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In Memoriam
AtoTeshome Gabre‑Mariam Bokan
16 DECEMBER 1930 — 16 DECEMBER 2016
TAHSAS 7, 1923 — TAHSAS 7, 2009 · ETHIOPIAN CALENDAR
Born and died on the same day, in both calendars
The Emperor’s only Attorney‑General. A drafter of the Charter of African unity. Eight years a prisoner of the Derg — and, in the end, counsel to the imperial family he had served. Our father and grandfather.
