Global InformationWallelign Mekonnen information
Wallelign Mekonnen | |
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| ዋለልኝ መኮንን | |
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| Born | 22 March 1945 Sayint, Begemder Province, Ethiopian Empire (now South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia) |
| Died | 10 December 1972 (aged 27) |
| Education | Woizero Sehin Secondary School |
| Alma mater | Haile Selassie I University |
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| Years active | 1960s– 1972 |
| Notable work | On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia |
| Movement | Ethiopian Student Movement |
Wallelign Mekonnen Kassa (Amharic: ዋለልኝ መኮንን ካሣ; 22 March 1945 – 10 December 1972) was an Ethiopian Marxist student activist and militant active in the Ethiopian Student Movement from the mid-1960s until his death in 1972. Wallelign was the author of the highly influential but contentious article On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia published in 1969.