HAYLA TAKLA HAYMANOT
RAS HAYLA TAKLA HAYMANOT Ras Haylu Takla Haymanot (1868-1951) was a governor of Gojam and a prominent Ethiopian businessman. He was the son of Negus Takla Haymanot of Gonjam, and was originally called Seyum. He began his career in 1896 as governor of Mecha, a district south of Lake Tana. After his father’s death in […]
HAYLA MALAKOT
HAYLA MALAKOT SAHLA SELASSIE Hayla Malakot Sahla Selassie (circa 1825-October 1855) was king of Shawa and the surrounding regions from 1847-55. He was succeeded by his son, who later became Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913]. The son of King Sahla Selassie of Shawa, and of Wayzaro Bazabech, he was born around 1825, and was brought […]
HANFARI, MUHAMMED
MUHAMMAD HANFARI Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a namadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from about 1862 to 1902. His long and successful rule won him the nickname of IIeIta, “the river that flows endlessly.” A member of the Modayite clan of the […]
HAILE SELASSIE I
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 26/27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years, and ruled as emperor from 1930-74. During the Italian invasion and occupation from 1935-41, when he was driven into exile, he became internationally famous as a symbol of resistance to Fascist aggression. In later years he […]
FIAWOO F.K
DR. FERDINAND KWASI FIAWOO Dr Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (December 1891-1969) was an Ewe playwright, educator, and politician who became prominent in the middle decades of the 20th century. He was born and brought up in what was then a part of the German colony of Togo and is now the Volta Region of Ghana. His […]
