Afro-Centric Analytic Of Basha Ashebir Bamerica (Mengistu Lema’s Call For Hegemonic Black Race Category A Deadend To Ethiopian’s National Identity conciousness)
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2024-07
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Ethiopia is a unique nation in Africa with a distinctive national character. Its ability "to
sustain an unbroken chain of historical civilization free of foreign "corruption" for
millennia" has been primarily cited as the reason for the country's uniqueness. One
important factor that sets Ethiopians apart from other Africans and people of African
descent worldwide is their awareness of their race, which also greatly excludes them from
the western (modern) racial classifications. Despite the important role that Ethiopians'
race identity plays in their local, regional (African), and worldwide racial relations,
Ethiopian and other African scholars seem to have failed to investigate Ethiopians' race
consciousness. Another problem that adds to the misperceptions and misunderstandings
surrounding the topic is that the scant studies and researches on this topic that are now available are works of Eurocentric scholarship with a predominantly biased picture of an African reality. According to several scholars, Ethiopia's lengthy history of trade, religious exchanges, and ancient civilization have had a significant influence on the development of its own distinct character.Although it is true that these presumptions could provide a logical foundation for drawing a sound conclusion regarding Ethiopians' unique race identity consciousness in Africa, it would be reasonable to question why Ethiopians came to favor a particular racial grouping in the first place. I entirely concentrate on the key historical events and facts that, in my opinion, are essential to comprehending the problem of Ethiopian race, laying aside implications of the complicated and fluid notion of modern race identity itself on this dilemma and its potential response at this early stage.
Description
Keywords
Basha Ashebir Bamerica, National Identity