death_place death_date religion birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
asmara , eritrea may 15 , 1995 protestant adi zarna , zoba debub , eritrea eritrean april 27 , 1905 woldeab woldemariam
 woldeab woldemariam
woldeab woldemariam

woldeab woldemariam also spelled as weldeab weldemariam -lrb- april 27 , 1905 -- may 15 , 1995 -rrb- was one of the original proponents of the eritrean independence movement and is considered the father of eritrea .
he worked closely with ibrahim sultan ali before the federation with ethiopia to secure eritrean independence .
woldeab woldemariam was a devout christian of the protestant congregation .
he was born in the eritrean village of adi zarna .
