About
Author: Gebreyesus Hailu (Eritrea)
Genre: Social
Setting
Place: Eritrea, Libya
Time: 1910s
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My Subjective Rating: 2
My ‘Objective’ Rating: 1.71
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Introduction
The Conscript by Gebreyesus Hailu is a crisp single-sitting reading of the colonial exploitations of the Eritreans by their Italian overlords.
Understandably grim, it is written with a lot of pathos for a short piece of work – but the pathos comes more from the story rather than the writing.
Introduction
Picture Credits:
- Cover Picture: Associated Press (AP)