Bereket Lulseged is the author of Muna & Abebe, a fun and adventurous children’s book about the exceptional friendship between 10-year old Muna and the legendary Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila. It’s the first book written by Bereket Lulseged. In order to make the reading fun and adventurous, Bereket envisioned a curious little girl traveling back in time to witness the greatness of Abebe. “I believe his life story can inspire so many children, and it also expressed the joy of living in Ethiopia.” The book also honors Bereket’s grandmother: Her grandmother knew a lot of oral literature though she couldn’t read or write, it always amazed her how one could pack so much wisdom and truth in just a few sentences.
Bereket Lulseged was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She started writing short stories at the age of nine, entertaining family and guests by improvising skits with her older sister form a young age on. As she grew older, Bereket stopped performing her short stories but her desire to write stories or plays never faded. “I had this intense desire to write these flash fictions about life in Ethiopia, particularly obscure women, while in graduate school. So I did! And since I didn’t have an outlet for these stories, I published them on Facebook. The creative process was so cathartic and beautiful that I decided to keep writing.”
Bereket moved to the United States to complete her education and the Muna & Abebe ebook is published both in English and Amharic for 6 usd each on this site: https://marketfiftyfour.com/collections/ethiopian-books – they produce African language e-books.
