The purpose of this book is to show children that they are loved and wanted in their home and community, as well as their acceptance and love for relatives.

Yared Zeleke's remarkable feature debut tells the story of young Ephraim, a half-Jewish, Ethiopian boy who is sent by his father to his beloved sheep must be sacrificed for the next religious feast, he will do anything to save the animal and return home.

Based on the true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-or-death clash bwtween cultural traditions and their country's advancement of equal rights. When 14-year-old Hirut is abducted in her rural village's tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband. Local law demands a death sentence for Hirut, but Meaza, a tough and passionate lawyer from a...

Explores ways that babies are carried in various countries of the world.

Amidst the background of spectacular post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscapes, emerges a strange-looking scrap collector, Gagano. Alternately gripped by daydreams and constant fears, the diminutive Gagano has had enough of collecting the priceless crumbs of decayed civilization, including the most valuable: merchandise from Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan. When a spaceship that has been hovering high in the sky for years starts showing signs of activity,...