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Oromay by Baalu Girma review – long-overdue translation of a modern classic

First published in Amharic in 1983, this shocking story about the military junta that governed Ethiopia in the 70s and 80s was banned and led to the author’s disappearance

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

Oromay by Baalu Girma review – an Ethiopian classic

This political satire of propaganda during the civil war, which is thought to have cost the author his life, gets an English translation at last

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025

‘It is hateful and mean’: fighting back with the banned book reading room

With book bans continuing across the US, a museum in New York has assembled a hub for those defying extreme censorship

The Guardian - US · May 10, 2023