Hailu Gebereyohannes alias known as in his pen-name Hailu Gemoraw, a renown Ethiopian Poet; Writer; philosopher has passed away at the age of 71 here in Sweden on November 9, 2014. He spent almost of half of his life in exile; first he went to China on scholarship but he was evicted due to research proposal "how anarchism is affecting China's literature". He then sought asylum in Norway but he went to Sweden to finish his Doctoral Studies about China. Norway denied Gemoraw his residency and work permit for being away from the country for more than two years. As a result he was forced to seek asylum in Sweden where he suffered and finally died. It's an honor for me to brought up reading his books and it's very sad that his literary and humanistic contributions have never been recognized or valued. Thank you Gemoraw for opening up my eyes to literature world. I hope, your caring and clean soul finally will rest in peace after such a long long and long suffering.
As
the old "Gibbon's" saying goes " …Encompassed on all sides by the
enemies of their religion; the Ethiopians slept near a thousand years,
forgetful of the world by whom they were forgotten ", the innocent
Ethiopians have been isolated for several centuries from the rest of the
world, just to face the brutals of harsh & bitter poverty at the
expense of their rich natural resources & the source of world
original history. Due to Her "Geo-political" position situated at the
most sensitive zone of the globe, Ethiopia
has suffered an immense mass of suppression by outside forces. As a
conscious Ethiopian, that is wounded & bleeded from the early age of
my Younghood, I don't have any available means to protect my Country
from such horrible atrocities except that crying on behalf of Ethiopia and its suffering people.
The whole motive of my writings is based on trying to express their (i.e.Ethiopia & Her people) agony in a literary form. Therefore, the Amharic Poem below is embodied with an actual text that express the soul of my motive – "….to cry aloud the bitter conditions of their miserable life & express their deepest agony on their behalf, — to the whole world in general and to the conscious class of Our People (Ethiopians) in particular as well!!. Their non-stop brutal problems are still missing them now too!!! Thus, my cry through my "PEN" will continue too!! Thank You All!!!
Source: Debteraw
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