Kingdom of Wolaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Traditionally) c. 1251–1896 | |||||||
| Capital | Lasho, Dalbo Sodo[1] | ||||||
| Common languages | Wolaitta | ||||||
| Religion | Officially Christianity[2] | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Kawo (transl. Majesty or King) | |||||||
• 1251–1298 (first) | Motolomi Sato | ||||||
• 1890–1896 (last) | Kawo Tona Gaga | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages to Early modern period | ||||||
• Wolaita Malla Dynasty | (Traditionally) c. 1251 | ||||||
• Tigre Malla dynasty | c. 16th century | ||||||
• Annexed by Ethiopian Empire | 1896 | ||||||
| Currency | Marchuwa | ||||||
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| Today part of | Ethiopia | ||||||
Kingdom of Wolaita, also known as Wolaita Kingdom, was a kingdom dominated by Wolayta people in today's southern Ethiopia from 1251 until conquest of Ethiopian Empire in 1896.
Some academics have claimed that Wolaita was equivalent to the Kingdom of Damot, a medieval kingdom that existed from the 13th-16th century until the Oromo expansion when the Wolaita Malla dynasty was replaced by the Tigre Malla dynasty.[3]: 59
- ^ "Pre-colonial Africa" (PDF). www.globalscientificjournal.com.
- ^ "Religion of Wolaita Kingdom". www.allaboutethio.com.
- ^ Aalen, Lovise (24 June 2011). The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia: Actors, Power and Mobilisation under Ethnic Federalism. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-20937-4.