Alemseged, Tesfai (1944–), Source: Dictionary of African Biography Author(s): christine matzkechristine matzke. Eritrean lawyer, writer, and researcher, was born on 19 October in the southern Eritrean market town of Adi Quala. His father was Tesfai Gebremichael, a government employee, his mother, Hiwet Tesfabruk, a housewife.