Reading List for Our Trip to Ethiopia
A History of Ethiopia by Harold G. Marcus
The one must book which
surveys the country. Only buy the newest edition which includes more current developments.
Cutting for Stone by Abraham
Verghes, a novel
In Ethiopia With a Mule by
Dervla Murphy, a travelogue
For More About Dervla Murphy A great read for women who love to travel
No Biking in the House
Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay
Greene, non fiction
Dark Star Safari: Overland
from Cairo to Capetown by Paul Theroux, a travelogue
A trip through Africa with
insightful comments about foreign aid and more.
The following are recommended by The Lonely Planet Guidebook
on Ethiopia.
Thesiger is an early explorer whose readings are a thrill for
adventure travel readers.
In Eating
the Flowers of Paradise, by Kevin Rushby the history of ghat, a narcotic used
in the Middle East and Africa, non fiction
Sheba:
Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen by Nicholas Clapp
A combination of academic study and personal experience
about the theme of the Queen of Sheba. non fiction and a travelogue
Somebody
Else by Charles Nicholls follows Rimbaud in his
19c travels which include Ethiopia; this is an award winning biography, history and travelogue.
