ʾAster Gānnoo
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
given: አስቴር፡ ጋኖ፡↗ normalized: ʾAster Gānnoo↗ given: አስቴር፡ ገኖ፡↗ normalized: ʾAster Gānnoo↗ birth: ሰልባን፡ ጋኖ፡↗ normalized: Salbāān Gānnoo↗
Birth
She was born in Illubābor↗ in 1872.
Period of Activity
She was a pioneer Oromo↗ woman who worked with Onesimos Nasib↗ 'on the translation of the Bible into Oromo↗ language.
Death
She died at Naqamtee↗ in 1962.
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Names
- given: አስቴር፡ ጋኖ፡ gez
- given: አስቴር፡ ገኖ፡ gez
- birth: ሰልባን፡ ጋኖ፡ gez
Dates
Birth: 1872
Period of activity: 1893–1962
Death: 1962
Occupation
translator, missionary
Faith
Protestantism
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Mekuria Bulcha 1995. ‘Onesimos Nasib’s pioneering contributions to Oromo writing’, Nordic Journal of African Studies, 4/1 (1995), 36–61.
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Kebede Hordofa Janko and P. Unseth 2003. ‘Aster Gannoo’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 387b–388a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻʾAster Gānnooʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2.2.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS2170AsterGa [Accessed: 2024-03-28+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 2.2.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor