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ISKIRNA TALYAN
An Eritrean Askari in Italian Rule
1977, 1ST Part, Asmera 104 Pages, Tigrina
Book.
Author’s
name not stated at front page. Though the printing date is 1977, the
book looks much older probably of the 50s it looked old when I bought it
in 1987. In the Introduction it tells that the author while a prisoner
in Egypt had received a letter from his mother. Being illiterate others
were busy to read this precious letter that he vowed to educate himself
and eventually succeeded to write his true story.
The author was talking in a group and
a journalist called Grazmach Tesfay Abraha said he regretted that no
Eritreans had written on their experiences of the World War II. This
made him interested to narrate his own experiences.
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Short stories from Sudan notes
and Records -
Sudan Notes and Records II, 1919.
RED SES PROVINCE.
Beni Amer Marriage custom
The following note is intended to give some idea of the marriage custom
as practised by
the Beni Amer tribe. It may be mentioned that each section of the tribe
regards itself as free to modify or amplify the details here set down.
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Count Du Bisson's Expedition 1863-Eritrea
Count Raoul Du Bisson's Expedition to Koufit-mutiny of the 4th
regiment at Kassala in 1865-
The murder of the Powell family
THE HISTORY OF KASSALA AND THE PROVINCE OF TAKA
The year 1875 marked the peak of Ismail Pasha's efforts to make a
success of the Sudan. Before examining the unhappy events that
accompanied and followed Egypt's war with Abyssinia, one must recall
three other incidents that occurred in or near Kassala while Ismail
Pasha's star was still in the ascendant. On the south-east of Kassala,
populating on both sides of the Gash as far south as the River Settit,
live the Baria and Baza (or Kunama) tribes.
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The Hawya tribe
There were a tribe of the Hawya in Serae Eritrea, ruled by Dejach
De'bul, a strong and feared ruler of Mereb Mellash, about 600 years ago.
They were of the Great Belew tribe. He was told that he would have a
daughter whose son will crush his rule. When the girl was born, his only
child, he had her secluded from the public.
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THE TALE OF THE SON OF THE REPROVERESS
(Translated from a Tigre story by Richard. Sundstrom, Gheleb - Eritrea
ca 1897)
A woman had a son and she held a wedding for him: Afterwards she began
to reprove the wife of his son. The latter answered the mother reproving
too. Then the man said, because she has blamed my mother I divorce her,
and so he did. Now marrying and divorcing as often as his mother
reproved the wives, he married nine in all.
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The tribes of Sahel, and others
Aida Kidane
This region was the stronghold of Eritrean struggle, good hiding place
with its huge mountains and valleys. It has been a stronghold for many
others much earlier, notably the 44 monastries in the mountain peaks of
third century, of Bet Ma’ala. It was the travellers route of ancient
time, as Queen Makeda.
In 523-524 A.D. the remaints of the christian martyrs of Najran in Yemen
came to Sahel, still known as Hagere Nagran, helped by Negus Kaleb. A
swedish translation from a book found by R Sundstrom when he found this
book in Debre Sina, 1910 ”The Martyrs in Nagran” The Beja tribes grew
and fell in these mountains. Read
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The Zaul people
By Aida Kidane
The Zaul of Eritrea are an Agaw group and are now found
spread out in many areas, about 55 villages and towns. In most villages
the Zauls entered as migrants as most were migrating north from Debarua
where they had split up. This makes them minorities that they were
getting dissolved as a tribe. They claim to be from the lost tribe of
Judah, as descendants of Yosef son of Yakob. Yosef, say the elderly,
slept with eyes opened and saw the future in his dreams.
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Names of families and tribes
Sundstrom, Richard
PLS (The J is pronounced as i in Swedish, in Sundstroms language)
AD HABTES: One of the three Habab tribes, Ad Habtes, Ad Tekles and Ad
Temariam. In former times migrated a man, from Adi Nefas a village in
Hamassien, one hour North East of Asmara. *
And having passed by the Mensa territories he came with his men to a
rora, highland, which he called Rora Asgede i.e. the highland of Asgede
= Habab. Asgede had a son by the name Mafles, after whom the three
tribes of Habab are called the three Mafles.
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TSAADA WEDI LAMZAIT
Tsaada Midhan Tesfa Gebru (Gebru of Bet Gebru) was a
famous person in his tribe. He was called wedi Lamzait because his
mother was from the Lamza people. He lived in the 1600s I have assumed,
because he is the brother of my 13th forefather. The renowned Eritrean
historian, Abba Fiseha Tsion Barnabas helped me trace the lineage and we
calculated him to be from that time. Also the Gonder monarchy was strong
at that time, until its fall in 1769. He is a frequently mentioned man
by the elders of his tribe.
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LE MONDE ORIENTAL
Some Tigre Texts with transliteration and
translation
By Richard Sundström
With great satisfaction I find that the Tigre language is gaining ground
more and more among orientalists. In order that they may be able to get
an idea of its pronunciation and its accent as far, of course, as it is
possible to render it intelligible by writing, I will here try to give a
transliteration of some texts as correctly as possible as I have grasped
it, after twelve years’ stay in Eritrea among the tigre speaking people.
As will appear from the texts I have translated as literally as possible
with the object of giving the reader acquainted with the Semitic
languages an idea of the mode of expres-sion in Tigre. …..Read
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