MASSAIA, G.
CARDINAL GUGLIEMO MASSAIA Cardinal Gugliemo Massaia (June 8, 1809-August 6, 1889), born Lorenzo Antonio Massaia, was an Italian Catholic missionary who worked for 35 years in Ethiopia, organizing missions, chiefly in the south and southwest. Born at Piova in the kingdom of Piemonte (Piedmont), not then united to Italy, he was ordained with the name […]
MAKONNEN HABTA WALD
ATO MAKONNEN HABTA WALD Ato Makonnen Habta Wald (1865-December 1960) was an influential member of the Ethiopian government between 1930 and 1960. Born in Bulga, Shawa, he was the eldest son of Alaqa Habta Wald, and the brother of Aklilu Habta Wald. He received a traditional training in the Ge’ez language and literature of the […]
KASSA HAYLU
LEUL-RAS KASSA HAYLU Leul-Ras Kassa Haylu (August 7, 1881 – November 16, 1956) was a 20th-century governor, military commander, imperial councillor, and author. His father, Dajazmach Haylu Walda-Kiros, was the half-brother of Emperor Takla Giyorgis, while his mother, Wayzaro Tessame, was the daughter of Ras Darge Sahla Selasse, and grand-daughter of King Sahla Selasse. Kassa […]
KIDANA-WALD KEFLE
KIDANA-WALD KEFLE Kidana-Wald Kefle (circa 1862-July 6, 1944) was an Ethiopian scholar who devoted his life to learning. Born in Wagda, Shawa, and educated first at home, and then in a church school, he went to the Holy Land at the age of 20 to study Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac. After many years in Jerusalem, […]
IYASU MIKAEL, LEJ
LEJ MIKAEL IYASU Lej Iyasu Mikael (February 3, 1896-July (?) 1935), grandson of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was the nominal ruler of Ethiopia from about 1909, when Menilek proclaimed him to be his heir, to 1916, when he was deposed by the Ethiopian church and nobility. He was the son of Wayzaro Shawaraggad Menilek, […]
