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Dec 29, 2021 13 tweets 6 min read Read on X
Thread: Why Africans/blacks & the world should care for #Tigray, an African & world civilization & stand against #Tigraygenocide. Tigray is a unique civilization (one of the four great powers of the ancient world) that has always been humane & welcoming to all people.1/n
Early on, it accepted judaism and because of that connection, Aksum is still considered the place where the Ark of the convent is housed. 2/n theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
Tigrayans (also called Aksum, ancient capital of Tigray) invented the Ge'ez letters which are now used for the writing of many African languages including Amharic, Tigrinya, Guragigna, Tigre, etc. They fused Brana and their writing system and spreed literature. 3/n
The Tigrayans introduced their own systems of governance, law and order, calendar, minted coins and expanded trade and agriculture. They became the main players on both sides of the Red Sea. 4/n
In the fifth century, Tigray (already Christian) welcomed Christians fleeing persecution in the Roman Empire due to the split of the church in 451. Many came and found home in Tigray. Notable among them are the Nine Saints who spreed Christianity even more in Tigray. 5/n
As a result of this, literature and Christianity expanded. Great music composers such as Saint Yared whose music and hymn is still the music of the Orthodox churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea and of the Ethiopian catholic Church thrived in this culture. 6/n
Creativity in the writing of religious books was introduced. For example, Tigrayans started illustrating books. The first illustrated bible books, the Garima Gospels, are found in Tigray. visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art… 7/n
The Tigrayans invented their own architecture and used it to build magnificent palaces, houses and churches. whc.unesco.org/en/tentativeli…
The influence of their architecture is to be found even outside Tigray, in places such as the churches of Lalilbela. 8/n
Tigrayans preserved Christian books that have been lost in the rest of the world, for instance, the Book of Enoch. Tigrayans created a unique African Christianity, civilization and culture that welcomed all people from Mediterranean, middle east and Africa. 9/n
The Tigrayan civilization contributed to the world and so visible and Tigray was a global player as can be seen from the beatification of the Tigrayan emperor Saint Elesbaan by the Eastern Orthodox churches. reginamag.com/st-elesbaan-ki… 10/n
In the sixth century, Tigray (then called Abyssinia) received muslims fleeing persecution and gave them a place to settle. This event is known as First Hijira. The place that Tigray gave them is called Negash and it houses the first mosque in Africa. 11/n
Tigray has always been a humane civilization, welcoming all people (irrespective of race or religion) when they flee persecution. Tigray is a place of significant African & world heritage. 12/n
The kind & welcoming people of Tigray & their heritage is now under genocide. The genocide aims to wipe out the people & erase their heritage & civilization. It is done with the help of Iranian, Turkish, UAE and Chinese drones. Africa & the world should stand with Tigray. 13/n

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May 27, 2022
Three books (in Tigrinya) on the war on Tigray. Two from blockaded Tigray and another from Addis. The first one, "A Revolution of Tigrayness", by University Lecturer Asmelash Girmay, is available in a digital copy for free here: 1/n researchgate.net/publication/35…
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Ethiopia disrupts 1/n
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ድንቍርነኦም መጠን የብሉን። "ቀኒእኻ ድኻ" ይብሉኻ ክዓ! ብ ኤርትራ ከመይ ኢልካ ይ
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ወዮ ሓደ ህዝቢ ነይርና ኢልና ስለ ዝንኣምን እዩ እምበር፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝትርከብ ዝዀነት ትርጕም ዘለዋ ነገር ኵላ፡ ዓሻራ ትግራዋይ እያ። እስቲ እተን ገዳማት መን መስሪቱወን? ደብረሲና፥ ደብረ ማርያም፥ ወዘተ? 3/ተ facebook.com/gabremeskel/po…
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Nov 2, 2021
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I watched 'Taking Stock of U.S. Policy on Ethiopia: A Conversation with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman' #USPolicyEthiopia
I put my reactions to the ambassador's points here as a Tigrayan. My thread will focus both on the spirit of his messages and on particular points 1/n
1) I understood that the US still sees Abiy as salvageable and as having the mandate to rule Ethiopia. The ambassador said the US wants to revitalize Abiy's "economic and job creation agenda". This is deeply disturbing to me and tells me Us interests override even genocide . 2/n
The spirit of the ambassador's message is that the atrocities committed on Tigray are not problems of themselves, but only to the extent they jeopardize US business and geopolitical interests in the Horn. 3/n
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Oct 30, 2021
I sometimes listen to the Ethio-360 guys. The Habtamu guy has only one boring theme: I told you so. The thing is he never told it. Today, they were talking about the design to destroy Amhara and Tigray, and they blame Tigray for that. What do these people smoke, really? 1/n
Tigrayans, including myself, have warned before the war that there was a work to antagonize Amhara and Tigray, among other things. And yet, no one supported the war more than Amharas. They also invaded and seized Tigrayan lands and engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide. 2/n
Tigrayans understood the Abiy-Isaias plan to create a permanent Amhara-Tigray enmity and warned Amharas about that, but Amharas failed to see. Tigrayans were not only left without partners, but became a victim of the Amharas. That is the sad reality. 3/n
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May 22, 2021
Thread: Can an Amhara be impartial?
The intercept article has shown the ugly highjacking of an American institution. @VOAAmharic, for the service of an ugly fascistic, racist & backward Amhara nationalism. But is it an isolated case? No, it is not. 1) theintercept.com/2021/05/21/voi…
Any institution headed/staffed by Amhara will always end up being an Amhara propaganda tool. And I am not talking about Ethiopian institutions which have always been Amhara political tools, but foreign and international institutions. 2
There is no foreign institution that has hired an Amhara, and remained impartial in Ethiopian matters. If you hire an Amhara, be sure that your institution will be hijacked for Amhara supremacist, racist and fascistic purpose. Let's see a few examples.
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