# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baalu-girma
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:43.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baalu-girma"
name: "Baalu Girma"
slug: "baalu-girma"
description: "Bealu Girma was an Ethiopian journalist and author known for his criticism of prominent members of the Derg in his book Oromay. He was a notable journalist during the time of Emperor Haile Selassie I and served in various media positions in the country. Girma also wrote notable works, including Beyond the Horizon, The Bell of Conscience, The Call of the Red Star, and Haddis."
tagline: "Ethiopian journalist and novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baalu_Girma.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1938-09-22"
deathDate: "1984"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.492334666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalu_Girma"
    title: "Baalu Girma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A0%E1%8B%93%E1%88%89_%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%AD%E1%88%9B"
    title: "በዓሉ ግርማ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "بالو جيرما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E9%98%BF%E7%9B%A7%C2%B7%E5%90%89%E7%88%BE%E9%A6%AC"
    title: "巴阿盧·吉爾馬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalu_Girma"
    title: "Baalu Girma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E_%D0%93%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Бэалю Гырма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13144160"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump