fanficgirl:
Nice but I have to post this
‘I am not a Negro at all; I am a Caucasian,’ the Emperor Menelik told the West Indian pan-Africanist Benito Sylvain who had come to Addis Ababa to solicit the Emperor’s leadership in a society for the ‘Amelioration of the Negro Race.’ Haile Sellassie confirmed that view in a declaration to Chief H. O. Davis, a well-known Nigerian nationalist, stating that the Ethiopians did not regard themselves as Africans, but as ‘a mixed Hamito-Semitic people.'”
(See John H. Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay (19

As you might know the royal family claims solomonic dynasty so they do consider themselves to be different from the negro stock(Hamito-Semitic as you mentioned), but they never questioned their black african identity. I mean we pride ourselves to be "The black lions" who defeated the white fascists. If you were in Addis you would see that most of older facilities such as school,hospitals...are named "tikur anbessa" (black lion) The thing about Ethiopia is,if you randomly ask a person what his race (zer) is,he will identify with his specific tribe.If you ask if he is black he might say no i am keyh(light skinned),teyim (brown skinned) .Skin color isn't mostly a criteria for determining our tribes here exept for the few southern tribes which makeup small portion of the population.

Hati13:

Correct wenedem!
Why people on this forum mostly shows the light skinned ones when beauty is raised. Why not include the many beautiful dark skinned ladies?

I know right!sometimes when i see the chain of dark skinned africans bleaching to look lighter,lighter skinned ones claiming Arabian ancestry (HOA comes here),Arabs claiming south European,south European claiming north European....I wonder if Hitler's ideal beauty of Nordic-Aryan phenotype had survived through the western media

why does everyone chose to show off the lighter skinned ladies?Does it mean being dark skinned is ugly?

fanficgirl:

That's so cool . Do you live in Ethiopia now or are you in thE West?

I still live in ET. There are many people with mixed tribe ancestry like me mainly in urban areas

@Hati you're doing a great job showing our diversity to our African brothers

TayserMahiri:


May I ask how you count your age? Which calendar do you use to determine your (official) age?

Lol it's not like we live in the past.We just use our own calendar system which happen to be few years behind the European one.For example is a person is born on Sept.11 2000 G.C our calendar will read meskerem 1,1993.Now its April 27 2017 G.C and Miyazia 19 2009 There will be no difference in counting the age.

9jakool:


Queen Sheba is totally Ethiopian.
And again, Yoruba aren't descendants of Queen Sheba or Oromo people. Looking at the timeline, you would almost see a huge gap. Queen of Sheba dates to around 1000 B.C, and Bilikisu Sungbo dates to around 800 A.D. The truth was there was a powerful woman from the region. Her tomb and the eredo (fortress) walls are all preserved. There's still further exploration and mapping of the site that needs to be done. The Sheba myth was later concocted by practitioners of Islam and Christianity. In 800 A.D, Islam wasn't practiced by Yoruba yet or widely known is West Africa.

Oh I've read the history of the Semitic peoples of Ethiopia in your posts. I think you did a good job on the explanation! One thing I noticed was the fact that you admitted that people in the region have mixed ancestry. Some Ethiopians would say that they aren't mixed and I've noticed this divide among some of them.

Our mixed ancestry isn't that complicated,I mean people from both side of the red sea have been trading and moving for centuries there were many Yemenite descendants that control the Ethiopian trading markets before they moved out and the Gurage people took over.In Eritrea the rashaida people are ethnic Arabs that recently entered the land
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashaida_people
so mixing is normal.But not through slave trade like some people say!

Hati13:

Hi Aksumawi2805, nice to see another fellow Ethiopian here.

You are right in the case of Gurage people. They were an Aksumite soldiers sent for military expedition mission to the south of Axum, so there were already Christians before Menelik conquest. But there was no Christianity in Wolayta, Kaffa, Beni Shangul, Komosha, other southern states and in most Oromos states.

I disagree with you at your second point. Other than Gurage, the areas Menelik conquered hadn't had anything to do with Abyssinia before. I'm an Amhara, but I will not be biased. What Menelik did to those states except Gurage, was nothing but colonialism. If their weren't Europeans in Sudan, Kenya and Somalia, he could even have conquered those areas and unite them with Abyssinia Empire, if he had enough resources. There is a border disputes with Sudan, Kenya and Somalia now, because the areas in Ethiopia that border those countries were their areas(you can take Ogaden area for example).

Those who say, it was to reunite the lost territories(except Gurage) aren't telling the truth or they didn't/don't know the truth.

No bro the inhabitants of ancient Axum were vast and include most of the present nations of Ethiopia.Did you know the ruling families of the wolaytan dynasty claim Tigrian ancestry? And have you read about the famous Hadiya princess who saved the Christian kingdom through marriage alliance with the north?
Evidence for the vast kingdom and diversity of Axumite inhabitants was written by Cosmos in "Christian Topography " ክርስቲያን ቶፖግራፊ በተሰኘው የኮስሞስ መጽሐፍ ውስጥ በአዱሊስ ያገኘውንየካሌብ የድንጋይ ጽሑፍ አኑሮልናል፡፡ በዚያን ጊዜዋ ኢትዮጵያ የተገለጡት ሕዝቦች ጋዜ፣ አጋሜ፣ ሲጊን፣አቫ፣ ዚጋሪን፣ አጋቬ፣ ቲያማ፣ አታጋውስ(አገዎች)፣ ካላ፣ ሰሜን፣ ላዚን፣ ዚአ፣ ጋቫላ፣ አታልሞ፣ ቤጃ፣ ››የሚባሉ ሕዝቦች ናቸው፡፡
further info on Medvial Christian states that had close ties with the north.
http://www.persee.fr/doc/ethio_0066-2127_2009_num_24_1_1394
p.s I am also from an Amhara and Tigrian family, that support Menelik

Nowenuse:


Aha, of course i knew this! Thank you very much for the clarification. You are very welcome to this thread. Are you also Amhara?

@Obaaderemi, i hope you can see that i was right!

Thank you!My mom is an Amhara woman from Gonder city and my dad is Tigre from Axum.

Hati13:

If I could correct you, Ethiopia(Axum) is the second nation to accept Christianity after Armenia. It's not after Roman. And when we say Ethiopia at that time, it's only included areas of present day Eritrea and Tigray region(Ethiopia). During the decline of Axum, some Axumit inhabitants migrated south of Axum(present day Amhara region) and spread Christianity there also.

Look, before Menelik conquered SW, S and SE states and converted some of those people to Christianity, all those states were independent and most of those states had nothing to do with Abyssinia empire before like Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. Menelik conquered those states for two reasons, 1. For resources and 2. To create Buffer Zone between the inland fertile areas and European colonies. If Menelik had the chance, he could also have conquered Sudan, Kenya and Somalia, but those states were already conquered by the European colonies. So, he could not conquer other areas beyond the new conquered areas. Amhara culture and Christianity were spread to most of those newly conquered areas.

Hello.Fellow ethio negne. Just to correct you


1.There was already Christianity in the south before Menilik's conquest.(There are ancient monasteries in Gurage region )
2.Menilik set out to unify old Ethiopian kingdom's that were cut off from the north by Muslim invaders and Oromo expansion and had no intentions for the countries you mentioned .Remember Axum once ruled a vast empire stretching from the horn to southern Arabia.

Ednite:


Axumite kingdom emerged present day Eritrea and Ethiopia. Which was a very remarkable kingdom.

Emperor Menelik took control of the whole Ethiopia, yes. But not much was mentioned about Eritreans during his regime

Selam Ednite!A fellow Ethiopian here.Eritrea and northern Ethiopia (collectively known as Abyssinia )were under the same kingdom until
towards the end of Emperor yohannis IV rule,where Italians started occupying Eritrea When Menelik took the throne it was already occupied.

Ednite:


Axumite kingdom emerged present day Eritrea and Ethiopia. Which was a very remarkable kingdom.

Emperor Menelik took control of the whole Ethiopia, yes. But not much was mentioned about Eritreans during his regime

Selam Ednite!A fellow Ethiopian here.Eritrea and northern Ethiopia (collectively known as Abyssinia )were under the same kingdom until
towards the end of Emperor yohannis IV rule,where Italians started occupying Eritrea When Menelik took the throne it was already occupied.

NevetsIbot:
who the fuq are you Beat it

your worst nightmare bariaw

NevetsIbot:
Ethiopia abi.... New hunting ground!!!!

Oya.... Where's that broom.. Time to fly

She is laughing at you Nigerian.

halfricanadian:


they cant they see most as trash


but well na Godwin tho some nigerian ladies are really cherished too

They better appreciate their own.Afterall almost all Ethiopian women marry foreigners either for money or visa.

funny nigerians competing for our women as if they are a prize to be won .Why don't you respect and treat your won ladies the same?