Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen (Amharic: ልጅ ተፈሪ መኮንን; Lij Teferī Mekōnnin). Lij is translated as "child" and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. His given name, Tafari, means "one who is respected or feared."Like most Ethiopians, his personal name "Tafari" is followed by that of his father Makonnen and that of his grandfather ...

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, romance, and melancholia, and is often inspired by personal experiences. He has received numerous accolades, including four Grammy Awards, …

Ancient Aethiopia, (Greek: Αἰθιοπία, romanized: Aithiopía; also known as Ethiopia) first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to the upper Nile region of Sudan, as well as certain areas south of the Sahara desert. Its earliest mention is in the works of Homer: twice in the Iliad, and three times in the Odyssey.

Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (Amharic: ወረዳ; woreda), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after zones and the regional states.. These districts are further subdivided into a number of wards called kebele neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia.

Jorge Duílio Lima Meneses OMC (Rio de Janeiro, 22 de março de 1939), [nota 1] conhecido como Jorge Ben e Jorge Ben Jor, é um violonista, pandeirista, guitarrista, percussionista, cantor e compositor brasileiro.Em 2008 a revista Rolling Stone Brasil o nomeou como o 5º maior artista da história da música brasileira.. Seu estilo característico possui diversos elementos, entre …

Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire, conquered in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.. Italian East Africa was divided into six governorates.Eritrea and Somalia, Italian possessions since the 1880s, …

Mitologia grega é o estudo dos conjuntos de narrativas relacionadas com os mitos dos gregos antigos e dos seus significados. [1] Para muitos estudiosos modernos, entender os mitos gregos é o mesmo que lançar luz sobre a compreensão da sociedade grega antiga e seu comportamento, bem como suas práticas ritualísticas. [2] Os mitos gregos ilustram as origens …

O Índice de Democracia (Democracy Index no origianal em inglês) é um índice criado em 2006 pela revista The Economist para examinar o estado da democracia em 167 países. [1]Na avaliação mais recente, divulgada em fevereiro de 2022, o Democracy Index 2021 reportou que a Noruega marcou um total de 9.75 em uma escala de 0 a 10, que foi o maior resultado (1º país …

Ezana (Ge'ez: ዔዛና ‘Ezana, unvocalized ዐዘነ ‘zn; also spelled Aezana or Aizan) was ruler of the Kingdom of Axum, an ancient kingdom located in what is now Eritrea and Ethiopia.(320s – c. 360 AD). He himself employed the style (official title) "king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan". Tradition states that ‘Ezana succeeded his father Ella Amida as king while still a ...

Education in Ethiopia was dominated by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for many centuries until secular education was adopted in the early 1900s. Prior to 1974, Ethiopia had an estimated illiteracy rate below 50% and compared poorly with the rest of Africa in the provision of schools and universities. After the Ethiopian Revolution, emphasis was placed on increasing literacy in …