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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Brada-Anansi: Explorer [QUOTE] [b]The bit about Menelik II or Haile Selassie buying into the Hamitic myth doesn't seem all that far-fetched to me, to be frank.[/b] [/QUOTE]Why yes because many in the west also bought into the same myth both Blacks and non Blacks just by the bible alone without ones family being of importance in it the Ark story??.. and remember the Ham stories very negative at the time.. [/QUOTE]Well, you see, Menelik and Haile Selassie belonged to a line of rulers who legitimized their rule over much of Ethiopia by tracing their lineage to King Solomon. This allowed these figures to lay claim to uninterrupted royal line from times of the Aksumite kingdom. This legend was therefore a central piece of their rule. Add to this that more than likely, from an international perspective, by around the time of these two rulers, they must have been aware of "western" perceptions of biblical figures like King Solomon and "western" anthropological constructs vis-a-vis the "Hamitic hypothesis", and it is from that context, they will have veered from identifying themselves as "blacks". This is how the logic goes: If you are a descendant of King Solomon, and King Solomon in turn was not regarded as "black" in the "west", then you as a descendant staying true to the Solomonic line of descent, will tell someone from the so-called "west" that you are not "black" either. The Hamitic hypothesis would have only reinforced this perception further. It would appear that these elements somehow diffused to the general Ethiopian public and had helped shaped viewpoints therein around their 'Africanity' and 'blackness', which is one of denial of either or both. For the Ethiopian ruling elite, the issue went beyond color-ethnic identity politics, but being mindful of events surrounding color-ethnic identity politics in the "west" and being pressed to speak on those terms, they felt compelled to make their stance accordingly. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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