The expansion, consolidation, and preservation of the Abyssinian Empire under the Warlord Menelik (r. 1889–1913) was fundamentally predicated on his unprecedented acquisition of modern European weaponry. Unlike many of his African contemporaries who faced colonization, Menelik successfully exploited the ...
Month: August 2026
Empire is Never & Ever Built by the Colonized::No ExceptionEmpire is Never & Ever Built by the Colonized::No Exception
The Self-Negating Nominal Oromo Can not be Exceptional This paper examines a profound sociopolitical paradox within the Horn of Africa: the phenomenon of the “nominal Oromo”—individuals of Oromo descent who participate in, champion, and culturally reproduce the imperial apparatus ...
Decolonizing the Self! The Prerequisite of Liberation and Restoration of Gada SystemDecolonizing the Self! The Prerequisite of Liberation and Restoration of Gada System
Liberation of the Oromo Nation and the Restoration of The Gada System We explore the complex struggle of the great Oromo nation against the European-dependent predatory colonial hegemony of the Abyssinian Neftanyaa, structural oppression and the epistemic violence of ...