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From ‘Home Song’ to ‘Family in an Ordeal’
Saturday, 16 February 2019 07:29 | Written by shabait Administrator |
  
A book adapted into one of the Eritrean languages which is entitled ‘Sidra ab Fetene’ (Literally, A Family in an Ordeal)’ published in English as ‘Home Song’ was translated and became public to Tigrigna readers in Eritrea in 2018. As one may glimpse from the blurb, it is one of the top-selling and much loved romantic fictional-books so far with over 15 million copies in print. |
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Introduction 1) 
Thursday was Valentine’s Day and I learned according to a newly self proclaimed expert (whose name I can’t reveal for obvious reasons) on all things visible spectral compositions, aka colors; the color we wear on Valentine’s day say a lot about our relationship status.
“Mr. Ghirmazion has lauded the role of women during the armed struggle in his ‘Lul Kab Af Gebel’ and has richly rewarded us, women,” states Ms. Ghenet Seyoum (Shigom), commenting on Hanqewta, a collection of short stories by Michael Debrezion and Ghirmazion Kidane. “I exhort all women to refer his books,” she adds.
I went to the dentist and heard the drill, so I done a runner and didn’t pay my bill 
Culture is the way of life that governs an entire society. UNESCO describes culture as “the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional features of society or a social group,” and suggests that, “it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs” (UNESCO 2002).
One of the things I remember about my high school days in the 1980s is the fierce competition among us students. My school, Semienawi Kokob Secondary School, accepted only high-performing students.
Once, when I was quite young, the boy playing next to me was hit on the head by a big stone. He didn’t cry at first. The rule was there. But then he ran his fingers through his hair and felt something wet. Blood! It was then that he began to cry and wail.