Machbuba
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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.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ethiopia
- Place of birth
- Ethiopia
- Place of death
- Bad Muskau
- Occupation
- poet
- Image
- Machbuba, eine zeitgenössische Abbildung um 1840.jpg
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- date of death
- 1840-10-27
- Commons category
- Machbuba
- date of birth
- 1825-01-01
- P8168
- contempt of cop
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- Mahbuba, Ajiamé, Bilillee
- Life
- Oral tradition
- References
- Further reading
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.
== Mahbuba, Ajiamé, Bilillee == The subject of this article is most often called ‘Mahbuba’ or ‘Machbuba’, which is an Arabic name that means ‘beloved’. She appears to have been given this name after being sold as a slave.
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