Maaza Mengiste – Tadias Magazine

Novelist Maaza Mengiste Writes Script for ‘Girl Rising’ Film

Inside is our interview with Maaza Mengiste about her new project writing the script for the documentary ‘Girl Rising.’

The feature-length film displays the power of access to education in the life of a girl residing in a developing nation.

Maaza Mengiste is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Beneath the Lion’s Gaze.

The following is a video coverage of “Brunch for the Horn of Africa,” the fundraiser for famine relief held in Harlem.

In the last few years we have witnessed the emergence of Ethiopian-American authors who are making their mark on the tapestry of American literature.

Maaza Mengiste’s first novel, “Beneath the Lion’s Gaze,” opens in 1974 during the last days of Selassie’s six-decade rule.