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Nega (MC)
Nega may refer to: * Berhanu Nega (born 1958), mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia * Nega Mezlekia (born 1958), Ethiopian writer who writes in English * ''Nega'' (album), a 1997 album by Maxim Fadeev {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Nega
Berhanu Nega ( am, ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Ministry of Education (Ethiopia), Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy, Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group. Until mid-2018, he was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government. Early life Berhanu was born on 6 December 1958 in Debrezeit, the son of ''Ato'' Nega Bonger (d. 2021), a prominent businessman, and ''Woizero'' Abebech Woldegiorgis, the second-eldest of 12 children. He attended Addis Ababa University where he participated in the student movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nega Mezlekia
Nega Mezlekia (Amharic: ነጋ መዝለቂያ; born 1958) is an Ethiopian writer who writes in English. His first language is the Amharic language, but since the 1980s he has lived in Canada so speaks and writes in English. Nega was born in Jijiga, the oldest son of Mezlekia, a bureaucrat in the Imperial government. Although initially supporting the revolution that deposed Emperor Haile Selassie, he grew strongly critical of the regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam. As a late teenager he abandoned his mother and siblings and set off with his best friend to join one of the armed rebel groups. In 1983 he left his position at Haramaya University to accept an engineering scholarship and study at Wageningen University. After two years in the Netherlands he was still unable to return home so moved to Canada instead. He has still never returned to Ethiopia. He recounted his life story in his first book, ''Notes from the Hyena's Belly''. Published in 2000, his book won the Governor General's A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |