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Kidane Yebio
''Kidane'' (), is a word in various Ethiopian Semitic languages that translates to covenant or vow. It is also a common male name in Ethiopia and Eritrea People with the name Kidane is used as a given name in Eritrea and Ethiopia. *Abraham Kidane, the Senior Economic Advisor to the Government of Eritrea and to the Ministry of National Development *Azazet Habtezghi Kidane, Eritrean-British nurse working with refugees in Israel * Daniel Kidane (born 1986), British composer *Etalemahu Kidane (born 1983), Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres *Kidane Tadasse (born 1987), Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres *Kidane Wedi Qeshi, Eritrean Government Official *Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot (1933–2009), Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate *Saba Kidane (born 1978), Eritrean poet *Simon Kidane (born 1975), Ethiopian basketball player * Tekle Kidane (born 1939), former football player *Werknesh Kidane (born 1981), Ethiopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Semitic Languages
Ethiopian Semitic (also Ethio-Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic, part of the Afroasiatic language family. With 21,811,600 total speakers as of 2007, including around 4,000,000 second language speakers, Amharic is the most widely spoken language of Ethiopia and second-most commonly spoken Semitic language in the world (after Arabic). Tigrinya has 7 million speakers and is the most widely spoken language in Eritrea. There is a small population of Tigre speakers in Sudan, and it is the second-most spoken language in Eritrea. The Ge'ez language has a literary history in its own Ge'ez script going back to the first century AD. It is no longer spoken but remains the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches, as well as their respective Eastern Catholic counterparts. The "homeland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The nation has a total area of approximately , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Human remains found in Eritrea have been dated to 1 million years old and anthropological research indicates that the area may contain significant records related to the evolution of humans. Contemporary Eritrea is a multi-ethnic country with nine recognised ethnic groups. Nine different languages are spoken by the nine recognised ethnic groups, the most widely spoken language being Tigrinya, the others being Tigre, Saho, Kunama, Nara, Afar, Beja, Bilen and Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Kidane
Abraham Kidane is the senior economic advisor to the Government of Eritrea and to the Ministry of National Development. He received his PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. After teaching at the University of Southern California, Pepperdine University, and the California State University, Dominguez Hills by Amare Tekle via GoogleBooks), he returned to his country of birth in 1995 to work for the Eritrean government. Kidane works at the Ministry of National Development, having previously held positions at the and at the Office of the |
Azazet Habtezghi Kidane
Azezet Habtezghi Kidane is an Eritrean-born British nun and human trafficking activist working in Israel. Career Azezet Habtezghi Kidane, also known as Sister Aziza, was born in Eritrea and is now a British citizen. She worked as a nurse in Sudan and Ethiopia for 20 years and is a member of the Comboni Missionary Sisters. From 2010 Kidane began working as a nurse at an open clinic in Tel Aviv run by the Physicians for Human Rights-Israel. The clinic provided free healthcare to African refugees who had made the journey to Israel via the Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a l .... Kidane noticed that many of the refugees had suffered from enslavement, human trafficking and torture on their journeys and began recording this in a database. In all she to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Kidane
Daniel Kidane (born 1986) is a British composer. His piece "Woke" opened the last night of the 2019 Proms. In 2016 his "Sirens" was one of a group of five short works commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and performed in the Bridgewater Hall. ''The Guardians reviewer described it as a "propulsive, eclectic piece" which "soaked up influences of jungle, dubstep and R&B sampled from a trawl through the city after dark. "His 2017 work "Zulu" was performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. His "Dream Song" was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall by the Chineke! Orchestra on the re-opening of the hall in 2018 and the 50th anniversary of the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., and includes words from his "I Have a Dream" speech. The concert was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. The orchestra later recorded the work on their album ''Spark Catchers''. In 2020 he was commissioned by Huddersfield Choral Society to write "We'll Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etalemahu Kidane
Etalemahu Kidane (born 14 February 1983 in Arssi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres. She won the Belfast International Cross Country three times consecutively between 2005 and 2007. International competitions Personal bests *3000 metres - 8:54.83 min (2003) *5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ... - 15:04.34 min (2004) External links * 1983 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female cross country runners 20th-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian women {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidane Tadasse
Kidane Tadesse Habtesilase (Tigrinya: ኪዳነ ታዳስሰ; born 1 January 1987) is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He was born in Adi Bana. As a junior, he competed in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing sixteenth in 2005 and eleventh in 2006. He finished sixth in the 5000 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished tenth in the 5000 metres and twelfth in the 10,000 metres. At the 2009 World Championships he finished ninth in the 10,000 metres and failed to reach the final of the 5000 metres. His best finish at the World Cross Country Championships in a senior race was 26th in 2008. He was part of the Eritrean silver medal winning team at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. The following November he took third behind the competition's gold and silver medallists (Joseph Ebuya and Teklemariam Medhin) at the Cross de Atapuerca, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidane Wedi Qeshi
Kidane "Wedi Qeshi" was an Eritrean Government Official. He has been imprisoned since December 2001. Kidane was a member of the paramilitary intelligence unit, Brigade 72,("sebAn klten") which used to be headed by Petros Solomon Petros Solomon (born 1951; also known as Wed'Solomon, Son of Solomon) is an Eritrean politician. He was an Eritrean People's Liberation Front commander during the Eritrean War of Independence, and following independence he served in several posit ... one of the detained reformers. Kidane had been appointed as chief of Intelligence and Security only a year earlier. His arrest is reported to be related to his refusal to arrest the reformers because he believed that the detention was "illegal". References Eritrean prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Eritrea Eritrean spies Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Eritrea-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot
Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot (10 September 1933, Alitena - 2 June 2009) was a bishop of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. He served as the Eparch of Adigrat, in the northern Tigray Region, from his consecration on 12 October 1984, until his retirement on 16 November 2001. He was succeeded by Tesfasellassie Medhin. Teklehaimanot held the title of Eparch Emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ... until his death on 2 June 2009, at the age of 75. ReferencesCatholic Hierarchy: Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot † 1933 births 2009 deaths People from Tigray Region Ethiopian Catholic bishops {{Ethiopia-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saba Kidane
Saba Kidane (born 1978) is an Eritrean journalist, poet, and political activist. Early life Born in Asmara, Saba Kidane dropped out of school and joined the Eritrean People's Liberation Front at the age of 13. She returned to school in 1995. She was a program director for youth radio and is a single mother. Most of her poetry is composed in Tigrinya (; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions. History and literature .... Her poetry addresses children, everyday life, social issues, and the effect of war on Eritrean women. Her poem, "Tsiruy guhaf nafiqe" ("I miss the clean garbage"), encourages careful condom disposal due to the risk of spreading HIV. Saba Kidane was denied a U.S. visitor's visa in 2001. References External links *Semere, Beyene. Interview with Saba Kidane:part one [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kidane
The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Ethiopian Basketball Federation (E.B.F.). (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቅርጫት ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and has Sub-Saharan Africa's longest basketball tradition. A founding member of the FIBA Africa Championship, the team once belonged to Africa's top 5 basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to return to former glory. Competitive record Summer Olympics ''yet to qualify'' FIBA World Cup ''yet to qualify'' FIBA Africa Championship African Games ''yet to qualify'' Current roster At the 2007 AfroBasket qualification: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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