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This Was Once Your Home

The systematic oppression and erasure of the Amhara people

by Jemal Countess

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About the Book
This volume is a visual record of the plight and suffering of the Amhara and Afar people as witnessed by photojournalist Jemal Countess. Between December 2020 and April 2022, Jemal Countess made 6 trips to cover the war between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front. Over time what he found was a war within a war, one whose sole purpose was the minimization and erasure of the Amhara people based solely on their ethnicity and religion.
Author website
http://www.jemalcountess.com
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Additional Categories Social Justice, Coffee Table Books
  • Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
    # of Pages: 64
  • Isbn
    • Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9798259987852
  • Publish Date: May 07, 2026
  • Language English
  • Keywords war, ethnic cleansing, Amhara, Ethiopia
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About the Creator
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Jemal Countess
USA

Jemal Countess enters his 33rd year as professional photographer and photojournalist. Jemal landed his first professional job in 1990 for the Community News, a Washington DC-based newspaper published by Howard University. Upon graduation in 1992, Jemal began a long stint as a music and concert shooter while working on news and documentary projects that eventually carried him to New York City in 1994. In 2003 Jemal joined WireImage photo agency, becoming a staff in 2005 and a staffer for Getty Images in 2007. From 2007 to 2015, Jemal covered celebrity, corporate, and hard news events in America before relocating to Ethiopia in 2015. Jemal covered regional and international news stories in Africa and North America. In 2019, Jemal returned to the U.S. to the Washington D.C. area and began to covering politics and breaking news in Washington D.C.. Jemal devotes his personal time to completing his current book and documentary projects on Christianity and Judaism in the 21st century.

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