ethiopia

Offers an account of the black queens, madonnas, and goddesses that existed in the history, art, and imagination of ancient times, particularly in Ethiopia and Egypt.

Introduces Ethiopian Christian art from the fourth to the eighteenth centuries, and includes a history of African arts and cultures.

Thirty-two folktales from Ethiopia, twenty-seven of which are from the Amhara people of the central high country.

Retells the life of a thirteenth-century Ethiopian who performed many miracles for his people, such as feeding the hungry during a famine and raising the dead to life. Illustrated with paintings from an eighteenth-century illuminated manuscript.

Tahir Shah chronicles the experiences he had while searching for King Solomon's fabled mines in Ethiopia.

Looks at life in the small rural village of Boto, Ethiopia, through the eyes of local coffee farmers.

Follows a young Ethiopian Jewish boy and his family through their typical daily routine, followed by preparation for and celebration of the Sabbath.

When a faithful, longtime slave asks his master to free him, the master tells him that he will do so once the slave has spent a freezing cold night all alone on a high mountain without clothing or shelter. The slave turns to his friend, a wise old man, for help.