Issayas Yrgaw Bahta was born in Eritrea, East Africa. During the Eritrean war of independence, he witnessed the killing of his father by Ethiopian government soldiers. He was fifteen years old. He escaped through wilderness and war zones to reach a refugee camp in the bordering country of the Sudan. His search for safety and a better future led him to Italy two years later where he completed high school. He was finally granted refugee status in the United Kingdom where he won a scholarship to study medicine and fulfill a lifetime dream of becoming a physician. He received his medical degree from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and completed his surgical training in the United States. "The Tigrayan Electrician - Memories of my Father and His Beloved Motherland" is his first book detailing the tragic loss of his father and his flight to safety.
