Kumsa Moroda
Kumsa Moroda (Oromo: Kumsaa Morodaa) was the third and last Moti, or ruler, of the Welega kingdom also known as the Leqa Neqamte state. His father was Moti Moroda Bekere.[1]
Under his rule, Nekemte continued to prosper, despite the re-imposition of central authority; Russian explorer Alexander Bulatovich visited Nekemte on 13 March 1897; in his memoirs he describes its marketplace as "a very lively place and presents a motley mixture of languages, dress, and peoples", and carefully described the paintings in the town's newly constructed Ethiopian Orthodox church.[2] In 1905, a central government customs office was officially opened in Nekemte.
His cousin was the businessman and historian Blatta Deressa Amante, father of the senior statesman Lij Yilma Deressa.[citation needed]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Soszynski, Henry. "LEQA". members.iinet.net.au. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ From Entotto to the River Baro Archived 2017-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (1897), translated by Richard Selzer, Ethiopia through Russian Eyes: Country in Transition, 1896-1898 (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 2000) ISBN 1-56902-117-1 (accessed 2 November 2009)
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