Tewodros fekadu biography
- Tewodros was born in Eritrea in 1971, and scraped through his childhood years between relatives' houses and the streets of Ethiopia.
- Tewodros was born in Eritrea in 1971 and lived his childhood between relatives houses, and the streets of Ethiopia.
- Tewodros Fekadu was born in Eritrea in 1971, and scraped through his childhood years between relatives' houses and the streets of Ethiopia.
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No One's Son
"An affirmation of life and the indestructibility of one man's will to make the most of it."--Ian Wynne, author of The Pawn and Shadows by My Side, former editor of Human Rights Defender, Amnesty International
Born in the midst of the Ethiopian-Eritrean Civil War, Tewodros "Teddy" Fekadu survives abandonment and famine as his family flings him unwanted across borders and regions, into orphanages, and finally onto the streets of Addis Ababa. Spanning five countries and three continents, the Catholic Church, and Japanese detention centers, this is a tale of defiance and triumph, and also of family love--unacknowledged by his wealthy father, abandoned by his desperately poor mother, Teddy is nurtured along the way by staunch individuals despite his ambiguous place in rigid family tradition: his father's mother, a maternal aunt, a Catholic priest, and even his father's wife.
In 2003, after three years in a Japanese detention center, Tewodros "Teddy" Fekadu won a hard-fought immigration battle, and his visa to Australia was approved. He now resides on
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Tewodros Fekadu
Author of No One’s Son
Tewodros Fekadu was born in Eritrea in 1971, and scraped through his childhood years between relatives’ houses and the streets of Ethiopia. He has since lived in five countries on three continents. Since 2003, he has lived on the Gold Coast of Australia, where he is an active member of the community. He is the founder and president of the African Communities Association Gold Coast Inc., which shares African traditions and heritage through performance, education and training programs, and festivals. He also works with a number of community-based organisations, volunteering his time to assist with the resettlement of African refugees to the Gold Coast. Tewodros’ company, Moonface Entertainment, produces films and documentaries about East Africa. He regularly returns to Africa to shoot footage for his projects.
Tewodros Fekadu
@TewodrosFekadu
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Program: Tewodros Fekadu's long journey from Ethiopia to Australia
Broadcast date: Wednesday 3 February 2010
Tewodros Fekadu was born in a rural village in Ethiopia to a father who was too proud to acknowledge him, and a mother who was only 14 years old.
As a child Tewodros was shifted from place to place and even had to live on the streets of Addis Ababa, sleeping under bridges and scavenging for food, avoiding being taken to fight as a child soldier in the long-running war engulfing the country.
Eventually with the help of local priests he went to school and get his first job, in a video shop. He eventually got to Egypt and there to Japan, where he was arrested for working without a permit, and spent some years in detention .
Tewodros met his Australian wife Anita and they now live on the Gold Coast, where he makes documentaries and began the African Communities Association, to help other new migrants.
He began writing his memoir in detention, and took seven long years to complete.
No One's Son is published by Moonface Entertainment.