Ezra Gebremedhin (B.A., M.A., B.D., D.Th.) was born and brought up in Ethiopia, where he was
also ordained into the ministry of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY).

Ezra’s parents moved to Ethiopia from Eritrea ( then Italian colony) in the latter half of the
Nineteen-twenties. He and his siblings received a deep and lasting impression of the
Evangelical Lutheran faith which had nourished their parents in Eritrea when they were young.
A retired Assistant Professor of Theology at the University of Uppsala, the author has also
served as a pastor not only in the Church of Sweden but also among the Eritrean Diaspora and
Ethiopians of Evangelical Lutheran and other religious persuasions.

This present work reflects experiences accumulated in the course of service and every day
contacts among Eritreans, Swedes and Ethiopians., The author and his wife, Gennet Awalom,
have been Swedish citizens and are residents of Uppsala, Sweden since 1994. The couple
have three children, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

World Rights
Social studies, Essays, Memoires/WORLD  
Trim size: 5.5X8.5”
Page count: 350
ISBNs: 978-1-56902-813-1  (HB)
           978-1-56902-814-8  (PB)