The Institute of African Studies presents a Book Launch of: The Smoldering Tears by Daniel Belay Bahta on June 18th at 7:00pm in 433 Paterson Hall, Carleton University.

The Smoldering Tears is about the struggle of three people (Hiwett, Gidey and Syom), as their lives were tested against all forms of despotic rule that denied them and their families the rights to live, to love and to mourn. Although fictional, the stories are inspired by actual events during the Mengistu Hailemariam era. And in order to foster imagination of the circumstances under which the journey of the three took place, the book attempts to provide the reader with a picture of the socio-cultural and political turmoil of the time. It narrates stories of heartbreak and the triumph of love; it also tells stories of defiance, as well as the ultimate human endurance and tenacity.

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