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2 unusual facts about Sidama people


Sidama people

The Sidama (Ethiopic: ሲዳማ) people of southern Ethiopia are an ethnic group whose homeland is in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.

Sidamo

Sidama people, an ethnic group whose homeland is in the Sidama Zone of the SNNPR of Ethiopia


Gudit

The Italian scholar Carlo Conti Rossini first proposed that the account of this warrior queen in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, where she was described as Bani al-Hamwiyah, ought to be read as Bani al-Damutah, and argued that she was ruler of the once-powerful kingdom of Damot, and that she was related to one of the indigenous Sidamo peoples of southern Ethiopia.

Shebelle River

The source of the Shebelle River is venerated by both the Arsi Oromo and the Sidamo people.


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