Saba Kidane

"Over the years I became that incomplete Saba as many things in my life fell apart. People went missing one by one and the constellation of artists and writers vanished right from under my nose. You see, to do anything in our culture one needs a group of companions - we do not do things alone. One needs someone to eat with; one feels more comfortable when surrounded by friends and family; one needs a literary companion to work with. That disappeared from my world.."

"Many come out of past experiences."

"My poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think."

"I was born in the heart of Asmara during the Dergue era. I grew up in a neighbourhood that leaned on Abashawul, facing Edaga Hamus. Godena Ra'esi BeraKi BeKit, as it was called then, is what comes to mind when I think of my old neighbourhood. Basically, I was born in house# 62 and raised in house# 26."

"Eritrea’s Saba Kidane: Write Saba Write!,By ALEWANA (ኣለዋና!), retrieved on 16 August 2019"

"We are distressed that Saba Kidane could not participate in the poetry reading cabaret, said Noreen Tommassi"

"We hope to bring Ms. Kidane to the United States in the very near future.”“Kidane is a poet with a gift. And in Eritrea we honor our poets and our poetry. And we honor the struggle for freedom."

"Kidane is a poet with a gift. And in Eritrea we honor our poets and our poetry. And we honor the struggle for freedom."

"Eritrean Women Poets Lifting Post-War Voices,By SIOBHAN BENET, retrieved on 22, 2001"