ADOWA ONE: THE BIRTH OF A SHIFTA

On the first day of March, in the year 1896, the deafening echo of gunfire resounded through the mountains of Adowa as Emperor Menelik’s troops, hundreds upon thousands of African warriors, charged forward in a final surge, determined to decimate the European invaders. After centuries of turmoil and resistance, this singular battle will decide whether a small nation at the horn of Africa, Ethiopia, maintains its independence or succumbs to colonial conquest. This pivotal clash will determine if the false ideologies of colonialism and fascism triumph on the African continent, or come crashing down in the subsequent century.

The first THREE BOOKS of the Adwoa series cover the life of young Kassa Hailu, the future Emperor Tewodros II.

ADOWA ONE: BIRTH OF A SHIFTA: In a land in turmoil, where no one is safe from violence in the warring era of Zemena Mesafent, a young boy finds himself cast out and alone. But within him burns a fire that will not be extinguished.