riLt~n literature in I: thiopia ha a I )ng hi Â·tor ,Rcligiou riting in the ancientrnlilllrgical language or the I)hiopian Orthodo, 'hri tian 'hurch, (je 'e::. c n!:>titutedrnthe bulk or the literal,) production until the late 19th and carl) 20th centurie!:>, On thern)lher hand. written ecular literature in other indigenou language (particularl Inrnmhari ) ha~ al 0 been in the picture since the turn of the 20th century. 13) ontra t.rna ording to . tlldi ondll ted in the area. Ethiopian literature in Engli h languagerncame int e,i ten e in late-1950 and carl) -1960. ince then. a number of literal')rnork ~ ol'ariou qualitie. and genre hav been publi 'hed b) - thiopian both ",ithinrnand Oui. ide the c untr), (b) the dia pora). Ilo'We er. " hile re earch into - thiopianrnlileratur in the erna ular ha ' n er been lacking. re eareh on thiopian literature inrnEngli h langllag ha remained quile meagre. or nearl) non-exi tent in the ca e ofrnliterature I' th Ethi pian dia 'p ra. -I hi ha' led t kno'" ledge gap in the area.rnanon) mit) /ob curit) of Ethiopian literal") ork in [ngli h both locall) andrnxternall),. and failure to utilize these orks. Thu . cogniL.ant rthe~e problem. rhi.rnÂ·tud) !:>et ut to criticalh analyse 'ix repre ntati e lit rary riting of the thiopianrndia~pora in I:.ngli!:>h. publi hed in the period beteen 2000 and 20 I O. b) u ing thernPo!:>t-coloniallheor) a it thcoreti al framew rk .rnThe thematic anal) i foil ed the de ' ripti e and comparati e anal) i ' method '.rnu ed both concurrentl) and equentiall). Hence. the elected text ere a . . ed andrncompared b th indi idually and in an intra and inter- group manner in order tornidentify their thematic preoccupation ' a ell a ' exi ting thematicrndiergenc .rnrgen e andrnrhe finding ' re al that there i a good deal of thematic con ergenee a ell a!:> arnfe di ergence among th narrative analy ed in thi tudy, In general. II e ubje trnmatter emerge as the mo t dominant theme that tra er e the Ethiopian dia porirnwriting el cted in thi tud). Vieed from the perspe ti e of the Post- lonialrnliterar) th 1') in general. the pre alence of the ubjcct matt rs (in pitc or thernauthor' certain peculiaritie ' in t 1'111 or socio-hi torical and cultural background.rnincluding non- olonisation contcxts. I'is-ci-I'is dia 'poras from other fri anrncountrie ). and a number or pecifi that are typical I' the Po tc I nial/Dia 'p rirnliterature paradigm in the selected narrative!:>. rightl) 'Ia 'ifie literatures I' thernEthiopian diaspora under the general domain Po teoloniallDia pori lit rature. Therntud, al 0 rc eal that their literature. b) and large. i ' a literatur or ambivakn ernrather than or c rtaint). a voice or pri i lege i -a-vi denial. and or a journey torn..rnredi scovcr) or the clr. Finall), the stud) recommend three trategics vi '-a- is thernproblem .. and the bjectiv s it ct out to achicve: i) incorporating them with therns) Ilabuse or African literature in English language, and using them in therntcaching/ learning or African literature courses in higher in tituti ons in Ethiopia: ii)rndis -cminating or publici ing all ncÂ· Iy relea sed publication usi ng all mcdia bothrnlocal I) and internati onall) in co llaboration with the writers/their agent '. and relevantrnmini trics and in titution in the country: and iii) the Ministry of -ducation I' therngcn ') 1'01' Relc ance and Quality or Hi gher Educati on shou ld take teps to makernelccted . orks or Ethiopian in Engli h (both at the diaspora and loca lly) and criticalrn ork a well a ailable and ca ily aeces Â·ible. Thi will help alleviate the currentrnproblem of paucity in Ethiopian literary works in Engli hand erve as goodrnre ource pertaining to Ethiopian literal' works in Engli sh language needed b)rnre earchers. a ademician. ludent. and institutions both within and utsidrnEth iopia. , i m i larl). both student and in tructor hould be encouraged to read andrnto encourage others to read Ethiopian dia porie literary work in ngli 'h as the arerndoing work of other African dia porie writer. In the end, the e action, in additionrnto integrating Â·vork of the Ethiopian diaspora with main tream Ethiopian writtenrnliterature, will contribute greatly to the overall development of literature in Ethiopiarnthat is on par with that of other African countrie .rnThe pre nt th i i structured into five major chapter, with each con i ling ofrn'eparate eclion and ub- ections. Accordingly. Chapter One pre ent thrnbackground. problem. objecti es. cope. significance. a well as methods andrnprocedure of the stud) . Chapt I' Two make a re ieÂ·Â· of r Ie ant literature in thernarea. hapter Three introduces the theoretical frameVorh. of the tud). and di cu se.rnV hy it v a chosen. Chapter Four present synop es of' the plot. follow d by thrnthematic and c Illparative analy es of the elected text individually a well arncomparativel). The thesi. conclude by presenting Chapter Fi e. which consi t ofrnthe conclu 'ion ( 'Ulllmar) of main linding ') and recOlllmendations or the rudy .