ተደብቄያለሁ

Summary

This book was inspired by banana leaf art created in Jimma, Ethiopia by young Ethiopian women. While wandering the stalls in a market in Addis Ababa, the author of this book, came upon greeting cards depicting Ethiopian countryside scenes made from parts of banana trees. She was intrigued by the familiar scenes and interesting medium. With thoughts of using them to send messages to friends, she bought one of each card, but found she could not part with them. They stayed preserved in their plastic sleeves until years later, when she saw them from a different perspective. This time, she spread the cards out and looked at them together and played with their arrangement, until the art began to tell a story.