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Amhara intellectual Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam pioneered African and Ethiopian theatre when he authored Fabula: Yawreoch Commedia, Africa's first scripted play. [82] Since then countless literature in Amharic has been published and many modern-day writers in Amharic translate their work into English for commercial reasons. [83]
Amhara may refer to: Amhara people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia; Amharic, a language spoken by the Amhara people; Bete Amhara, a lordship and later province of medieval Ethiopia; Amhara Province, a historical region of Ethiopia; Amhara Region, an administrative region of modern Ethiopia; Amhara, Bihar, India
The Persecution of Amhara people [8] is the ongoing persecution of the Amhara and Agaw people of Ethiopia.Since the early 1990s, the Amhara people have been subject to ethnic violence, including massacres by Tigrayan, Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups among others, which some have characterized as a genocide.
Amharization is the process seeking to establish the dominance of Amhara traditions, culture and language above over ethnic groups in Ethiopia. During the Imperial rule, Amhara enjoyed greater influence, from imposing Amharic language and culture to dominating Ethiopian politics. Amhara elites also aspired to build Ethiopian nation.
Historically, Amhara nationalism was correlated with Ethiopian nationalism, which supports civic nationalism among Ethiopian ethnic group. [7] In early 1992, All Amhara People’s Organization (AAPO) was founded by Professor Asrat Woldeyes to represent Amhara as one identity.
The spread of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church has been an influence of anti-Amhara persecutions. [6] Many Oromo elites and revolutionaries see Amhara as a "colonizer" that subjugated and exploited Oromo people from their land. [7] Arsi Oromos accepted Islam in large demonstration of anti-Amhara sentiment and rejected associated values and norms. [8]
The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት), [2] is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argobba, and Qemant people.
The All-Amhara People's Organization was created by Asrat Woldeyes in 1993 to try to limit the domination of Ethiopian politics by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that took power after the 1991 overthrow of the dictator Mengistu Haile-Mariam.