The Lure of the Honey Bird: The Storytellers of Ethiopia

The acclaimed author travels across Ethiopia collecting folktales in this travelogue featuring many of the fabulous stories she heard.

In 1967, at the age of 23, Elizabeth Laird set off for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city, to start her first teaching job. She was introduced to Emperor Haile Selassie, made a pilgrimage across the mountains on foot to the ancient city of Lalibela, hitched a ride on an oil tanker across the Danakil Desert, and was arrested-briefly-for a murder she did not...