FANO (Amhara supremecists) are now even invading Oromia.

I heard gurages are like the merchant class of Ethiopia there like 50 percent Muslim as well
They’re different ethnicities, Muslims are silt’e (some of them are Somali clanwise) and gurages are Christian. Amhara gave the Muslims lands to gurage and sil’te only became free in the 90’s.
 
Yes they are known for business. My taxi driver used to brag about it in Addis Ababa 🤣
Traditionally, the Silte are a Muslim people sharing perceived genealogical ties. They are the descendants of a Muslim leader who participated in the historic military expedition against Christian Abyssinia in the 16th century. However, after the political and economic incorporation of the Silte into the modern Ethiopian state in the late 19th century, they have emerged as part of the Gurage people, who were recognized as the most industrious "ethnic group" among the Ethiopian nationals. Finally, under the federal state system, the ruling party recognized the Silte as a "nationality" totally distinct from the Gurage.

The Gurage were often seen as an ethnic group with strong solidarity, but their emergence was closely related to the state ideology of the 20th century Ethiopia. In other words, the Gurage were "created" as the bearer of the national economy of modern Ethiopia. On the other hand, the formation of contemporary Silte identity was not totally dictated by the state authority. Rather, it was a sort of hegemonic process in which the state ideology interplays with people's activities, resulting in the formation of a new "nationality"
 
off topic but i met this gurage one ethiopia uber driver. while he was driving me he was going off on oromos :mjlol:

Gurages are prone to Ethiopianism because supposedly Menelik gave some of them refuge during the Oromo expansion. Keep in mind he was attacking them at the same time during his own expansion

What kind of stuff what he saying though
 

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