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- La princesa Seble Desta (Sabla-Wangel; 29 de agosto de 1932) es hija de Tenagnework de Etiopía y Desta Damtew. A su vez, es nieta de los emperadores Haile Selassie y Menen Asfaw. Seble Desta estuvo encarcelada en la prisión Alem Bekagn entre 1974 y 1988 por el Derg. Seble es una variante del nombre Isabel. (es)
- Princess Seble Desta (also Princess Sybil Desta) (born September 1, 1931) is a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which ruled Ethiopia until 1974. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is the daughter of Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie and Ras Desta Damtew, and granddaughter of the late former Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and Empress Menen Asfaw. Princess Seble's maternal grandfather, Fitawrari Damtew Ketema, was martyred during the Ethiopian victory against the Italians at Adwa. Princess Seble is one of eight children born to Princess Tenagnework, including Princess Aida Desta, Lij Amaha Desta (who died young), Princess Ruth Desta, Princess Sophia Desta, Iskinder Desta, Princess Mary Retta and Woizerit Mentewab Andargatchew (who died in childhood). During Mussolinis's invasion of Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie, Empress Menen and many members of their family were exiled in Bath, England. Princess Seble's father, Ras Desta, remained in Ethiopia fighting the Italians. In 1937, his location was betrayed and he was captured and killed, against all prisoner of war norms. Princess Seble completed all of her education in England, initially at Clarendon School and attended Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford University. Princess Seble accompanied Emperor Haile Selassie on many state visits, including to the United States, Canada, Greece and Mexico and met with many heads of state, royalty, members of the public and celebrities. Like her mother and grandmother, Princess Seble was President of the Ethiopian Women's Welfare Association which, during her time, built a state of the art high-rise building in Addis Ababa to house young women safely and generate income for the Association. In 1959, Princess Seble married Dejazmach Kassa Wolde Mariam, the Jote heir to the Welega Province|Welega kingdom of Leqa Qallam, in a double wedding with her sister, Princess Sophia Desta. Princess Seble and Dejazmach Kassa have five children, YeJote Worq Kassa, Yeshimebet Kassa, Laly (Debritu) Kassa, Kokeb Kassa and Amaha Kassa. In 1974, the military junta overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie and imprisoned the Imperial Family, including Princess Tenagne Worq and her daughters. Princess Seble had recently given birth and was allowed to remain temporarily free. Until her imprisonment, she unsuccessfully sought help for the Emperor and the imprisoned family members from various foreign embassies. The junta, under the pretense of affording fair trials requested that members of the Imperial Family, members of the aristocracy, military, academics and Patriots come to the capital. Dejazmach Kassa, like most of the others, willingly came (in his case from overseas). Instead of fair trials, the junta had lured them into a death trap, imprisoning and subsequently murdering 60 of the prisoners in 1974. In 1975, the junta murdered Emperor Haile Selassie. In this carnage, Princess Seble lost her grandfather, uncles, husband and brother. Laly Kassa, Kokeb Kassa and Amaha Kassa escaped confinement and fled to the West in 1977. The imprisoned Imperial family spent 14 years in jail, initially under house arrest and then under steadily worsening conditions, until they were locked in a 15-foot cell in Alem Bekagn (the end of the world) prison. After many years of campaigning by the British and other governments, human rights groups and especially the Destas' friends from school and college, the Imperial ladies were released in 1988. Princess Seble and Dejazmach Kassa have 6 grandchildren, Adey Sara Kejela, Amman Samuel Kejela, Yonas Amha, Anna Amha, Kaleb Abeye and Aden Abeye. (en)
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