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Messay Kebede September 17, 2024 A central inspiration of this article is Meskerem Abera’s paper titled “የአማራ ብሔርተኝነት እና የሀገረ-ኢትዮጵያ መስተጋብር,” which can be loosely translated as “Amhara Nationalism and its Interaction with Ethiopianness.” Investigating the concept of what Meskerem calls “the new Amhara nationalism” (“አዲሱ የአማራ ብሄርተኝነት”), my paper examines its features, notably by contrasting it with the older version of Amhara nationalism. To give a full picture of the contrast, it brings into play the game-changing role of Fano in promoting a renovated assertive nationalist ideology. It also carefully inspects its interactions with Ethiopianness in relation to the question of knowing whether the new
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