Profound and Groundbreaking: Listen to a Podcast Episode with Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Author of Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና)

Profound and Groundbreaking: Listen to a Podcast Episode with Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Author of Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና)

In this profound, groundbreaking narrative, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes weaves together stories of heritage and heartache. His unique memoir celebrates the beauty of Ethiopian culture while mourning its erosion – first under colonial forces, and later through internal conflict. Framing his work via the Ethiopian belief in the four elemental stages of human experience – water, fire, soil and wind – this is an essential exploration of the human condition, connecting readers to a nation of people whose sagacity and spirit have endured through generations.

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                Publisher details

                Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና)
                Author
                Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes
                Publisher
                Fremantle Press
                Genre
                Fiction
                Released
                03 February, 2026
                ISBN
                9781760996376

                Synopsis

                In this profound, groundbreaking narrative, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes weaves together stories of heritage and heartache. His unique memoir celebrates the beauty of Ethiopian culture while mourning its erosion – first under colonial forces, and later through internal conflict. Framing his work via the Ethiopian belief in the four elemental stages of human experience – water, fire, soil and wind – this is an essential exploration of the human condition, connecting readers to a nation of people whose sagacity and spirit have endured through generations.
                Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes
                About the author

                Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes

                Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, Ethiopia. He currently lives in Perth, Western Australia, where he is the Director of the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University. His academic and creative work revolves around African traditions, Ethiopian philosophy, epistemic justice, issues of looted manuscript repatriation, and the politics of language and belonging. His Amharic poetry was compiled and published in a solo collection titled የተራሮች ጩኸት (Yeteraroch Chuhet, The Cry of Mountains), and has been performed widely on stage and radio in Ethiopia. His English creative work has appeared in Westerly, Stories of Perth and Ways of Being Here. He was the winner of the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award.

                Books by Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes

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