Kawo Tona History Book Pdf
Icaro Aveiga
1. Does the museum have enough collection to promote the legacy of the Wolaita people?
2. How much the museum is attractive to local and foreign visitors?
3. How do we evaluate the potential of the museum in accordance to promoting the history and culture of the wolaita community?
4. What are the main challenges the museum facing currently?
Museums have a long history going back to the 3rd century B.C., when the first known museum was opened in the University of Alexandria in Egypt. Over the years, however, the museum culture has spread to nearly every part of the world and today it has become uncommon to find any country that does not have a museum, no matter how small it may be. This implies that the concept of the museum has become a global concept that has survived the 20th century.
The importance of a museum are mainly educational and cultural and not merely housing collections of curious objects. Museums are very significant as they are places of instruction for the general public about the legacy of the past and the common narrative memory and history of peoples based up on the museum collections. The expenditure of the world stored up there, no thoughtful person should leave its door without gaining something from a visit.
The Wolaita people are one of the indigenous people of Ethiopia who have their own culture, tradition, political legacy and kingdom. The Wolaita have about 200 clans which are divided in to two main tribes called Malla and Dogala. Historians classify this people as Omotic family which is one of the five language families in Ethiopia. This is because their settlement is parallel with the Omo River in the area. Wolaitas are one of Omotic language speaking people and their language is called also Wolaita (walaitato donna) by the name of the people. Historically the Wolaita go back to the first century. There have been 42 dynasties ruling the Wolaita, beginning with Arujiya and extending to the Tigrean dynasty. In each dynasty not less than 500 to 600 years passed. When you calculate these years, Wolaita history may even extend to before Christ. There had been trade relation with Axum empires. It is a very wide and long history.
The Wolayta or Welayta people of Ethiopia make up about 2-3% of the population. Wolayta is the name of not only this ethnic group but also their kingdom from the past. The Wolayta people had a kingdom of their own for hundreds of years with a history and culture of their own until Emperor Menelik I put an end to their kingdom for the purpose of assimilation and expansion. The Wolayta people have their own language which is called Wolaytegna. Despite a small population size, the people of this ethnic group have been very influential in the areas of music, food, and dance.
From 1930 to 1974, Haile Selassie reigned as Ethiopia's emperor. Beginning in 1916, he gained power as Ethiopia's Regent Plenipotentiary (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu. The 1930s emperor Haile Selassie is regarded by many as a pivotal player in the development of contemporary Ethiopian history as well as the founder of the Rastafari movement in Jamaica. He belonged to the Solomonic dynasty, which asserts descent from Emperor Menelik I, who is thought to be the child of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
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