Ethiopia – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:58:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Alula Engida, Ras https://equestrianstatue.org/alula-engida-ras/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1045 The airport of Mek’ele was built in the late 1990s and named after the famous Ethiopian military leader Ras Alula, also known as Alula Aba Nega following the custom of using “Abba” plus attaching the horse’s name to that of a well-known warrior’s first name (Nega was his favorite horse). Photo by Salomon Assefa and Deborah and Johnson

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]]> Makonnen, Ras https://equestrianstatue.org/makonnen-ras/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1670 In the mid 1950s, Croatian sculptors Antun Augustinčić & Frano Kršinić worked with Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle to forge in Yugoslavia an equestrian statue of Ras Makonnen, the father of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I. In 1958, the statue was placed in the center of the city of Harar, Ethiopia. However, this statue was … Continue reading "Makonnen, Ras"

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]]> Menelik ll https://equestrianstatue.org/menelik-ll/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1700 Photo by Elitre and Sam Effron

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]]> Sayid Abdullah Hassan https://equestrianstatue.org/sayid-abdullah-hassan-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2340 See also the original

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