Walda Heywat
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Walda Heywat (fl. 17th century), also called Metku, was an Ethiopian philosopher.
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Biography
Walda Heywat was the student of Zera Yacob, whose work he continued in his Treatise of Walda Heywat, written in Ge'ez. Walda Heywat was the son of Habta Egziabher (called Habtu), a friend of Zera Yacob in the town of Emfraz, where Zera Yacob spent the second part of his life. Zera Yacob was the teacher of the sons of Habtu and introduced Walda Heywat to his philosophy.
It was Walda Heywat for whom Zera Yacob wrote his Treatise of Zera Yacob, describing both his life and his thoughts.
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