This book presents the challenging life story of an Eritrean academic. It mirrors the political developments in Eritrea, and it reflects the dire conditions that he and other Eritreans faced in the diaspora by vividly describing his journey through Egypt, Germany, and Libya, back to Eritrea. Due to political repression, he finally had to return to exile in Norway. The author portrays the violent clashes that occurred in the Eritrean highlands during the 1950s, and life in the western lowlands in the borderland to Sudan prior to the independence struggle. Abdulkader’s life journey mirrors the tragic political developments, the challenges, but also the resilience of Eritreans over the past seven decades.

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This memoir reflects the life story of an Eritrean academic and true nationalist. Born in the Eritrean town of Adi Keyh amidst violent clashes between supporters of Eritrean independence and pro-Ethiopian unionists, Abdulkader’s life has been a continuous struggle for personal advancement through education against serious odds caused by political crises, displacement and ethnic-based marginalization.

—Dr Nicole Hirt,

Political Scientist and Associate Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Hamburg, Germany.

Prof. Abdulkader has written a haunting book about his remarkable life journey. It is recommended reading to everyone who would like to learn the “inside” story of the Eritrean nation and how it has produced, in relative terms, the biggest diaspora in the world.

—Prof. Kjetil Tronvoll, Oslo New University College

About the Author

Abdulkader Saleh Mohammad is a sociologist with extensive experience in teaching and research. He served as a professor at the Universities of Sebha, Libya and Asmara, Eritrea. He worked as researcher for GIGA Hamburg and the University of Hamburg. He was a visiting professor at the University of Oslo and the University of Oslo and Oslo and Akershus University College.

World Rights

Category: Memoir/AFRICA                                                   

Trim size:  5.5 x 8.5"

Page count: 224 pp (est.)