U-Wolde Tadesse wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eGamo, Ethiopia. Ukhule elusa izilwane zoyisemkhulu, esiza emasimini, ukuletha umsebenzi wabadala, ukuya emihlanganweni emincane nemigubho kanye nokuya ezikoleni zasendaweni ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene eGeretse, Emhlophe, I-Boroda, I-Qucha, U-Chencha no-Arba Minch belandela uyise owayenguthisha wokuqala wesikole saseGamo. Lokhu kuhamba ezintabeni kwadalula iTadesse ebunkimbinkimbi bezinhlaka zokuxhumana, izinhlaka zokubusa ngokomoya kanye nokuziphilisa ezazihambisana nesakhiwo sombuso. Walolongwa yilokhu kuvezwa ngokujulile futhi ukuqonda kwakhe umhlaba kudonse okuningi kulowo mlando. Umphakathi wangakubo wakwaGembela eChencha wamnika isibusiso sokuba ngumdala eminyakeni ethile edlule emcimbini owawuseZozo Sacred Site futhi usenikwe amandla okukhulumela umphakathi wakubo..

UTadesse ushade no-Elizabeth Ewart, Ungumfundisi we-Anthropology eNyuvesi yase-Oxford, ahlangana naye eLondon School of Economics lapho bobabili bathola i-PhD yabo kwi-Anthropology. Ube neChristensen Fund kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2003 njengoMphathi Wohlelo lwe-African Rift Valley.