ሌ/ኮለኔል አሰፋ ኤርትራ ውስጥ ጐቓት በምትባል መንደር በ1934 ዓም ተወለዱ። ደሴ የገቡት ገና ልጅ እያሉ በእናታቸው ጀርባ ታዝለው ነበር። ስምንተኛ ክፍል እዚያው ደሴ እንደአጠናቀቁ በ1949 ዓም አየር ሀይልን ተቀላቀሉ። በ1967 ዓም በወሎ ክፍለሀገር የቦረና አውራጃ አስተዳዳሪ ሆኑ። ወደ ከምባታና ሀዲያ አውራጃ በ1967 ዓም ተዛወሩ። ከዚያም የሀይቆችና ቡታጅራ አውራጃ አስታዳዳሪ በመሆን አገለገሉ። ሌ/ኮለኔል አሰፋ ጡረታ እስከወጡበት ድረስ በተለያዩ  የመንግስት መስሪያ ቤቶች ሰርተዋል። ከነዚህ ውስጥ በኩባ የኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች ተወካይ ሆነው ማገልገላቸው ሊጠቀስ ይችላል።

ይህ መጽሀፍ የሌ/ኮለኔል አሰፋን ሙሉ ህይወት አይተርክም። መጽሀፉ የሚያወሳው ኮለኔሉ ከልጅነት ጀምሮ ከቦረና አስተዳዳሪነት እስከተዛወሩበት ግዜ ያለውን ነው። መጽሀፉ ሌ/ኮለኔል አሰፋ የቦረና አስተዳደር በነበሩበት ግዜ ያጋጠሙዋቸውን የዕለት ተዕለት ተግባራት በግል ማስታወሻቸው ላይ ከመዘገቡት በመነሳት የተጻፈ በመሆኑ፣ በወቅቱ የነበረውን የፖለቲካ አለመረጋጋት በጥልቀት ያሳያል።  ይህ መጽሀፍ ለታሪክ ተማሪዎች ትልቅ ግብኣት ይኖረዋል።  

This book is an autobiography of Assefa Berhe Gile, a former colonel of the Ethiopian Air Force. Lt. Colonel Assefa, born in 1938/9 in a small village in Eritrea moved with his parents to Dessie, a capital of Wollo, at a very young age. He completed elementary and junior secondary schools in Dessie with distinctions. He joined the Ethiopian Air Force in 1957 at the age of 18/19. The then young Assefa, excelled in his work and soon became an officer. In his career, he obtained further training in the US in three different times.

Colonel Assefa became a governor of Borena in Wollo region in 1974 at a difficult period of Ethiopian history and served there until 1976. He was then transferred to the Sidamo region as governor of Kembata and Hadiya County. Later he served as a governer of Haikoch and Butajira County and in various government offices until his retirement. In 1998 Colonel Assefa was deported to Eritrea by Weyane, although he was an Ethiopian who served his people with dedication for all his working life.

This book is based on his diary and spans from his childhood to 1968, i.e. his transfer from the governor of Borena to the governor of Kembata and Hadiya. The book is a good source for the history of Borena in particular and Ethiopia in general during the first years of the Derg military regime.    

CATEGORY
History, Autobiography/AFRICA

PUBLICATION YEAR
2015

PAGE COUNT
260 Pages