Abe Gubegna - wikipedia Abe Gubegna Abe Gubegna ( 1934 - 1980 ), also spelled `` Abbé '' or `` Abbie '', ( Amharic : አበ ጉበኛ ) was an Ethiopian novelist and playwright. Contents 1 Life & work 2 Works in English 3 References 4 External links Life & work He was born in Achefer, Yismala Giorgis and attended the local church schools where he became acquainted with liturgical poetry and music. actually he did n't attend a university / but he attended his seconadry school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he became a journalist and, later, a civil servant. He eventually decided to devote all his time to writing, becoming Ethiopia 's first full - time professional writer. He was very outspoken on political issues and many of his books were banned. At one point, he was sentenced to three years of forced confinement to a small area surrounding his home. During the `` Red Terror - White Terror '' days 1976 - 1979 he was one of the outspoken `` Apostles '' of change that nonetheless decried the blood shed others in the leftist movements believed were not only unavoidable but necessary. His vehemence against violence resulted in a newspaper article in which he suggested those thirsty for blood may be better served drinking their wive 's menustral flow. Though this comment garnered him the ill - will of those who urged bloodshed and violence there is no indication that it led to anything more than his being sidelined for his immodesty. His most famous novel is Aliwalidim ( I Will Not Be Born, 1962 ), a satire about a baby who refuses to emerge from his mother 's womb because of the unjust world waiting outside. In his later years, he participated in the International Writing Fellowship Program at the University of Iowa. He is credited with the following well - known quote ( c. 1974 ) : `` Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It does n't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running. '' Works in English Defiance, Oxford University Press ( 1975 ) ISBN 0 - 19 - 572420 - 8 The Savage Girl, Berhanena Selam ( 1964 ) References ^ Jump up to : Oxford University Press, brief biography from `` Defiance '' External links Saturday Monitor : Banning book could be a blessing in disguise VIAF : 163851822 LCCN : no96026324 SUDOC : 073384941 IATH : w64n13p6 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abe_Gubegna&oldid=785298123 '' Categories : 1934 births 1980 deaths Ethiopian journalists Ethiopian novelists Ethiopian dramatists and playwrights 20th - century novelists Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2013 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Articles created via the Article Wizard Talk Contents About Wikipedia አማርኛ Français Galego Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 12 June 2017, at 18 : 59. About Wikipedia

Question: every morning in africa a gazelle wakes up author
Answer: Abe Gubegna