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Gebrehiwot Baykedagn was born in 1886 in Adwa, Tigray. His father was in the service of Emperor Yohannes & died with him at the Battle of Matamma.

Due to a devastating famine & political turmoil in Tigray, Gebrehiwot left to the colony of Eritrea at the age of 7.
Gebrehiwot joined the Swedish Mission school in Massawa & a trip to the port would change his life forever.

He was given permission by the captain of a German ship to go aboard & look around. When the ship departed, he stowed away & ended up going to Europe in secret.
The German captain entrusted Gebrehiwot to a rich Austrian family who raised him, taught him German allowing him to study Medicine at Berlin University. After his studies, he returned to Ethiopia & was taught Amharic by Dajjach Yegezzu Behabte, mastering the language completely.
Dajjach Yegezzu & Haile-Giorgis recommended Gebrehiwot to Emperor Menelik, allowing him to become the private secretary to the Negus & accompanied the official mission to Germany led by Dajjach Masahasa in the summer of 1907.
His mastery of the Amharic language allowed Gebrehiwot to become one of the finest writers of Amharic prose.

The heir to the throne & future Emperor Teferi Makonnen appointed him as the inspector of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti train line in 1916 & Naggadras of Dire Dewa in 1917.
Gebrehiwot published 2 major works. "Mengistna ye Hizb Astadadar" translated into English & "Atse Menelik na Ethiopia" translated into French.

His deep concern for structural economics & income inequality makes Gebrehiwot one of the world's pioneers in Development Economics.
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Hakim Workneh Eshete aka Dr. Charles Martin was born in Gonder in 1864. His father Naggadras Eshete was by Emperor Tewodros’ side at Maqdale.

Workneh lost both his parents & was found by British troops alongside Prince Alemayehu, weeping by the corpse of Emperor Tewodros.
Colonel Charles Martin took charge of the 3 ½ year old Workneh at the port of Aden, hence his adopted name.

Workneh grew up in India where he joined Lahore Medical College in 1877 & then travelled to Scotland for his specialization in medicine & surgery.
Workneh returned to Ethiopia for the first time in 1899 & pitched a tent in the middle of Addis Ababa & began treating patients for free. An old woman approached & asked to examine his arms & legs saying she expected to find a long scar on each. She was his long lost grandmother
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A thread on Ras Alula & the Battle of Dogali:

In 1885 the British violated the Hewitt Treaty and allowed the Italians to occupy the port of Massawa. Italy’s presence in Ethiopia was barely a toehold, only 4 square miles, but by 1887 they had pushed into Sahati.
Ras Alula, governor of Asmara & defender of Ethiopia’s northern borders raised 5,000 warriors and intercepted a column of 540 Italians to reinforce Sahati.
Alula concealed his warriors among the hills & rained down fire from the hillsides when they approached. All but 80 Italians died.

Alula’s chronicler wrote, "for Alula and his men the eager rush of combat was like a bridegroom going to the wedding."
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A thread on Ethiopians in the Korean War:

During the Korean War, Emperor Haile Selassie sent troops known as the 'Ethiopian Kagnew Battalions' as part of the United Nations forces in the Korean War. All together 3,158 Ethiopians fought during the war.
“Kagnew” was the name of the war horse of Ras Makonnen, the father of Haile Selassie & Cousin to the Great Emperor Menelik II.

Ras Makonnen was one of the Generals during the first Italo-Ethiopian War and a hero at the Battle of Adwa.
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