Bekere Godana

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Bekere Godana (ruled 1841–1868) was a king of the Leqa Neqemte one of the realms of the Oromo in the mid-19th century. He was the first of the kings to establish Nekemte as his capital. His rule ended in 1868 when he was succeeded by his son .

Godara established his the state or polity of Leqa Nekemte in 1841, extending his rule of Neqemte over a larger area beyond the borders of the city itself. He came to power as the leader of the Oromo gada system in the city of Neqemte.^[1]

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• Philip Brooks. Ethiopia. p. 615
• Ta'a, Tesema. "The Process of Urbanization in Wollega, Western Ethiopia: The Case of Neqemte." Journal of Ethiopian Studies 26, no. 1 (1993): 59–72. Accessed April 28, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/41966012.

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