Three plays by contemporary dramatists: A Village Dream, The Snare and Aster. These plays emerge from a culture that, facing defeat in the middle of its 30-year war for independence, made a conscious, strategic decision to develop a national theatrical tradition. 64pp, ERITREA. HDRI Publishers.

During the Eritrean war for independence the lives of four Westerners travelling to Asmara are irrevocably changed as they bear witness to the devastation of war as well as to the Eritrean's courage and humanity. Map, 320pp, UK. HODDER HEADLINE, 0340528117

Captivating selection of short stories and plays about the Battle of Afabet, which marked the beginning of the end of Ethiopian occupation of Eritrea. Gloss, 223pp, USA. RED SEA PRESS, 1569021694

Focuses on written poetry from roughly the last three decades of the twentieth century. The poems originally appeared in the anthology 'WHO NEEDS A STORY? Contemporary Eritrean Poetry in Tigrinya, Tigre and Arabic' (HDRI Publishers, 2005). That groundbreaking effort is discussed in this critical study, which also includes an extensive analysis of one of Eritrea’s most famous contemporary poets Reesom Haile. 178pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PUBLISHERS.