The Life History & Qineis of Liqe Kahnat Aleqa Tsega Teshale [978-1-59-907131-2]

Aleqa Tsega Teshale was born in 1886, in a small village in Gojjam, Ethiopia. From these humble beginnings, he rose to become a nationally respected Ethiopian Orthodox Church scholar, and liqe kahinat (or chief of the learned) of all Simien and Begemdir provinces. He was also a major poet of Ge'ez qinei, twenty-nine of which are collected here (and translated into both Amharic and English) for the first time.

 

አለቃ ፀጋ ተሻለ እ.አ.አ. በ1886 ዓ/ም ጎጃም ውስጥ በምትገኝ በአንዲት አነስተኛ መንደር ተወለዱ። ከዚህ ባኅላዊ አስተዳደግ ተነስተው በጣም የተከበሩና የታወቁ የቤተ-ክህነት ምሁርና የቤጌምድርና ሰሜን ክፍለ-አገር ሊቀ-ካህናት መሆን በቅተዋል። በተጨማሪም የታወቁ የግዕዝ ቅኔ አዋቂና ገጣሚ ነበሩ። ከሥራዎቻቸው መኻል ሃያ-ዘጠኝ ቅኔዎቻቸው ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ በአማርኛና በእንግዚዝኛ ተተርጉመው በዚህ መጸሐፍ ተካትተዋል።

I.  Biography of Liqe Kahnat Aleqa Tsega 

 

II. Maps, Family trees and photographs

 

III. The Qineis of Liqe Kahnat Aleqa Tsega