Fanaye Standing Strong – a novel by Salome Kassa
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- 08 Aug 2022
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The book has several interesting characters. The main character is a young Ethiopian girl named Fanyae who grew up during the period of Italian occupation in the mid-1930s. I read it with great interest until the end of the story. Fanaye was a thirteen-year-old countryside girl. She was a resident of a village called Dow Dow in Wollo province. She has a unique nature among the rest of her peers. She was independent and had a go-getter character for what she believed in. She stands up against harmful norms that govern social behaviors.
The story takes the reader on a mesmerizing roller coaster with Fanaye’s strong will, adventures, love, humor, and defiance of the harmful cultures of the day. Her life-changing incident began when she traveled, on foot, to visit her cousins in a nearby village. The twists and turns of the story weaved on the ordeals she encountered during the travel and how that particular experience built her character in her later successful life. The book had a different feel than similar books I had read before, which helped draw me to the story. Read More...
