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Sartsa Dengel (circa 1550-September 2, 1597) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1563-97. He was a great warrior king who during his long reign devoted his...
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Wale Betul of Yaju (18?-June 14, 1918) was one of the important Ethiopian provincial governors and politicians during the reign of Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], and...
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Giuseppe Sapeto (1811-August 24, 1895) was an Italian Lazarist missionary (i.e. a member of the mission to the poor founded in Paris in 1625 by...
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Ras Walda Selasse (1736-1816) was an Ethiopian statesman who ruled over Tegé from 1780 to 1816. He grew up at the court of Ras Mikael...
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Major-General Orde Charles Wingate (February 26, 1903-March 24, 1944) was a British officer who played a notable role in the Ethiopian liberation campaign of 1940-41,...
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Salama (circa 1818-October 25, 1867) was Abuna (head) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church from1841-67. During his years in office he became one of the best...
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The Rev. David Asante (December 23, 1834-October 13, 1892), a missionary with the famous Basel (Lutheran) Mission, helped to make Twi the powerful literary language...
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Patrice Emery Lumumba (July 2, 1925-January 17, 1961), served as prime minister of the Congo during the tumultuous first months after independence on June 30,...
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Mbidi Kiluwe (who flourished circa 1500), also known as Ilunga Mbili, a hero in Luba oral tradition, is thought to have introduced “bulopwe”, the unique...
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Sahla Selassé (1795-1847) was the regional ruler of Shawa from 1813-1847. In the course of the 1830s he assumed the title of Negus (king), and...
