Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Ethiopian Empire
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Jagama Kello 🇪🇹

Jagama Kello (Known as "Bula")
Lieutenant General, Teenage Commander of 3,000 Arbegnoch Guerrillas
Born Jan 27, 1921 🇪🇹 Ginchi, Shewa, Ethiopia
Passed Away Apr 07, 2017 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lifespan 96 years old
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"We took to the forest as children, but our love for our country made our arms as strong as iron."

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Heroic 'Boy General' who took up arms at age fifteen during the 1935 Italian invasion, commanding 3,000 patriot fighters in the forests of Shewa without ever losing a battle, later rising to Lieutenant General.

Biographical Record

Jagama Kello was born on January 27, 2021, in Ginchi. When Italian troops occupied Addis Ababa in 1936, the fifteen-year-old Jagama fled to the forests with an ancient rifle, rallying youth to form an unconquerable Arbegnoch resistance unit.

Known by his battle-horse name 'Bula', Jagama outmaneuvered Italian armored cars, captured artillery, and ambushed fascist garrisons across western Shewa for five years. Following the liberation, he was commissioned into the imperial armed forces, rising to Lieutenant General and serving as commander of the Air Force and military advisor until his peaceful death at 96.

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Holy Trinity Cathedral (Kidist Selassie)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
GPS: 9.0310, 38.7670
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