Writing was a “medicine” to Ethiopian-born poet Yilma Tafere Tasew.

It had been the tonic that helped him come to terms with displacement from his homeland and the experiences during the years he spent in Kenyan refugee camps before settling in New Zealand.

“Writing is not an adventure,” he once said, “writing is a medicine, a pain relief.”

It was certainly a portal through which he lamented his difficult journey, from a respected primary and secondary school teacher to an exiled agitator.

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Yilma Tafere Tasew

Writing was a “medicine” to Ethiopian-born poet Yilma Tafere Tasew. It had been the tonic that helped him come to terms with displacement from his homeland and the experiences during the years he spent in Kenyan refugee camps before settling in New Zealand. “Writing is not an adventure,” he once said, “writing is a medicine, a pain relief." It was certainly a portal through which he lamented his difficult journey, from a respected primary and secondary school teacher to an exiled agitator.

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