Ethiopian poet, scholar and religious preacher of 19th century
Aleqa
Gebre Hanna
Born
November 1821
Fogera, Lake Tana, Amhara Province, Ethiopian Empire
Died
1902(1902-00-00) (aged 80–81)
Occupations
Poet
religious preacher
scholar
Aleqa Gebre Hanna (Ge'ez: አለቃ ገብረ ሀና; November 1821 – 1902)[1] was an Ethiopian poet, scholar and religious preacher in 19th-century renowned in Amharic oral tradition for (to quote Donald Levine) his "quick and biting wit."[2] He was a master of the genre of Amharic poetry known as qene, as well as introducing a new style of ceremonial dancing to the Ethiopian Church.
^"Brief History of Tekle Aquaquam – Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Sunday School Department – Mahibere Kidusan". Retrieved 2021-10-29.
^Donald N. Levine, Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopian Culture (Chicago: University Press, 1972), p. 27.
Aleqa GebreHanna (Ge'ez: አለቃ ገብረ ሀና; November 1821 – 1902) was an Ethiopian poet, scholar and religious preacher in 19th-century renowned in Amharic...
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