Hmm, I think complaining about the British barbarians is overlooking the fact that the books came out of a book about the British barbarians (and, I admit, The Winter Prince is still my favorite of your books and one of my favorite books, period). You didn't start with Ethiopia and paste the British barbarians in. You started with the Matter of Britain and ended up in Ethiopia.

Sure, there's a story about Ethiopian history that needs to be told, but I'm not sure that you, specifically, not being Ethiopian, are the one to tell it. That said, he may have some points, although I don't know enough about Ethiopian politics to sort them out.