The Life of Walatta-Petros : : A Seventeenth-Century Biography of an African Woman, Concise Edition / / Galawdewos; ed. by Wendy Laura Belcher, Michael Kleiner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English
• VerfasserIn: Galawdewos,
• HerausgeberIn: Belcher, Wendy Laura,; Kleiner, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; MAPS --; CHRONOLOGY --; PERSONALITIES --; THE TRANSLATION OF THE LIFE OF WALATTA-PETROS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691188898; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604030; 9783110603149; 9783110663365
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691188898?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Galawdewos; ed. by Wendy Laura Belcher, Michael Kleiner.

Translated into English here for the first time, The Life of Walatta-Petros (1672) tells the story of an Ethiopian saint who lived from 1592 to 1642 and led a successful nonviolent movement to preserve African Christian beliefs in the face of European protocolonialism. This is the oldest-known book-length biography of an African woman written by Africans before the nineteenth century, and one of the earliest stories of African resistance to European influence. Written by her disciples after her death, The Life of Walatta-Petros praises her as a friend of women, a devoted reader, a skilled preacher, and a radical leader, providing a rare picture of the experiences and thoughts of Africans—especially women—before the modern era. In addition to an authoritative and highly readable translation, this edition, which omits the notes and scholarly apparatus of the hardcover, features a new introduction aimed at students and general readers.