Colonial Rewriting of African History: Misinterpretations and Distortions in Belcher and Kleiner’s Life and Struggles of Walatta Petros

The Hagiography of Ethiopian Saint Woletta Petros was recently translated from Ge’ez into English by Wendy Belcher and Michael Kleiner. Belcher has no knowledge of Ge’ez and simple errors in the translation suggest that Kleiner lacks the fluency required to accurately interpret the language. A w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woldeyes, Yirga Gelaw
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80911