Interview with Maaza Mengiste, author of THE SHADOW KING
Maaza Mengiste’s second novel, THE SHADOW KING, examines Ethiopia’s 1935 War with Italy through the eyes of two women who volunteered as soldiers, Hirut, a poor servant girl, and Astor, a privileged young woman whom Hirut works for. The story highlights their marginalization as women in 1935 and the cruelty they have endured.
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