Yoftahe Nigussie

Yoftahe Negussie Weldeyesus was born on 21 April 1894 in Gojjam, to a father who was a church administrator. He completed the stages of traditional education, chant and qene, while young, and received the title of qegnegeta. Having gone up to Addis Ababa at fourteen, he was ordained in 1924 at Abo church, then taught Amharic and music in the capital's schools. He wrote the words of the imperial anthem, sung for the first time at the coronation of 1930, sat on the judicial council of parliament from 1943 until his death, on 8 June 1947, and the Ethiopian school of dramatic art bears his name.

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• TheatreTeqem Yalebel ChewataYoftahe Nigussie · 1930not translated into EnglishLiterature