Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Axum, Meroe, Yemen, History and current Politics - by Prof. Megalommatis

Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Axum, Meroe, Yemen, History and current Politics By Prof. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis Several misconceptions diffused by colonial historians and totalitarian governments need immediate refutation. Ancient Ethiopia and its borders Part of the Abyssinian state propaganda advances the idea that in the Antiquity “the Cushites populated the whole of Eastern Africa” and that “the majority lived in present day Abyssinia”. Even worse, these falsifiers diffuse the idea that at those days “Sudan and Ethiopia were one country” to add that “Abyssinians were just a few Sabaean (Yemenite) refugees who intermingled with the Cushite population”. This is absolutely wrong, although there are some correct elements in it. In addition, it is said in a very misleading way! Even more, it is self-contradictory. Published in AfroArticles, American Chronicle & Buzzle on 21st April 2004 Republished