Field and river

20th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES20)
Mekelle University, Ethiopia

"Regional and Global Ethiopia - Interconnections and Identities"
1-5 October, 2018

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GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM (GERD) VS ETHNIC NATIONALISM NEXUS: ITS IMPLICATION [Abstract ID: 0602-21]

YIRGALEM Haile, Istanbul University

This research attempt to show how Ethiopian nationalism reflected within the historical, social, political and economic background combined with the contemporary national identity, GERD, and with other instances of Ethiopian national identity and ethnic nationalism. 
The research employs qualitative analysis to achieve its stated objectives and discusses different sorts of the manifestations of nationalism in Ethiopian history. Consequently, the finding indicates that the contemporary erupted ethnic nationalism has a scant repercussion on the present-day national identity of the country, GERD, thus, the notion that Egypt to using ethnic nationalism for destabilizing Ethiopian polity a pipe dream.