Gojeb River

Gojeb River

The Gojeb River is eastward-flowing tributary of the Omo River in Ethiopia. Its canyon provided the former Kingdom of Kaffa an important defensive frontier against the invading Oromo people during the 16th and 17th centuries, as described by Mohammed Hassan:

The hot valley of the Gojeb, infested with both terrible mosquitos and tsetse flies, covered with tall grass and dense forest, made rapid cavalry attack and retreat virtually impossible. This natural protection ... was further strengthened by elaborate and highly complex man-made fortifications which protected all the entrances to that country. [Mohammed Hassan, "The Oromo of Ethiopia: a History 1570-1860" (Trenton: Red Sea Press, 1994), p. 81]

See also

*List of Ethiopian rivers

Notes


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