Dejazmach Balcha Safo (ባልቻ ሳፎ) a.k.a Dejazmatch Balcha Abanefso;
An Ethiopian hero at the Battle of Adwa, 1896 Dejazmatch Balcha was known by his horse name of "Aba Nefso". Taken captive in battle as a boy, the young Oromo, was raised at the Palace of Menelik II, and regarded the Emperor as his father. He was devotedly loyal to Menelik, and served him as a regional governor in various southern provinces including Sidama and Harrar as well as one of his leading military commanders. He was a hero of the battle of Adwa in 1896.
From 1898 to 1908, Balcha was Shum of Sidamo province. After the death of Dejazmach Yilma Makonnen in 1907, he became the Shum of Harar from 1910 to 1914. From 1917 to 1928, he again served as Shum of Sidamo.
After fierce disagreements, Tafari would force Dejazmach Balcha into retirement, albeit an honourable one, in 1928, from which he would emerge in 1935 to fight the Fascist invaders, by whom he was killed in 1936.
Many respect to the hero of the 1896 and 1935 Italian agressions.
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