By BMT Publishers

 

 

(2000)

Mansur and Melaku

The Odyssey of Two Friends

Living The Dream

By M.G. Amlak

 

The book offers a delightful visitation of both the Ethiopian/Eritrean and Indian cultures.  The story unfolds allowing for impressive insight into the workings of the family where the quest to maintain generational lines is the central theme of the story.

 

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(2001)

Dagnatchew

A Fallen Hero

By M.G. Amlak

 

This is the biography of a most distinguished Ethiopian scientist- an exceptional Purdue alumnus.  Dr. Yirgou earned B.Sc. ’55, M.S.’61 and Ph.D.’64 while at Purdue.  He devoted most of his life to research and teaching.  Shortly after becoming the Minister of Agriculture, he was killed by the Marxist Dergue regime in control of that country in 1975.  A scholarship Program has been established at Purdue University to honor his memory and work.

 

You will find a LINK to the scholarship fund in this web site. 

 

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(2002)

Amde’s Choice:

The Route To Freedom

By M.G. Amlak

 

This is a story of love and abandonment, of war and liberation.  The author takes us through a protracted war of liberation where the people are left to pick up the pieces after the devastation of thirty years war.  Amde’s Choice is really a peoples story as they tell in their own words the effect of war of liberation on their lives.

 

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(2003)

My African Diary

Trends in African Development

In the 70’s and 80’s

By M.G. Amlak

 

This book deals with the trends of African development in the 70’ and 80’s allowing the reader to take a glimpse into how the affairs of some of these countries were run during those years.  It is an eyewitness account written by a man who covered Africa in development work and traveled widely from Cairo to Johnnesburg and from Dakar to Dar-es-Salaam during those eventful years.

 

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(2004)

Foreign Education

The Untold Story (2004)

By M.G. Amlak

 

This is a “tell all”  book on the experience of Foreign Students in Europe and North America in the 1950’s and 1960’s.  A very important and informative book for those who want to know/learn how it used to be in those years.

 

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(2005)

Aman Andom

A Profile in Courage

By M.G. Amlak

 

This is a biography of the most distinguished miltary officer in Ethiopian/Ertrean history. He led the first contingent of Ethiopian troops to Korea and he was the victorious commander of the 3rd. Division of the army in the Ogaden border campaign in 1962. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General and assumed the Chairmanship of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC) that took over power after the overthrow of the Haile Selassie regime. Policy differences (military solution vs peaceful resolution of the Eritrean conflict) led to a confrontation with the radical elements of the Dergue leading to a shootout in which Gen. Aman lost his life.

 

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(2006)

By M.G. Amlak

 

 

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Tragedy & Sorrow

September 11, 2001

In Our Memory

By Dr. Amdetsion Kidane

 

As the title indicates, the book published in 2002 deals with the tragedy and sorrow involving events of September 11, 2001 where the author conveys the message on the difficult challenge we face in our time as the events of September 11 remain fixed in our memory.

 

 

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