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Tigrinyas
The Tigrinya people (, ), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya () or Kebessa, are a Tigrinya-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the highlands of Eritrea, specifically the historical provinces of Hamasien, Akele Guzai and Seraye. History One view believes that the name comes from the word (), meaning "she ascended". The word () "they ascended" describes the ascension of the earliest indigenous people to the mountainous highlands of Eritrea as the plateau's first settlers. The Tigrinya tribe were first mentioned around the 8th to 10th centuries, in which period manuscripts preserving the inscriptions of Cosmas Indicopleustes (fl. 6th century) contain notes on his writings including the mention of a tribe called Tigretes.G.W.B. Huntingford, ''Historical Geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704'' (London: British Academy, 1989), pp. 38f The word Kebessa in the form ''khebsi'', has also been found in Ancient Egyptian inscriptions in reference to the Land of Punt, howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eritrea
Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, 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. Hominid 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. The Kingdom of Aksum, covering much of modern-day Eritrea and Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia, was established during the first or second century AD.Henze, Paul B. (2005) ''Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia'', . It adopted Eritrean Orthodox Church, Christianity around the middle of the fourth century. Beginning in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazega
Hazega () is a Historical village in Central Eritrea located in the Zoba Maekel, Maekel/Central Region or the former province of Hamasien. It is located approximately north-west from the capital city, Asmara, and south-east of Keren, Eritrea, Keren. It is an entirely Christianity, Christian village inhabited by the Tigrinya speaking people of Eritrea. The village is located some kilometres west of Emba Derho close to the Anseba river and east of Tsazega at an altitude of 2,323m. In the village there one and among the oldest Orthodox church's of Eritrea (Debre-Tsion kidisti Mariam- was built by Tesfatsion with his family . History It was formerly the capital of the Minabe Zerai district ( Hazega,Adi Bene, Adi Habteslus, Adi Merawi,Shimjbluk) Hamasien. The village has historical importance as it was challenging its neighbouring village, Tsazega:ጸዓዘጋ to gain rule over the former Province of Hamasien during the 18th and 19th century. However, its brief success in the middle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keren, Eritrea
Keren (Tigrinya language, Tigrinya and Tigre language, Tigre: , Arabic language, Arabic: كرن, Italian language, Italian: ''Cheren''), historically known as Sanhit,Shinn, David & al. "Hewitt Treaty" in the ''Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia''p. 214 is the second-largest city in Eritrea. It is situated around northwest of Asmara at an elevation of above sea-level. The city sprawls on a wide basin surrounded by granitic mountains on all sides. It serves as the capital of the Anseba Region, and is home to a number of Demographics of Eritrea#Ethno-linguistic groups, ethnic groups including the Bilen people, Bilen people and Tigre people, Tigre people. History 19th century Keren was originally a trading settlement on the Ethiopian frontier, laying on an arid highland plain between the Ansaba and Barka rivers. The settlement owned its importance to its position on the trade route between Massawa and Sudan. The market was largely dominated by traders from Arkiko, whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaw
The Agaw or Agew (, modern ''Agew'') are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. They speak the Agaw languages, also known as the Central Cushitic languages, which belong to the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family, and are therefore closely related to peoples speaking other Cushitic languages. The Agaw peoples in general were historically noted by travelers and outside observers to have practiced what some described as a “Hebraic religion”, though some also practiced Ethiopian Orthodoxy, and many were Beta Israel Jews. Thousands of Agaw Beta Israel converted to Christianity in the 19th and early 20th century (both voluntarily and forcibly), becoming the Falash Mura. History The Agaw are first mentioned in the third-century ''Monumentum Adulitanum'', an Aksumite inscription recorded by Cosmas Indicopleustes in the sixth century. The inscription refers to a people called "Athagaus" (or Athagaous), perha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigrinya People, Ethiopia (in Explore) - Flickr - Rod Waddington
Tigrinya may refer to: * Tigrinya language, an Afroasiatic language * Tigrinya people, an ethnic group of Tigray and Eritrea See also * Tigray (other) * Tigrayan-Tigrinya people (other) Tigrayan-Tigrinya people or Tigray-Tigrinya people most often refers to two closely linked but different ethnographic groups of Ethiopia and Eritrea who traditionally speak the Tigrinya language: * Tigrayans * Tigrinya people The Tigrinya people ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Kaffa
The Kingdom of Kaffa was a kingdom located in what is now Ethiopia from 1390 to 1897, with its first capital at Bonga. The Gojeb River formed its northern border, beyond which lay the Gibe kingdoms; to the east the territory of the Konta and Kullo peoples lay between Kaffa and the Omo River; to the south numerous subgroups of the Gimira people, and to the west lay the Majangir people. The native language, also known as Kaffa, is one of the Omotic group of languages. Kaffa was divided into four sub-groups, who spoke a common language Kefficho, one of the Gonga/Kefoid group of Omotic languages; a number of groups of foreigners, Ethiopian Muslim traders and members of the Ethiopian Church, also lived in the kingdom. There were a number of groups of people, "but with the status of submerged status", who also lived in the kingdom; these included the ''Manjo'', or hunters; the ''Manne'', or leatherworkers; and the ''Qemmo'', or blacksmiths. The ''Manjo'' even had their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafficho People
The Kafficho people are an ethnic group hailing from Ethiopia. As of 2007, they accounted for only 1.2% of Ethiopia's population. Most of the Kafficho live in Ethiopia's Keffa Zone, Keffa, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region region. Their traditional language, Kafa language, Kafa or Kaffinono, is still spoken among much of the population. Coffee may derive its name from the Kafa zone, where it was first cultivated, though this is considered unlikely. The Kingdom of Kaffa was established in 1390 and lasted until 1897, when it was fully integrated into the Ethiopian Empire, of which it had previously been an intermittent tributary. While the Kingdom's economy had relied largely on the export of gold and slaves, the modern Kafficho are agriculturalists. In September 2021, the Kaffa people held a referendum to create a new region, Ethiopia's 11th, called the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, South West and made up of Kaffa and five other nearby administrative areas. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oromia
Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The provision of the article maintains special interest of Oromia by utilizing social services and natural resources of Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region to the north; Dire Dawa to the northeast; the South Sudanese state of Upper Nile (state), Upper Nile, Gambela Region, South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, South West Ethiopia Region, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region and Sidama Region to the west; the Eastern Province (Kenya), Eastern Province of Kenya to the south; as well as Addis Ababa as an enclave surrounded by a Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Addis Ababa, Special Zone in its centre and the Harari Region as an enclave surro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shewa
Shewa (; ; Somali: Shawa; , ), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa, is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire. The modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa is located at its center. The towns of Debre Berhan, Antsokia, Ankober, Entoto and, after Shewa became a province of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa have all served as the capital of Shewa at various times. Most of northern Shewa, made up of the districts of Menz, Tegulet, Yifat, Menjar and Bulga, is populated by Christian Amharas, while southern Shewa is inhabited by the Gurages and eastern Shewa has large Oromo and Argobba Muslim populations. The monastery of Debre Libanos, founded by Saint Tekle Haymanot, is located in the district of Selale, Oromia Modern Shewa includes the historical Endagabatan province. History Shewa first appears in the historical record as part of a Muslim state ( Makhzumi dynasty), which G. W. B. Huntingford believed was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Gomma
The Kingdom of Gomma was a kingdom in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It was based in Agaro. Location Gomma shared its northern border with Limmu-Ennarea, its western border with Gumma, its southern border with Gera, and its eastern border with Jimma. Its capital was Agaro. This former kingdom was mostly located in an undulating valley, with a population estimated in 1880 of about 15,000-16,000; its extent is roughly the same as the modern woreda of Gomma. Beckingham and Huntingford considered Gomma, along with Gumma, was the least economically developed of the Gibe kingdoms; however Mohammed Hassen writes that "the people of Gomma devoted themselves to farming, earning a reputation for a high degree of civilization. Also located in the kingdom of Gomma were two hills, Sinka and Bemba (the last was also called Kella Egdu Biya, or "Gate of the Watching of the Land"), which were sacred to the Oromo. They were inhabited by prophets who lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeberti People
The Jeberti or Jabarti ( Tigrinya: ጀበርቲ, , also pronounced Gabarti in Egyptian colloquial Arabic) are a Muslim clan inhabiting the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen and Oman. History Islam was in the Horn of Africa early on from the Arabian Peninsula, shortly after the hijra. Zeila's ''Masjid al-Qiblatayn'' (Two-mihrab Mosque) dates to the 7th century, and is one of the oldest mosques in Africa. In the late 9th century, Al-Yaqubi wrote that Muslims were living along the northern Somali seaboard. Among these early migrants was Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, the forefather of the Darod clan family. Al-Maqrizi noted that a number of the Muslims settled in the Zeila-controlled Gabarta region which is presently northeastern Somalia, and from there gradually expanded into the hinterland in the Horn of Africa. At the time, a merchant class developed in the region known as Jabarti. Largely in response to a long-held Ethiopian aversion to trade as an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahta Hagos
Bahta Hagos ( Ge'ez: ባህታ ሓጎስ; died December 19, 1894), was Dejazmach of Akkele Guzay, and retrospectively considered an important leader of Eritrean resistance to foreign domination, and led a rebellion against the Italians at the Battle of Halai. Early career He was born sometime between 1839 and 1850 into a rich peasant family in the town of Segheneyti, Akele Guzay. Bhata's parents, Hagos Andu and Weizro Wonau, were cattle farmers who owned land around the eastern escarpments of Akele Guzai. Like the majority of people around Segheneyti, Bahta was converted to Catholicism by the French missionary Giustino de Jacobis in the 1870s. Bahta originally gained recognition in 1875 when he killed Embaye Araya son of Rasi Araya, the Governor of Tigray, in a skirmish precipitated by raiding of the area. Bahta and his brothers then became shiftas and made their base at Agameda in the Saho lowlands where they raided the caravans of Ras Alula. Despite the best efforts of Ras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
