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Selamawi Asgedom
Ethiopian writer
Selamawi Asgedom | |
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| Born | (1976-09-29) 29 September 1976 (age 48) Adi Wahla, Ethiopia |
| Occupation(s) | Public speaker Author |
Selamawi Asgedom (Tigrinya: ሰላማዊ ሃእለአብ አስገዶም; born in Adi Wahla, Ethiopia on 29 September 1976),[1] or Mawi Asgedom for short, is an author, public speaker, and a refugee of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin.[2]
Biography
Mawi was born in northern Ethiopia, in the province of Tigray.
For about two years of his childhood, he was separated from his father, when he and his siblings and mother had to flee to Sudan to avoid the war in Ethiopia. Mawi was seven years old when he and his family arrived in the U.S. in 1983, sponsored by World Relief.
They had spent the previous three years in a refugee camp in Sudan.
Selamawi asgedom biography of barack
He grew up in the Chicago suburb of Wheaton, Illinois. He played on his high school basketball team and ran track, the best in his league. He graduated with top honors from Har