inducing plant once prized for its supposedly mystical properties holds sway over the rituals and rhythms of everyday life. As if under the influence of the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC FAY

Astatke, Mulatu

Contents: Mulatu -- Ambassi Lemdi -- Kulun Mankwaleshi -- Living On Stolen Land -- To Know Without Knowing -- Lijay -- Blue Light -- Mascaram Setaba -- A Chance To Give.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Agogo Records 2020

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AST