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I have read an article written by a person called Selam Fesseha and posted on the aigaforum.com web site on 24/7/’14. I don’t have any problem with the whole message of the article mentioned about the refugees residing in Ethiopia. I do accept that Ethiopia has been hosting more refuges coming from all the surrounding places: Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia. Thus, Ethiopia has about four refugee camps as Selam Fesseha mentioned, but I can add one to make them five for the camp in the Afar area was not included.

I could not put the pronoun of the writer for I couldn’t identify whether that person is he/she. Hence, I preferred to mention the name hosted on the website. Selam Fesseha has written the article in titled “Ethiopia: an open door and a home for refugees” and the article goes on saying …… Ethiopia has a history of receiving displaced people by cross border movements caused by drought, conflicts, political events and civil war in neighbouring countries. These include Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The response to the problems of others goes back to the seventh century, when the first followers of the prophet Mohammed sought refuge in the territory of the Kingdom of Aksum. At that time the emperor of Aksum” Nejashi” made it clear he respected their religion and offered them protection. The underlined phrase is the comment I should make. This is because there was no Emperor of the Aksum kingdom by the name of Nejashi nor an Emperor converted into Islam from the Aksum kingdom. Thus, this is wrong history being put from no where. Regarding the Aksum Emperors, there were 22 “negede kam”+ 52 “negede Agazian” and 67 Emperors from Minelik 1st up to Bazien. Bazien ruled 17 years: 8 BC and 9 AD. There were also 94 Emperors after the birth of Christ. Look at the table below.

S.N.

Name of Emperor

place

years

Crown time

75

Akale Wdum

Aksum

8

615—623 AD

76

Girma Assefere

Aksum

15

623—638 AD

77

Zergaz

Aksum

10

638—648 AD

78

Tsegena Michael

Aksum

26

648—674 AD

79

Bahrea Kula

Aksum

19

678—693 AD

80

Guem

Aksum

24

693—717 AD

81

Asgomguem

Aksum

5

717—722 AD

82

Letm

Aksum

15

722—738 AD

83

Telatm

Aksum

21

738—759 AD

84

Adgosh

Aksum

13

759—772 AD

85

Aizor

Aksum

6 hours

 

86

Dedm

Aksum

5

772—777 AD

87

Wededm

Aksum

10

777—787 AD

91

Gdasion

Aksum

10

831—841 AD

92

Gudit

Aksum

40

841—882 AD

93

Anbesa Wudm

Aksum

20

882—902 AD

94

Delnaod

Aksum

10

902—913 AD

 

Gudit ruled Aksum for forty years rotating from place to place, and the last Emperor of the kingdom of Aksum was Delnaod, then throne shifted to Lasta, Wollo/ Lalibela. When we look at the serial numbers from 75—80 , these were the Emperors in the seventh century and there is no one an Emperor by the name”Nejashi”. Hence, let’s not put wrong history for the new generation.

Source: Agenueni Tarike lisan by Gebremichael Teklehiwot Tigrigna version printed at Mega printing house in 2010.

 

Haileselassie Beyene

7/24/14



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