Mulu Gebreegziabher: Difference between revisions
added Category:People executed by Ethiopia using HotCat |
m Disambiguating links to Tigrinya (link changed to Tigrinya language) using DisamAssist. |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
== Prisoner of Derg == |
== Prisoner of Derg == |
||
While prisoner, she was interrogated by Derg soldiers, and the video tapes of this interrogation had been conserved. Mulu stared her |
While prisoner, she was interrogated by Derg soldiers, and the video tapes of this interrogation had been conserved. Mulu stared her interrogator in the eye and made her stand clear without fear. The interview she gave to Derg's TV defending the TPLF was remarkable, particularly for an illiterate person. She did not cooperate with Derg, though that could have saved her life; her main reason was to liberate Ethiopia from the military government. Shortly after the interview she was shot by Derg soldiers. She was only 20 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.tigraionline.com/articles/article120427.html|title=QESHI GEBRU's TPLF, by Berhane Kahsay, 15/4/2012}}</ref> |
||
== Commemoration == |
== Commemoration == |
||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
* Her statue was erected in [[Mekelle]] |
* Her statue was erected in [[Mekelle]] |
||
* Her statue was erected in [[Humera]] - it was demolished in 2020 by [[Amhara Region| Amhara]] militia and Ethiopian army<ref>[https://twitter.com/MoradNews/status/1337990526319144962 Ethiopia federal troops and Amhara militia destroying statues in the Tigray region] Morad News, 13 December 2020</ref> |
* Her statue was erected in [[Humera]] - it was demolished in 2020 by [[Amhara Region| Amhara]] militia and Ethiopian army<ref>[https://twitter.com/MoradNews/status/1337990526319144962 Ethiopia federal troops and Amhara militia destroying statues in the Tigray region] Morad News, 13 December 2020</ref> |
||
* A song in the [[Tigrinya]] language has been dedicated to her<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/6nxRvIsA1BI| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nxRvIsA1BI| title = TIGRIGINA SONG NEW Qeshi Gebru 2 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
* A song in the [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] language has been dedicated to her<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/6nxRvIsA1BI| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nxRvIsA1BI| title = TIGRIGINA SONG NEW Qeshi Gebru 2 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
| Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
[[Category:Feminists]] |
[[Category:Feminists]] |
||
[[Category:People executed by Ethiopia]] |
[[Category:People executed by Ethiopia]] |
||
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Ethiopia]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 06:29, 19 May 2024
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2020) |
Mulu Gebreegziabher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 |
| Died | 1982 Derg prison, Ehiopia |
| Occupation(s) | Political activist, feminist |
| Political party | TPLF |
Mulu Gebreegziabher (fighter's name Kashi Gebru; 1962 – 1982) was an Ethiopian feminist and freedom fighter. She is best remembered for testifying her anti-feudal and anti-patriarchal convictions in front of a camera held by Derg soldiers who had captured her. Later on she was assassinated by Derg.
Lifeline
[edit]
Mulu was born in a farmers’ household in Dibdibo, Enticho (woreda), Tigray Region, Ethiopia. In her teens she joined the TPLF guerilla that was fighting the then Derg regime in Ethiopia. Though without formal schooling, she rose rapidly in ranks and was a motivating speaker in political assemblies, focusing especially on the new society to be built where women and men would be equal, and land equitably shared among all. In 1982, she was captured by Derg and assassinated.[1]
Prisoner of Derg
[edit]While prisoner, she was interrogated by Derg soldiers, and the video tapes of this interrogation had been conserved. Mulu stared her interrogator in the eye and made her stand clear without fear. The interview she gave to Derg's TV defending the TPLF was remarkable, particularly for an illiterate person. She did not cooperate with Derg, though that could have saved her life; her main reason was to liberate Ethiopia from the military government. Shortly after the interview she was shot by Derg soldiers. She was only 20 years old.[2]
Commemoration
[edit]- A film was produced in 2012 about her life and political stands, by Ethiopian TV[1]
- Her statue was erected in Mekelle
- Her statue was erected in Humera - it was demolished in 2020 by Amhara militia and Ethiopian army[3]
- A song in the Tigrinya language has been dedicated to her[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Qeshe Gebru : Ethiopian Documentary Film". YouTube.
- ^ "QESHI GEBRU's TPLF, by Berhane Kahsay, 15/4/2012".
- ^ Ethiopia federal troops and Amhara militia destroying statues in the Tigray region Morad News, 13 December 2020
- ^ TIGRIGINA SONG NEW Qeshi Gebru 2. YouTube. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021.