"Come submit to us," the Masai cried out to them, on order of the Ras.
"We don't know you," they answered from the other bank. "You Guchumba (vagrants), go away from our lands."
"If you don't surrender voluntarily, we will shoot at you with the fire of our guns, we will take your livestock, your women and children. We are not Guchumba . We are from the sovereign of the Amhara (Abyssinians) Menelik."
"We do not know Amhara-Menelik. Go away! Go away!"
These talks brought no success, but when a dug-out canoe, found higher on the course of the river, arrived at our bank, the natives became more tractable and began to ask:
"Who is this Amhara-Menelik to whom we are supposed to submit?"
ዳግማዊ ዋለልኝ ነኝ የታሪክ ብይንን በግርምት የሚመለከተው ......ከእጢዎቹ ኢትዮጵያ ሩቅ ማዶ _________________ “Meles Zenawi's passion was in abolishing poverty"Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom Gordon Brown
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In the far distant past, before its destruction and conquest by the Abyssinians, Kaffa was the industrial and commercial center of Ethiopia. Thanks to its wealth, to the fertility of soil etc., it had the reputation of being an almost fairytale country. It abounded in bread, mead, cattle, and horses, and with its tributaries, it gathered a huge quantity of ivory.
Amid the green grass, the white of human bones shone here and there. Settlements were nowhere to be seen -- only thick weeds, growing on plots of recently cultivated earth, bear testimony of the people who once lived here. An evil fairy of war destroyed them, and scattered their bones across the fields. The closer we came to the capital of Kaffa, the more noticeable became the signs of recent battles. Near the town itself, clearings were completely strewn with human bones...
When they arrived in a new land, each of them would choose the most advantageous strategic point and build a fortress or, more correctly, a camp there. Then they would begin to carry out raids on the surrounding area until the inhabitants who were bravely defending were finally convinced that further defense was unthinkable and useless, and submitted. Those who submitted retained their self-government and ruler. But the Abyssinians took the ruler's children and those of prominent families to raise as hostages. The area was divided for "feeding" among units of the army. They allotted land to those soldiers who wished parcels of land, and gave them some of the defeated inhabitants as serfs.
The next defendant was accused of having sold his military prisoner, under the guise of a gift. The crime was obviously proven. The guilty party was subject to the death penalty, but the Ras did not have the right by his own authority to impose that sentence because the criminal was an Abyssinian.
ዳግማዊ ዋለልኝ ነኝ የታሪክ ተመራማሪው _________________ “Meles Zenawi's passion was in abolishing poverty"Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom Gordon Brown
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"Come submit to us," the Masai cried out to them, on order of the Ras.
"We don't know you," they answered from the other
bank. "You Guchumba (vagrants), go away from our lands."
"If you don't surrender voluntarily, we will shoot at you with the fire of our guns, we will take your livestock, your women and children. We are not Guchumba . We are from the sovereign of the Amhara (Abyssinians) Menelik."
"We do not know Amhara-Menelik. Go away! Go away!"
These talks brought no success, but when a dug-out canoe, found higher on the course of the river, arrived at our bank, the natives became more tractable and began to ask:
"Who is this Amhara-Menelik to whom we are supposed to submit?"
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When the facts of history are written Haile Selassie of Abyssinia will go down as a great coward who ran away from his country to save his skin and left the millions of his countrymen to struggle through a terrible war that he brought upon them because of his political ignorance and his racial disloyalty.
MARCUS GARVEY, 1937 _________________ “Meles Zenawi's passion was in abolishing poverty"Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom Gordon Brown
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject:
Every Nationalist is haunted by the belief that the past can be altered.
He spends part of his time in a fantasy world in which things habben as they should.
ይህንን ያለው ማነው ?
ወዳጄ ዋለልኝ
In the middle of the 19th century, Ethiopia was restored to life. The Emperors Tewodreos, Yohannes and,finally,Menelik reunited Abysinnia. Emperor Menilik entered into a desperate struggle with Italy for the existence, freedom and independence of his state, and won a series of brilliant victories over his enemy. In so doing, he demonstrated irrefutably that there is in Afrika a black nation capable of standing up for itself and having all the makings for independent Existence.
ETHIOPIAN THROUGH RUSSINAN EYES
BY ALEXANDER BULATOVICH
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ዳግማዊ ዋለልኝ ነኝ ከአሸናፊዎቹ አምባ _________________ “Meles Zenawi's passion was in abolishing poverty"Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom Gordon Brown
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አባትህ ሲማረክ ቅዘኑን እንዴት እንደጎመደው ጠይቄህ ነበር እኮ ሐሜተኛዋ እናትህ ምንአልባት ስለአባትህ ማንነት ያልነገረችህ የቅዘናሙ አባትህን ታሪክ አፍራበት ይሆናል _________________ “Meles Zenawi's passion was in abolishing poverty"Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom Gordon Brown
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="ቆቁ "]Every Nationalist is haunted by the belief that the past can be altered.
He spends part of his time in a fantasy world in which things habben as they should.
ይህንን ያለው ማነው ?
In the middle of the 19th century, Ethiopia was restored to life. The Emperors Tewodreos, Yohannes and,finally,Menelik reunited Abysinnia. Emperor Menilik entered into a desperate struggle with Italy for the existence, freedom and independence of his state, and won a series of brilliant victories over his enemy. In so doing, he demonstrated irrefutably that there is in Afrika a black nation capable of standing up for itself and having all the makings for independent Existence.
የቀጠለ አዲስ In striving to extend the bounds of his possessions, Menelik is only carrying out the tradiotional mission of Ethiopia as the propagator of culture and the unifier of all the inhabitants of Ethiopian Mountains and of the the related tribes in their neighborhood , and only makes a new step toward consolidating and developing the power of the black empire.
ETHIOPIAN THROUGH RUSSINAN EYES
BY ALEXANDER BULATOVICH
Every nationalists is haunted by the belief that the past can be altered. He spends part of his time in fantasy world in which things happen as they should.
George Orwell
Notes on Nationalism
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject:
The first meeting between the conquerer and the conquered was remarkable. Both bowed to the ground to one another , and Tato chenito, having taken from his arm three gold bracelets , asked the Ras ( wolde Giorgis ) to accept the gift , saying the following:
"" I give this to you , man among men . Neither Ras Gobana , nor Negus Tekle Haymanot, Nor TEsemma , nor Demissew ever succeeded in subduing me; but yoh have done so . If you refuse to wear these bracelets , then I will despise you""
ETHIOPIAN THROUGH RUSSINAN EYES
BY ALEXANDER BULATOVICH
Every nationalists is haunted by the belief that the past can be altered. He spends part of his time in fantasy world in which things happen as they should.
George Orwell
Notes on Nationalism
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