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Iyassu Allemayehu
(a.k.a. Hama Tuma) was born in Addis Abeba, and has
participated actively in opposition politics against the
totalitarian regime of Mengistu Haile-Mariam and continues
to be part of the opposition against the present
ethnic-based regime of TPLF/EPRDF. He is a member of the
Leadership Council of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary
Party (EPRP). He writes as Hama Tuma, and has published *The
Case of the Socialist Witchdoctor and Other Stories (in
English) *Of Spades and Ethiopians (poems in English) *Gitim
Wet Awke (poems in Amharic) * Kedada Chereka (novel in
Amharic) and *African Absurdities: Politically Incorrect
Articles (in English and French). Hama Tama publishes
articles both in English and Amharic in various
papers/magazines. folly in both senses. It is wonderful to be black and excellent to be alive." - Hama Tuma |
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