Aberra Kassa
Aberra Kassa | |
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Born | 1905 |
Died | 21 December 1936 Fikke | (aged 30–31)
Allegiance | Ethiopia |
Service/ | Army |
Rank | Commander |
Battles/wars | Second Italo-Ethiopian War |
Spouse(s) | Kebbedech Seyum |
Relations | Kassa Haile Darge |
Other work | Member of the Royal family |
Aberra Kassa (Amharic: አበራ ካሣ; 1905 – 21 December 1936) was an army commander and a member of the Royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.
Biography
During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Aberra Kassa fought for his father. At the Second Battle of Tembien, the armies of his father and Seyum Mangasha were defeated in battle and bombed out of existence as they withdrew.
During the early days of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Aberra Kassa was part of the armed Ethiopian resistance. Following the flight of Emperor Haile Selassie, the sons of Ras Kassa became the royal focus of the resistance. Late in July 1936, he took part in the ill-fated attack on Addis Ababa along with his brothers, Wondosson Kassa and Asfawossen Kassa. After the failure of that attack, he and Asfawossen Kassa fled together to avoid capture.
On 21 December 1936, Aberra Kassa and Asfawossen Kassa surrendered. They had been assured by Ras
Upon hearing of the murder of her husband, Aberra Kassa's widow Kebbedech Seyum rose from her childbed and led the remnants of her husband's forces in battle. After clashing with Italian forces fourteen times, the young widow and her small children crossed over the border into the Sudan with what was left of her husband's forces. Following the liberation of Ethiopia in 1941, Woizero Kebbedech Seyum was given the rank of Woizero-hoy and recognized as among the foremost resistance leaders of the occupation in her own right.
See also
References and notes
- ^ Mockler, Haile Sellassie's War, p. 171
Sources
- Mockler, Anthony (2002). Haile Sellassie's War. New York: Olive Branch Press. ISBN 978-1-56656-473-1.