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Hama Tuma (born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1949) wants reconciliation, not revenge. A writer and lawyer, he conducts his struggle against the wars in his country with a sharpened pen and sharp satire. He is a founding member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and believes in a new start in the daily life of Ethopia that is defined by political rivalries and tribal warfare. He has been expelled from the country three times for his commitment to human rights, and he has been living in exile since 1969.
His work is banned in Ethiopia. He writes poems in English and in Amharic.
Publications (selection): Of Spades and Ethiopians (Collection of Poetry, Free Ethiopian Press, 1991), Eating an American and other Poems (English); Habeshigna 1 (Amharic, 1999), Habeshigna II (Amharic, 1999), Democratic Cannibalism: African Absurdities III (Infinity Publishing, 2007), Stories: The Case of the Criminal Walk and Other Stories (Outskirts Press, 2006).