Of Beetles & Angels by Mawi Asgedom
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Of Beetles &
Angels
by Mawi Asgedom
Unit 1: Memoir Unit 1: Memoir
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Mawi Asgedom• Born in Ethiopia in a small town
called Adi Wahla
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Mawi Asegdom continued …
• During his early childhood, Ethiopia was in the midst of a civil war with its northern region, Eritrea.
• The village that Mawi lived in was right at the border of Eritrea
• Due to violence his family fled to Sudan
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Ethiopian Civil War
• Lasted from 1974 - 1991
• Africa, in general, has suffered from artificial borders drawn by former imperial and colonial rulers & the civil war between Ethiopia and the Northern region was due to border issues
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Ethiopian Civil continued …• Eritrean nationalists demanded independence from Ethiopia. When the Ethiopian government rejected this demand, civil war erupted.
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Effects of Ethiopian Civil War• Famine • Increased poverty• Massive loss of life• Lack of stability within the government
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• In Sudan, Mawi & his family lived in a refugee camp• refugee – a person displaced from his/her
homeland by war, political oppression, or religious beliefs
• His family stayed in the refugee camp for three years before moving to Wheaton, Illinois
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Wheaton is about 46
miles from Calumet City
Wheaton is about 46
miles from Calumet City
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• Mawi attended Wheaton North High School.
• He graduated from Harvard and is now an author and a public speaker.
• In 2010, he released book one, The Third Harmony, of a fantasy trilogy for teenagers.
• He currently lives in Chicago and is working on book two of his trilogy.
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Mawi on the Web
www.mawispeaks.com
www.mawiasgedom.com
www.facebook.com/mawiasgedom
www.mentalkarate.com