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Cushitic ethnic group found in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia
Kebena
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia
52,000
Languages
Alaba-Kʼabeena[1]
Religion
mainly Islam
The Kebena people (also spelled Qebena) are a Cushitic ethnic group found in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia. They speak the Kebena dialect of the Alaba-Kʼabeena language, which is a member of the Highland East Cushitic branch of the Cushitic family group. Kebena were marginalized under the Abyssinian state.[2]
^Qabeena language. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
^Reshad, Mohammedawol. Change and Continuity of Traditional System of Governance: The Case of Oget among the Qebena, South Ethiopia(PDF). Assosa University. p. 29.
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locals colorfully celebrate the "Sera" holiday to uphold this custom. Kebenapeople Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A History of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia...
was inhabited by the Sebat Bet, Kebena and Wolene fiercely resisted Menelik. They were led by Hassan Enjamo of Kebena who on the advice of his sheiks...
region is home to the Gurage people. Gurage is bordered on the southeast by Hadiya and Yem Zone, on the northwest by Kebena Special Woreda, north and east...
ethnic group native to Ethiopia in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region who speak the Hadiyyisa language. According to a popular etymology...
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formed from northern part of the then Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) on 19 August 2023. Its formation was effected when South...
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. East Gurage Zone Gurage Zone Halaba Zone Hadiya Zone Kebena Special Woreda Kembata Zone Mareko Special...
the Shewan army governed by Ras Gobena defeated the forces of the Muslim Kebena leader Hassan Enjamo. On 14 October 1888, the allied forces of Ras Gobena...
Refugee Camp in Ethiopia, where he completed primary level. He later joined Kebena Secondary School in Ethiopia where finished high school. Puot thereafter...
Jama Ali, current chief of the Somali Dhulbahante clan Hassan Enjamo of Kebena Aze of Hadiya Ādan Ṣadiq of Imamate of Aussa Abass, continued jihad in Ethiopian...
population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups. Most people in Ethiopia speak Afro-Asiatic languages, mainly of the Cushitic and Semitic...
London traffic problem in 1943. The outer ring road lying to streams of Kebena, one passing through Awash Winery, thus making organic nature of the neighborhood...
groups reported in Sokoru were the Oromo (77.73%), the Yem (8.19%), the Kebena (3.69%), the Hadiya (3.4%), the Amhara (2.7%), and the Sebat Bet Gurage...
the Derg, which had governed as the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991. The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)...
Ezhana Wolene were the Sebat Bet Gurage (97.21%), the Silte (1.18%), the Kebena (0.92%), and the Amhara (0.48%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.21% of...
is bordered on the south by Gumer, on the west by Cheha, on the north by Kebena and Muhor Na Aklil, and on the southeast by Silt'e Zone and meskan . The...
were held in Ethiopia on 7 and 18 May 1995 for seats in its Council of People's Representatives; elections in the Afar, Somali, and Harari Regions were...
Despite lacking major river flowing across it, there are small rivers such as Kebena, Kurtumi, Ginfile, Kotebe, and Akaki flowing from north to south and make...
from Cheha, on the west and north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Kebena. It was part of former Goro woreda. 8°17′18.4″N 37°46′47.8″E / 8.288444°N...
Zone, Muhor Na Aklil is bordered on the south by Ezha, on the northwest by Kebena, on the north by Kokir Gedebano, and on the east by Meskane. It was part...
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