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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Some Ethiopian historical poems |
Author: | Molvaer, Reidulf K. |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies |
Volume: | 9 |
Pages: | 147-163 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | poetry heads of State |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.9.1.245 |
Abstract: | It has been common to compose short poems in relation to various memorable events or situations in the lives of Ethiopian rulers. A few rulers also composed such poems themselves, Téwodros II being one of them. The poems included in this article cover the reigns of Téwodros II (1855-1868), Yohannis IV (1872-1889), Minïlik II (1889-1913), Ïyasu V (1913-1916), Zewdïtu (1916-1930), and Haile Sellassie (1930-1974). The author presents the Amharic text of the poems, including a transcription, as well as an approximate prose translation in English and comments, and places the poems in their proper historical context. Poems of ridicule and blame are as common as poems of praise. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |