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Saba Kidane
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Saba Kidane (born 1978) is an Eritrean journalist, poet, and political activist.
Quotes
Over the years I became that incomplete Saba as many things in my life fell apart. People went missing one by one and the constellation of artists and writers vanished right from under my nose. You see, to do anything in our culture one needs a group of companions - we do not do things alone. One needs someone to eat with; one feels more comfortable when surrounded by friends and family; one needs a literary companion to work with. That disappeared from my world..
Many come out of past experiences.
My poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think.
I was born in the heart of Asmara during the Dergue era. I grew up in a neighbourhood that leaned on Abashawul, facing Edaga Hamus. Godena Ra'esi BeraKi BeKit, as it was called then, is what comes to mind when I think of my old neighbourhood. Basically, I was born in house# 62 and raised in house# 26.
Eritrea’s Saba Kidane: Write Saba Write!,By ALEWANA (ኣለዋና!), retrieved on 16 August 2019
Quotes about her
We are distressed that Saba Kidane could not participate in the poetry reading cabaret, said Noreen Tommassi
We hope to bring Ms. Kidane to the United States in the very near future.”“Kidane is a poet with a gift. And in Eritrea we honor our poets and our poetry. And we honor the struggle for freedom.
Kidane is a poet with a gift. And in Eritrea we honor our poets and our poetry. And we honor the struggle for freedom.
Eritrean Women Poets Lifting Post-War Voices,By SIOBHAN BENET, retrieved on 22, 2001
External links
Category:Women activists from Eritrea
Category:Journalists from Eritrea
Category:Poets from Eritrea
Category:Women authors from Eritrea
Category:1978 births
Category:Women born in the 1970s
Category:Living people