Abstract:
The focus of this thesis is to trace a history of Greek community in Dembi Dollo town and it is
environ from about 1903-1980s. This community started to live in Dembi Dollo and its environs
since 1903. The study is organized both chronologically and thematically and includes chapters
on the early Greek ·immigrants and their participation in the trade activity of the region, their
role as merchants in the brokers and in the trade activity generally, and traces the origins and
development of their national institutions such as the communities, churches, schools, etc. The
basic sources used were the written documents about the region in general and specifically
which organized on Greek community, some documents located in the Greek communities,
personal reminiscences and oral sources. The basic findings of the thesis point to the fact that
trade and cultural interactions of Greeks with the local community were the major issue shaping
the trade activity of the Greek immigrants in Dembi Dollo town during the period examined
