Gaki Sherocho

Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa after his capture by the Ethiopians in 1897.

Gaki Sherocho († 1919 ) was the last king of Kaffa until the conquest of the Kingdom of Kaffa by the Ethiopians under Menelik II in 1897.

Gaki Sherocho came to power in 1890. He is said to have ruled his empire relatively strictly and cultivated more areas than any of his ancestors. After Ethiopian troops marched into his empire in 1896, he had to surrender after eight months of fighting on September 3, 1897, with which the empire came to an end.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Amnon Orent, Refocusing the History of Kafa prior to 1897: A Discussion of Political Processes, African Historical Studies, Volume 3, Issue 2 (1970), p. 263 (282).
↑ Bekele Woldemariam: The History of the Kingdom of Kaffa - The Birthplace of Coffee, ARCCIKCL, Addis Abeba 2010, p. 230.

personal data
SURNAME	Sherocho, Gaki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Kaffa
DATE OF BIRTH	19th century
DATE OF DEATH	1919

[Orent_282-1] A ^b Amnon Orent, Refocusing the History of Kafa prior to 1897: A Discussion of Political Processes, African Historical Studies, Volume 3, Issue 2 (1970), p. 263 (282).

[2] Bekele Woldemariam: The History of the Kingdom of Kaffa - The Birthplace of Coffee, ARCCIKCL, Addis Abeba 2010, p. 230.