Pauline Fatme (about 1831 – 11 September 1855), born Ganomeh or Ganamee, was an East African-born Protestant missionary who lived in Württemberg and died in Switzerland.
Ganomeh was born in the Oromia region of Ethiopia,[1] then known as Abyssinia, the daughter of Jai Tshasseda Odah, an Oromo (or Galla) leader.
After two years of training at Korntal, the Protestant Missionary Society of Basel supported Fatmé to follow in the mission work of Johann Ludwig Krapf in East Africa.
[6] An 1855 German-language booklet by Ledderhose about her life and work was published in English as Pauline Fatme; First Fruits of the Gallas to Christ Jesus (1857).
[2] In her memory, her Swiss godfather Christian Friedrich Spittler [de] founded mission stations along the route between Jerusalem and Abyssinia.