2000 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner
Notes from the Hyena’s Belly
Nega Mezlekia
In this acclaimed memoir, Mezlekia recalls his boyhood in the arid city of Jijiga, Ethiopia, and his journey to manhood during the 1970s and 1980s. He traces his personal evolution from child to soldier–forced at the age of eighteen to join a guerrilla ar…