Tesfaye Tolessa was born at Arjo, Wallagga in 1969 from a farming family. He studied History for his B.A degree at Bahir Dar University and M.A degree at Addis Ababa University. He published an article entitled "A History of Oromo Language Mass Media to 1991". Now, he is one of the foremost lecturers of history at Wallagga University.