Mek’ele – 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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