Complaint against Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia’s interview on the Voice of America Tigriagna program

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I don't even belief this guy how he's tiwsted and fabricated the histroy abput Ethiopia he interviews on voa tgrgne all a big lie.

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the Voice of America Tigriagna program We, Amharas (one of the largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia), are making this online petition against Adjunct Associate Professor Ghelawdewos Araia, who is working at Lehman College in African and African-American Studies. The Professor has given an interview on 24 March 2016 to the Voice of America Radio Program in Tigrigna language. During his interview, he cited a book originally written in The Portuguese language by Manoel Barradas and translated to English by Elizabel Filleul. The book is translated into English language and titled as‘Tractatus tres historico-geographici (1634): A seventeenth century historical and geographical account of Tigray, Ethiopia (Aethiopistische Forschungen)’ In the interview, the Professor deceived the radio listners by deliberately twisting a true historical account recorded by the original writer. He said that the Tigray province of Ethiopia in the 17th C has been large enough to include the Wolkite Tegede area (an area which is forcefully annexed by the current ruling party from its original owner- the Amhara people). As it is clearly depicted in the first chapter of the above-cited book, the Tekeze River has bounded the Tigray Province, and the Province has never transcended beyond the Tekeze River to include the Wolkite Tegede territory. Despite the clear language that the writer has put the territorial limit of the Tigray Province, the Professor has shown a propensity towards the illicit territorial claims of the ethnic group that he belongs. And in fact, it is an apology for the people that has been committing grave human rights violations against the Wolkite Tsegede Amhara People for the last four decades. The Professor has inaccurately cited the book to favor his ethnic group and to vilify the legal claim of the Wolkite Tegede Amhara people who has been living in the area since time immemorial. As an academician, his role should have been opening a platform for discussion and acc

I don't even belief this guy how he's tiwsted and fabricated the histroy abput Ethiopia he interviews on voa tgrgne all a big lie.

,,,,,,አንዳንዴ የዝች ሀገር እጣ ፋንታ ምን ሊሆን እንደሚችል ሳስብ ግራ ይገባኛል,,,,, እንዴት ነው አንድ ሙህር ከመሬት ተነስቶ ታሪክ ለመቀየር ሚሞክረው??????? ለማንኛውም ጥጃ ስትደነብር ምታደርገውን አታውቅም እና አንፈርድበትም,,,,,,, እኛ ትግሬ ወይም አማራ ከመሆናችን በፊት ኢትዮጵያውያን ነን ግን እንደ ገበሬ ዘር ለየቶ ለሚመጣ ትናንት ፣ ዛሬ እዲሁም ነገ ከ አማራ ምድር የፈለቅን ኢትዮጵያውያን ነን ለዛውም የታሪክ ቆሻሻ የለለበን ሀገር ያልቆረስን ሀገር ያልሸጥን እስከመጨረሻዋ የደም ጠብታ ለሀገራችን የሰጠን ለወደፊትም ያላንዳች ቅድመ ሁኔታ ለሀገራችን ማድረግ ያለብንን ነገር ሁሉ ለማድረግ ወደኃላ የማንል,,,,, ግን ,,,,,,,,,

History is documentation of what happened. Ethiopian history is well documented and well known by Ethiopian Elites. However, TPLF and its supporters write fabricated history and try to confuse Ethiopian people who didn't read their history well. They do that to give false justification for their evil acts and plans.

Walkit is Amhara land

Wolkayet people is Amhara we are not tigera

The supporters of TPLF are aggressively involved in history faking. So we should let them to stop their ugly and unethical thoughts and actions by any means as we can.

Stop telling lies !

The P/Gelawdiwes is thought false history at Voa. I want true profesr but I hat false thalker profeser.

To misquote historical facts for personal and ethnic benefit is not only wrong it is crime.

Dr.Aregawi is Acadamic criminal

About the academic integrity of Dr. Gelawdios Araya.

ወልቃይት በፊትም፣ አሁንም፣ ወደፊትም አማራ ነው

This guy is not a true historian.

He is pathological lair.to deny the undeniable fact is a criminal act for a scholar.it is an act of killing a generation,we seek the truth.this lair must be sanctioned.

his information is a wrong. make accadamic crime. so grow a College.

It is an act of irresponsible and selfishness by his unconfirmed academia.