The Invention of Ancestry

Archeopolitics and the Monopoly on the Aksumite Legacy

The Territorial Claim to History

For the past 35 years, a concerted effort has been made to reshape the Ethiopian historical narrative. Since the ascent of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), there has been a systematic attempt to project modern administrative boundaries—specifically the region of Tigray—backwards into antiquity. By claiming to …