"The major reason of mass exile being mal-governance, this book vividly shows the yawning gap between African people and their leaders. It exposes most African leaders who bear more allegiance to their bank balances than to their country, the constitution, the flag and their people's future. The heart-breaking stories and the political travelogue of the migrant's journey explain the hardship, the determination, and the difficult choices Africans had to make risking their life while running away from tyrannical regimes to find better opportunities and enjoy basic human freedom somewhere else. Using my experience as a journalist for over four decades covering major events in Ethiopia/Africa, I have tried to bring a close-up portrait of the problems in Ethiopia and more broadly the Horn of Africa and the continent as a whole. This book illuminates the root causes of mass exile, the major problems in Ethiopia, and how that links back to the lack of freedom of expression. It is an invitation for discourse; to explain, engage and encourage all those concerned in the fate of Africa to wrestle with the challenges facing the continent today.