By Ghelawdewos Araia
One of the most magnificent Ethiopian leaders and founder of modern Ethiopia is Emperor Tewodros II. There is abundant literature on the emperor but the aim of this article (and series of other relevant essays to follow) is to chronicle a brief autobiography of 19th and 20th century Ethiopian leaders.
Emperor Tewodros was born as Kassa Hailu in Quara (Gonder) for Ato Hailu and Emmett Atitegeb in 1818. His father died when he was still a child and he was taken care of by his poverty-stricken mother whose only source of income was generated by the sale of Kosso (tapeworm relieving Ethiopian medicine), but later on his uncle Dejach Kinfu took Kassa to the monastery of Mahbere-Selassie for tutorial and education by the monks.
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