Ethiopian poets

Ethiopian writer (1936-2006)

Ethiopian actress

Ethiopian author, poet and gender equality advocate

Ethiopian singer and composer (1950–2022)

writer

Ethiopian artist

Ethiopian author, journalist, and women’s rights advocate (1960-2025)

Ethiopian poet (1924–1988)

Ethiopian writer and artist

Ethiopian poet

Poet and writer

Ethiopian painter

Mahbuba (Arabic: محبوبة / maḥbūba c. 1825 – 27 October 1840) was an Oromo girl from present-day Ethiopia who was taken to Germany as a slave. She is known to have helped lay the foundations for the Oromo language studies in Europe by reciting her oral traditions through songs.