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Gebre Kristos Desta (Amharic: ገብረ ክርስቶስ ደስታ; 1932–1981), also known as Gebrekristos Desta, was an Ethiopian painter and poet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is credited with bringing modern art to Ethiopia [ 3 ] Both his paintings and poems stirred controversy among his countryfolk. [ 4 ]
All of the four main churches and others also share and listen to various gospel singers, mezmur (gospel music or hymn) producers and choirs. History Peter Heyling was the first Protestant missionary in Ethiopia, [ 24 ] and is regarded [ by whom? ] as the founding father of the P'ent'ay or Wenigēlawī movement.
Fisseha Desta was born into a family of Tigrayan nobility in Adwa. His family then moved to Addis Ababa in 1947. He joined the Ethiopian Army at the age of 20 and graduated from the Harar Military Academy. Three years later, he joined the Kebur Zabagna (Imperial Bodyguard) and was specifically assigned to the Emperor's Palace. He later received ...
Desta Damtew went on to serve in the Dowager Empress Taitu's household at the Palace on Mt. Entoto after the death of Menelik II. In 1916, Desta Damtew supported Tafari Makonnen against Lij Iyasu. Tafari Makonnen was the future Emperor Haile Selassie I. Lij Iyasu was deposed but escaped. In 1920, Desta Damtew was in the party that captured Lij ...
She was the widow of Captain Dereje Haile Mariam, graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the U.K. [4] She married him at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister Princess Seble-Wengel Desta). Captain Dereje Haile Mariam was born in 1936 and he was killed at Addis Ababa, at the Genuete Luel Palace while ...
Desta was a member of the faction opposed to Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam. At a February 3, 1977 meeting between Mengistu and his opponents, who included not only Lt. Colonel Asrat but chairman General Tafari Benti and a number of leading members of the Derg, gunfire erupted leaving both Asrat and Tafari, as well as six other ...
Rear Admiral Iskinder Desta (6 August 1934 – 23 November 1974) was an Ethiopian naval officer and member of the Ethiopian Imperial family. A grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie I , he served as the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Navy , its most senior officer, from 1958 until his execution by the Derg in 1974.
Princess Aida Desta (8 April 1927 – 15 January 2013), baptismal name Bisrate Gabriel, was the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie, eldest child and daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework. [1] She was the wife of Leul Ras Mangasha Seyum, Prince of Tigray, son of Seyum Mangasha, and great-grandson of Emperor Yohannes IV.