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Machbuba | |
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 Unknown Artist, Portrait of Mahbuba, oil on canvas, ca. 1840, 72.5 × 59 cm, Branitz: Stiftung Fürst-Pückler-Museum Park und Schloss Branitz, inventory no. VII K1/353. | |
| Born | c. 1825 Ethiopia |
| Died | 27 October 1840 Bad Muskau |
| Other names | Mahbuba, Ajiamé, Bilillee |
Mahbuba (Arabic: محبوبة / maḥbūba c. 1825 – 27 October 1840) was an Oromo girl taken to Germany as a slave. She helped lay the foundations for Oromo Studies in Europe by reciting her oral traditions through song.