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Asfaw (Jantirar)
Asfaw (Amharic: አስፋው) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: *Asfaw Wossen Taffari, birth name of Amha Selassie (1916–1997), the last reigning Emperor of Ethiopia *Berhane Asfaw (born 1954), Ethiopian paleontologist *Beruk Asfaw (born 1960), Ethiopian Olympic boxer *Gashaw Asfaw (born 1978), Ethiopian marathon runner *Menen Asfaw (1891–1962), wife and consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I {{hndis Amharic-language names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia. The language serves as the official working language of the Ethiopian federal government, and is also the official or working language of several of Ethiopia's federal regions. It has over 31,800,000 mother-tongue speakers, with more than 25,100,000 second language speakers. Amharic is the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia, and the second most spoken mother-tongue in Ethiopia (after Oromo). Amharic is also the second largest Semitic language in the world (after Arabic). Amharic is written left-to-right using a system that grew out of the Geʽez script. The segmental writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as units is called an ''abugida'' (). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amha Selassie
Amha Selassie (Amharic: አምሃ ሥላሴ; Āmiha Šilasē; born Asfaw Wossen Tafari; 27 July 191617 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie I, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed Emperor three times. He was first proclaimed Emperor during an unsuccessful coup attempt against his father in December 1960, during which he alleged that he was detained and compelled to accept the title. After his father was deposed in a later coup, he was proclaimed Emperor again ''in absentia'' by the Derg on 12 September 1974 in an act which he never accepted as legitimate and that ended in the abolition of the Ethiopian monarchy on 12 March 1975. He was again proclaimed Emperor in exile on 8 April 1989. This time he sanctioned the proclamation and accepted its legitimacy. After his accession, his full reign name was ''His Imperial Majesty Emperor Amha Selassie I, Elect of God, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and King of Kings of Ethiopia''. Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhane Asfaw
Berhane Asfaw (Amharic: በርሃነ አስፋው) (born August 22, 1954 in Gondar, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian paleontologist of Rift Valley Research Service, who co-discovered human skeletal remains at Herto Bouri, Ethiopia later classified as ''Homo sapiens idaltu'', proposed as an early subspecies of anatomically modern humans. Early life Asfaw's father was the Secretary General of Gondar and Berhane has five brothers and eight sisters. Asfaw was raised in the Kebele Hulet neighborhood in Gondar. He spent his free time riding a bike and playing football. He completed primary and secondary education in Gondar town, Ethiopia. When he was a 9th grade student, he was exposed to the field of human evolution a history teacher who read to the class about the discoveries of Zinjantohrpus (Australopithecus boisei) and ''Homo habilis'' by the Leakeys, published by the National Geographic Society. This information ignited his interest in the field of study. Education In 1972, Asfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beruk Asfaw
Beruk Asfaw (born 5 June 1960) is a retired male boxer from Ethiopia. He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union in the light flyweight division. There he lost to Antti Juntumaa Antti Eino Juntumaa (born 10 July 1959 in Muonio, Finnish Lapland) is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the second round of the men's light ... of Finland (– 48 kg) after 66 seconds of the first round. 1980 Olympic record * Round of 16: lost to Antti Juntumaa (Finland) by second-round knockout References Sports Reference External links * Olympic boxers of Ethiopia Living people 1960 births Ethiopian male boxers Light-flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ethiopia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gashaw Asfaw
Gashaw Asfaw Melese ( Amharic: ጋሻው አስፋው; born 26 September 1978) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Ashaw won the silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and finished fourteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships. He has also participated in the 2005 edition, but did not finish the race. His personal best marathon time is 2:08:03 hours, achieved in April 2006 in the Paris Marathon. In the half marathon his personal best time is 1:02:35 hours, achieved in September 2006 in Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N .... Achievements External links * 1978 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menen Asfaw
Menen Asfaw (baptismal name: Walatta Giyorgis; 25 March 1889 – 15 February 1962) was Empress consort of the Ethiopian Empire. She was the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie. Family Menen Asfaw was born in Ambassel, located in Wollo Province of Ethiopian Empire on 25 March 1889. She was the daughter of Asfaw, Jantirar of Ambassel and Woizero Sehin Michael. Her mother was the daughter of the King Mikael of Wollo and her uncle was Lij Iyasu. According to both published and unpublished reports, the then Woizero Menen Asfaw was first given in marriage by her family to the prominent Wollo nobleman, Dejazmach Ali Mohammed of Cherecha at a very young age, as was the prevailing custom. She bore him two children, a daughter, Woizero Belaynesh Ali, and a son, Jantirar Asfaw Ali. This first marriage ended in divorce, and her natal family then arranged for Woizero Menen to marry Dejazmach Amede Ali Aba-Deyas, another very prominent nobleman of Wollo. She bore her second husband two children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
