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Amharization
Amharization is the process by which Amhara traditions, culture and language are elevated above over ethnic groups in Ethiopia. During Imperial rule, Amhara enjoyed greater influence, imposing Amharic language and culture and dominating politics. Amhara elites aspired to build the Ethiopian nation. Amhara dominance lasted from the Derg era until 1991. The Tigrayan-led EPRDF regime attempted to end Amharization and implement ethnic federalism under the constitution. However, the constitution failed to solve protracted conflicts and further heightened tension among ethnic groups. TPLF also used the divide and rule mechanism and made Tigrayans in politics. Background Amhara dominance continued during the Imperial era. For instance, under Emperor Haile Selassie, Amharization took place by implementing Amharic language, culture, religion, and tradition. In 1967, the government imprisoned leaders of Mecha and Tulama Self-Help Association, an Oromo nationalist groups that advocate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oromization
Oromization known as Oromummaa is a process of making and assimilating Oromo culture, language supremacy above other ethnic groups in Ethiopia. It is type of subjective political discourse than academic concepts based on common narratives about Ethiopian statehood and Abyssinian colonialism since 19th century. Oromization is a reversal of Amharization and Tigraynization. In 21st-century, Oromo nationalism embedded with the Oromo supremacy during Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed regime since 2018. It is expressed by the concept of Oromummaa that enables cultural identity and oppressed nationalism as well as to build Oromo nation through political and social theory. Oromummaa incurs persistent human rights violation against Amhara, Gurage and Wolaita people. In August 2020 voice recording captured a private meeting where Shimelis Abdisa, president of regional state of Oromia expressed his belief that the ruling Prosperity Party aims to shape Ethiopia according to Oromo culture, potenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amhara People
Amharas (; ) are a Ethiopian Semitic languages, Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Ethiopian Highlands, Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly the Amhara Region. According to the 2007 national census, Amharas numbered 19,867,817 individuals, comprising 26.9% of Ethiopia's population, and they are mostly Oriental Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Christian (members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church). They are also found within the Ethiopian expatriate community, particularly in North America.United States Census Bureau 2009–2013, Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over: 2009–2013, USCB, 30 November 2016, https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2013/demo/2009-2013-lang-tables.html They speak Amharic, a Semitic languages, Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language, Afro-Asiatic branch which serves as the main and one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oromo Liberation Front
The Oromo Liberation Front (, abbreviated: ABO; English abbreviation: OLF) is an Oromo nationalist political party formed in 1973 to promote self-determination and the independence for the Oromo people inhabiting today's Oromia Region and Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The OLF has offices in Addis Ababa, Washington, D.C., and Berlin, from which it operates radio stations that broadcast in Amharic and Oromo. The OLF is not to be confused with the Oromo Liberation Army, which is the now independent former military wing of the OLF. The OLA split from the OLF following disagreements over disarmament. History The Oromo people, an ethnic group native to the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, remained independent until the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when they lost their sovereignty and were conquered by Abyssinia. The Oromos suffered harsh oppression under the imperial rule of Haile Selassie, who was ethnically Oromo and Amhara. Under the Haile Selassie regime, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Supremacy
Supremacism is the belief that a certain group of people are superior to, and should have authority over, all others. The presumed superior group can be defined by age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, language, social class, ideology, nationality, culture, generation, or any other human characteristic. National Indian supremacism In Asia, Indians in Ancient India considered all foreigners barbarians. The Muslim scholar Al-Biruni wrote that the Indians called foreigners impure.''The First Spring: The Golden Age of India'' by Abraham Eraly p. 313 A few centuries later, Dubois observes that "Hindus look upon Europeans as barbarians totally ignorant of all principles of honour and good breeding... In the eyes of a Hindu, a Pariah (outcaste) and a European are on the same level." The Chinese also considered the Europeans repulsive, ghost-like creatures, and they even considered them devils. Chinese writers also referred to foreigners as barbarians. Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
