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Yayne Abäba
1955 novel by Makonnen Endelkachew
Yayne Abäba is a short novel by the Ethiopian writer, politician, and onetime Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Makonnen Endelkachew. The story features the adventures of a young girl named Yayne Abäba, which means "flower of my eye".[1] It is one of the earliest modern works of science fiction in Islamic literature, and is considered a seminal work in black science fiction. It is sometimes described as containing elements of a cosmic, Lovecraftian horror.[2][3]