THE ETHIOPIA BOX
In Beneath The Lion’s Gaze, novelist Maaza Mengiste sets a crisis that wracked her native country of Ethiopia when in the context of a single family. The story follows a violent coup that struck down an emperor who had come to have — and still does, in some ways — a mythic hold on power within the imaginations of people around the world. Each member of a multigenerational family responds to the event differently. One mourns and another rejoices, but others have more complicated feelings — an uneasiness when it comes to taking any one reactionary stance.
This edition will offer the historical underpinnings of the conflict at the center of Beneath The Lion’s Gaze and bring history up to the present, as a new violent conflict — which many now believe to be a genocide — wracks Ethiopia.
JUST THE FACTS
- A letter from THE ALIGNIST's founder
- A copy of the novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
- A specially designed ROADMAP to guide you through the novel
THE WHOLE STORY
- A letter from THE ALIGNIST's founder
- A copy of the novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
- A specially designed ROADMAP to guide you through the novel
- A set of authentic Ethiopian recipes
- A fair trade necklace made by Ethiopian women from artillery shells by Fair Anita
- An ethically-sourced jar of the beloved Ethiopian berbere spice blend by the Brundo Spice Company
- An package of heirloom Kuti coffee leaf tea by the Brundo Spice Company
