Mammo Wudneh
Mammo Wudneh is a playwright, journalist and Former President of the Ethiopian Writers' Association. He is actively involved as a peacemaker between Ethiopia and Eritrea working on an interfaith committee chaired by Abune Paulos, the Patriarch of the Tewahedo Church.
Early Life
Mammo Wudneh was oprhaned during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War when the Italians bombed his village, Bashagia in what was then Wollo Province. By chance he later met one of the pilots who took part in the raid that killed his family. In a moving encounter the playwright forgave the pilot.
Published Works
- Degree yasabedew
- Khartoum hedo qere
- Hirut abatwa manew?
- Gilen-yekifle zemenu selay
- Miseate Israel
- Yegna sew bedemasko
External Links
Categories: Ethiopian writers