User:Teferi Tafa

Teferi Nigussie Tafa is a prominent Oromo/Ethiopian Novelist, Scholar, and Filmmaker. He was born in Ethiopian. In addition to publishing the first (and so far only) scholarly analysis of Oromo-language novels, he has also published several of his own novels in English and Oromo language, including the award-winning “Jaalala Dhuga,” by Macmillan Publishers in London and “Qondalticha,” a satirical film. He has got his Ph.D. from Addis Ababa University. His Ph.D. dissertation is, "The Struggle for Recognition, Nationalism, and Identity in Oromo Novels". Teferi was arrested and put in jail by Ethiopian government for organizing a rally against the government in August 2016. After he was released on bail he fled to the USA and joined Norwich University. His research interest ranges from indigenous knowledge studies, comparative literature, African and African American Literature, minority literature, globalization and cinema, literature and human rights, diaspora film and literature, global migration and cinema, comparative literature and Cinema. Teferi Tafa (talk) 20:56, 17 March 2019 (UTC) Teferi Tafa (talk) 21:03, 17 March 2019 (UTC)