Anti-Ethiopian sentiment or Aithiopiaphobia is a fear, broad opposition, bias, prejudice and/or discrimination against/toward Ethiopia, its people and government as whole.[1]
Sentiment from foreign countries
During the Italian occupation, Benito Mussolini determined Ethiopia as a colony with intent of humiliating Ethiopians in reprisal to their defeat at the 1896 Battle of Adwa, as well as competing with France and Britain in relations of colonial interests. The Italian government grieved by the loss of Ethiopia.[2]
Anti-Ethiopian concept can be defined by the opposition of Ethiopian nationalism by different ethno-nationalist groups. Ethiopian nationalism, a form of civic nationalism, repudiated by ethno-nationalist party such as Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) who claimed the Amhara-Tigray Ethiopian Empire subjugated Oromos from their homeland.[9] Furtherly, they claimed Oromo nation has its own social and political policy and superseded by Abyssinian principle via colonialism initiated by Emperor Menelik II.[10][11] Likewise, they asserted that Ethiopian nationalism is propagated in order to advance Amharan culture assimilation.[12] Even the Amhara people historically affiliated to Ethiopian movement, the use of "Amhara nationalism" is heavily debated among historians and scholars.[13][14] Although Marxists student activist Wallelign Mekonnen wrote in his manifesto that Amhara is "one of the ‘nations’ of the country", he did not accurately define their identity.