Category
page 1Ethiopian poets
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
Ethiopian writer (1936-2006)

Meron Getnet
Ethiopian actress
Billene Seyoum Woldeyes
Ethiopian author, poet and gender equality advocate
Ali Birra
Ethiopian singer and composer (1950–2022)
Hama Tuma
writer
Gebre Kristos Desta
Ethiopian artist
Yemodish Bekele
Ethiopian author, journalist, and women’s rights advocate (1960-2025)
Mengistu Lemma
Ethiopian poet (1924–1988)
Martha Nasibù
Ethiopian writer and artist
Shewalul Mengistu
Ethiopian poet
Liyou Libsekal
Poet and writer
Kebedech Tekleab
Ethiopian painter
Machbuba
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.