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Running to the Fire : An American Missionary Comes of Age in Revolutionary Ethiopia /

In the streets of Addis Ababa in 1977, shop-front posters illustrate Uncle Sam being strangled by an Ethiopian revolutionary, parliamentary leaders are executed, student protesters are gunned down, and Christian mission converts are targeted as imperialistic sympathizers. Into this world arrives six...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bascom, Tim, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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