MY BEAUTIFUL QUEEN TAYITU



Here's my Courageous African Queen...



Her name is Tayitu or Queen Tayitu. Tayitu means THE SUN. Tsehai means sun in Amharic, Ethiopian language. The current generation or the people around cities called the SUN, TSEHAI. But the older generation and the typical Amharic speakers calls SUN as "TEHAY". TAYITU means, THE SUN and (female).



She was also bright like her name. Here in Ethiopia we say; "Angle gives you a name" when you're born. Most of the people are well described by their names. Tayitu was one of them.



Tayitu was a wife of King Minilik the Second. As I stated earlier on one of my posts, "Behind every great man, there's a great woman."



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King Minilik and Tayitu are the one who brought all the civilization to Ethiopia. All our Kings' high counselors or the advisors were their wives. Even their ministers and the aristocratic families were afraid of the Queens than the Kings. The Queens fought in a war. They were acting like Generals in the battle grounds. They were fearless, courageous, best speakers, full of wisdom...etc.



On the time of Tayitu, the first car brought to Ethiopia and king Minilik Second drove it for the time. The Photo camera was introduced to Ethiopia and again King Minilik was the photographer. They came from rural area to Addis Ababa. Tayitu saw a lovely beautiful flower on the hills of Entoto. Tayitu stood on the Hill and saw the area down from her feet. She call the flat land which she saw from that hill and called it Addis Ababa which means NEW FLOWER. Addis Ababa my capital city as well as the capital city of Africa has got her name from Queen Tayitu. They built their palace on the Entoto Hill, and you can come over and visit it, it's still there.



Later, They built another palace in the middle of Addis Ababa, which is still kept as a state house next to the parliament's building.



Tayitu heard about hotels. She founded her own hotel and named it after her name. Tayitu Hotel, the first hotel in Ethiopia is still working. It's been there for more than a hundred years. You can find it four minutes walking distance from my office. many of the journalists, the artistic families, film actors, musicians or writers meet there. If I've an appointment with anyone, Tayitu Hotel is my first choice.



On her time, some British soldiers were sent to her palace by Queen Victoria. They come with a gun and a letter. The letter shows, the British people wanted to train the Ethiopian how to make a gun.



The Ethiopian queen and King were just admiring how those people dressed. they were not interested in their suits. Because they were wearing their own hand woven cotton outfits. The British messengers had different shoes.



The respond for the offer of of scholarship in making gun was this.



"Before you teach my people how to make a gun, make a shoe for us the same you're wearing. After I see that you make it perfectly, I'll allow you to teach my people to make guns. Until then, you'll stay in prison."



The British messengers had to make a shoe to get released from the Ethiopian (Habesha's) prison.



When they went back to England, they wrote a book or one writer wrote they stories.



The book's title is; " Prison Time, In The Land of Habesha"



Habesha means, Ethiopian.



This is me. All African Girls, this is who you are. Wherever you're born, wherever you grow up, You are the daughters of TAYITU. You can shine like the SUN.



Go speak up, fight in every place you are. I'm not saying pick a gun and shoot someone, I believe in a GREEN and PEACEFUL AFRICA.



MAY THE PRINCE OF PEACE REIGN IN AFRICA.





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