Ellen i gebre amlak biography
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She is a direct descendant of Bulo, leader of the Oromo people, who wedded the sister of Menelik II, the nineteenth-century creator of modern Ethiopia; three days before the Italian invasion in .
Ellen i gebre amlak biography
His wife, Elleni Gebre Amlak, whom he met while teaching at Yale, happens to come from a prominent Ethiopian family.
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According to his memoir, West proposed to the year-old Elleni Gebre Amlak on their first date: “Elleni, marry me and become the First Lady of Black America.” That line didn’t .
Cornel Ronald West (1953- ) - Blackpast
Following that, he married Elleni Gebre Amlak in , but the couple eventually divorced.