Shashemene Vegan is a plant-based community cookbook and testament to the experience of African returnees and the growing community they have formed in Shashemene, Ethiopia over the past 60 years. Shashemene is a semi-rural city in the heart of the Great Rift Valley that is making historical inroads for the Right of Return. This insider's look reminds us of our ability to reconnect with our African roots and exposes the fusion of multi-national Rastafarian and Ethiopian cuisine.