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Menzuma is a Sufi Islamic chant by Ethiopians, mainly to praise Allah and bless the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [1] It is common in Mualid and similar events. [2 ...
Painting of the Punjabi Sufi saint Shah Hussain Qalandar, ca.1770. He was born in 945 AH (1538) within the Walled City of Lahore in what is now Punjab, Pakistan. [2] His father was Sheikh Usman, [2] he was a Dhudhi Rajput (a clan of Rajput), and by occupation, he was a weaver (in some of Shah Hussain poetic rhymes he used his pen name as Faqir Hussain Julaha which means "Saint Hussain the ...
The following is an alphabetical list of Amharic writers, presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Amharic language, used predominantly in Ethiopia.
Qene (Amharic: ቅኔ, romanized: qəne) is a genre of improvised oral poetry from Ethiopia. [1] The genre originates in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which historically provided traditional religious education, including the composition of qene. [2] Its origins are supposed to date back to the 14th century. [3]
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was born in Bodaa village, near Ambo, Ethiopia, some 120 km from the capital Addis Ababa. [3] He is an Oromo. [4] As many Ethiopian boys do, he also learned Ge'ez, the ancient language of the church, which is an Ethiopian equivalent of Latin.
Amharic became the first African language to be translated into Latin. [5] Gorgoryos's other accomplishments include developing a Ge'ez lexicon, co-authoring encyclopedias for both Amharic and Ge'ez as well as contributing to Ludolf's book A History of Ethiopia. Another important figure in this era is the Ethiopian monk Abba Bahrey.
Mengistu was born in Harar, to Aleqa Lemma Hailu and Wro Abebech Yilma.After undertaking traditional religious studies at the Tiqo Mekane Selassie church where his father was Aleqa (a title given to church leaders), he moved to the capital Addis Ababa due to the transfer of his father to the Qatchane Medhane'alem Church.
Sheikh Bakri Sapalo's chief accomplishment is his writing system. [9] Although Oromo has been transcribed using two writing systems Sheikh Sapalo was familiar with, the Ge'ez script and the Arabic alphabet , both are "far from adequate" in Hayward and Hassan's opinion, for reasons they set forth.