The Contributing Ethiopian

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We wish to congratulate Ato Fassil Yirgu, Ethiopian-American owner of Chicago based Nyala Publishing, for being one of five immigrants who received the 2006 Changing Worlds' Immigrant & Refugee Contribution Award.
Ato Yirgu, editor of One House: The Battle of Adwa 1896--100 years (with Pamela S. Brown, 1996) brought us The Texture of Dreams by author Fasil Yitbarek in 2005. Read reviews of the novel by Tecola Hagos, Helm Magazine, Richard Pankhurst, and here; an interview with Yitbarek on The Big Issue Ethiopia is available on the publisher's site. Also available on that site are several interesting titles we can't wait to pick up.

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