Afewerk Tekle

**Afewerk Tekle** (Amharic: አፈወርቅ ተክሌ; 22 Ɔɔtoorebare 1932 – 10 Kyɛpire 2012) da e la Etoopeɛ yielyiele, ka neɛzaa bammo ne a o toma na e Penti a Afereka ane Krista yelnyɔgere meŋ paale .

## Nyɔvore Piiluu Ane Toma
Dɔgebo zie la Ankober, na be Shewa Province, ko eriŋ  e Amhara☃☃ dɔgereba Feleketch Yamatawork ane Tekle Mamo, Afewerk baabu zie la Italian toma tommo a zɔɔre gbɛre boyi saŋa . A da tuuro a zɔɔre a 1947, Afewerk teɛroŋ da la ka o da leɛ mɛ an Ethiopia ka ba da voote o ka o da gaa England a te zanne mining engineering. O na da naŋ gaa, Afewerk, ne o sakubitaaba naŋ da gɛrɛ ka ba da te zanne a zannoo, da taa mannewulluu yi Emperor Haile Selassie. Afewerk le boɔloo wulee ka "ka fo taa nimizeeloŋ ne a toma, ky ka fōō leɛ wa a paaloŋ ta wa yeli ko te yi bɛrɛ ane wogiri na o naŋ nyɛ a Europe,bee sobi yɛloŋ sere ba na taa, kyɛ mɔ ka taa gɔɔloŋ ane yɛŋ a tōɔ wa leɛre a Ethiopia".

Afewerk biiluŋ saŋa o da wulee o gɔɔloŋ kyaare yiele ŋmeɛbo, a da maŋ maala enfuomo dankyime zuŋ a teŋԑ poɔ. O na da be Leighton Park Sakuuri, na da e gɔbena sakuuri a England, o karema kaŋa da daanoo la kyaare a o yiele ŋmɛ gɔɔloŋ. A lɛ zuiŋ, Afewerk da leɛre la yi a engineering zannoo a Central School of Arts ane Crafts na be London. O pāā da gaa la Slade School of Art be ka o da zanne paintin, sculpture ane architecture.

O leԑ gaabo a Ethiopia o na da baare a univeniti, Afewerk naa baŋ saŋɛɛ la ministerial toma, kyɛ o da barɛɛ la kyɛ da gaa a Ethiopia ka o te zanne yɛŋ a o meŋɛ teŋɛ  ane sāākommo, na da taa saamo a o paintiri poɔ. A 1954, o da taa la a o e-wuluu a  Addis Ababa, na be Municipality Hall, na da ko o a vuo ka o da yɔ gaa a Europe yuomo ayi be ka o da zanne lԑnԑԑ ba na maŋ maale tokori kyaane. O meŋ da la zanne la zanno mine a Ethiopian illustrated manuscripts na be British Library, a Bibliothèque Nationale na be Paris ane a Vatican Library.

A Ethiopia poɔ, Afewerk da yuoe studio na be a National Library of Ethiopia. A o nimitɔɔre gaabo da soŋ la a government commissions kyaare murals ane mosaics a St George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa/Ethiopia ane a o bommaale gyamaa da taa la toma a  national stamps. O meŋ da piilee ka o maale a sculptures of famous Ethiopians, kyɛ a na wuli ka a monumental statue of Ras Makonnen na be Harrar da baarɛɛ. Gbɛɛ yaga, a 1958 o da maalɛɛ *Total Liberation of Africa*, na e stained glass a be a Africa Hall ko a United Nations Economic Commission kyaare a Africa in Addis Ababa. A tokori ata da pigee 150 square meters, na da wuli dakore yele kyaare a  Africa's yelkore, pampana woore, ane teɛre sonne kyaare dasaŋa Africa's.

A 1961, Afewerk da taa la kpaare kpoŋ kaŋa kyaare Addis Ababa, na wanne a o paintin *Maskal Flower* na da taa wuluu ko a international exhibitions na be Russia, a United States ane Senegal. Yɔɔbo duoroŋ da soŋɛɛ Afewerk ka o da yɔ a  Africa. Ane neŋgyamaa a Africa naŋ na lanna ne a colonialism, Afewerk da taa baroo ne black emancipation a da di wahala kyaare independence. ŋaa da saa la a o paintin a wagere na poɔ, ne yelzu teseŋ *Backbones of African Civilization* ane *African Unity*.

A 1964, ona da e a  laureate dɛndɛŋ̍ soba ko a Haile Selassie I Prize kyaare Fine Arts. Yi ne a o toŋkpeɛne, Afewerk da nyɛ la boɔloo kyaare a exhibition na be Moscow yi a be ka o da gaa Soviet Union a da tge kanne. A American gɔbena da iri la o noɔre ne boɔloo kyaare a  one man exhibitions na be Washington, D.C., ane New York ane a karema mine yɔɔbo a  American universities. Additional international exhibitions na be a Senegal, Turkey, Zaire, a United Arab Republic, Bulgaria, Munich, Kenya ane Algeria.

Yi yelyaga a 1970s, Afewerk da paalԑԑ ka ba maala murals ane mosaics korɔ a public ane a puoruu yie na zaa na peԑle a Ethiopia, te paale a mural *Last Judgement* na be Adigrat Cathedral a Adigrat, Tigray. A 1977, o paintin *Unity Triptych* la da di a gold medalna be a Algiers International Tigiri.
thumb|Afewerk Tekle Villa Alpha no. 2, Awassa Ethiopia
A 1980s piiluu saŋa te da nyԑ la wuluu na be a Moscow ane wuluu na be Bonn. A 1981,o paintin *Self-portrait*  da la a tondɛndԑŋ soba na e a African yielyiele na da kpԑ a permanent collection a Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

A 1997, o da wulee a Biennale na kyaare a Aquitaine, France, a da e a wederɛ kyɔɔtaa-dire a teŋgbulli zaa kyakya. O meŋ da nyɛ la iruuŋ kyaaare a Laureate na be a Biennale na da vɛŋ ka o da e mɛmba kyaare a French International Academy of Arts.

Afewerk Tekle e la mԑmba a Russian Academy of Arts, azuiŋ o da e la a dɛndɛŋ African mɛmba a 1983. O kpeɛrɛ la Addis Ababa kyԑ meŋ la taa yiri kaŋa na be a Hawassa a Sidama Region naŋ peɛle Lake Hawassa.

## Kũũ Yeltare
Afewerk Tekle da kpie a 10 April 2012 yi puɔ baaloŋ natere na da vɛŋ ka o da gaŋ someŋɛ asibiti na be  Addis Ababa ka ba da uu o a yare naŋ be a Holy Trinity Cathedral a  Addis Ababa. Afewerk's negyamaa a tendaa zaa poɔ da wa la a o kuori, ane a national committee-arranged funeral.
## Toŋkaare mine

* Ras Mekonnen Monument
* Altar cross (1959) at Royal Chapel in the Tower of London, England
* Murals and paintings at St George's Cathedral (Addis Ababa)
* *Maskal Flower* (1961)
* *Total Liberation of Africa* (1961) in Africa Hall, Addis Ababa
* *The Last Judgment* (1970) mural in Adigrat Cathedral, Tigray
* *The victory of Ethiopia* (1979) at the Hero Centre in Debre Zeyit
* *The Chalice and the Cross in the Life of the African People* (1997) zannoo naŋ kyaare stained glass na kpɛ a Biennale of Aquitaine
## ziiri mine sommo
* Pankhurst, Richard and Rita Pankhurst. In memoriam Afäwärq Täkle (1932–2012). *Aethiopica* 15 (2012), 247–253.
* Tadias online article
* Afewerk Tekle website Archived showing his work, home, and studio at Villa Alpha 
* Harlequin-mondial, French dealer handling Tekle's work 
* Obituary by Richard and Rita Pankhurst, published in *Aethiopica* 15, 2012.

## Sommo Yizie