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[pushkin]

This article examines the problematic relationship between Eritrea's Biher-Tigrinya and Ethiopia's Tigray people. It focuses on the recent western concept of "ethnic identity" and how it can be mobilized for political gains. It also focuses on the deep animosity that runs between both ethnic groups and tries to shed some light on how they may have originated. This piece does not assume a certain degree of prior knowledge of the horn region's ancient and recent history among its readers, so a great deal of information in this paper is dedicated to the historical aspect of these groups.
http://www.madote.com/2010/02/biher-tig ... ar-of.html

[Kuasmeda]

Brother pushkin, thank you so much for sharing us such a wonderful article! I was searching this article a long time ago. We can conclude from the article that there are dialectal differences and differences in pronunciation between Eritrea's Tigrigna & Ethiopia's Tigray. Even the culture is different as Tigray is home to various tribes. Kebessa in Eritrea is practically [deleted]. Moreover, all Ethiopia's Tigray were able to write in Amharic until the 1991 & they adopted the written language following the falll down of the derg regime.

This article examines the problematic relationship between Eritrea's Biher-Tigrinya and Ethiopia's Tigray people. It focuses on the recent western concept of "ethnic identity" and how it can be mobilized for political gains. It also focuses on the deep animosity that runs between both ethnic groups and tries to shed some light on how they may have originated. This piece does not assume a certain degree of prior knowledge of the horn region's ancient and recent history among its readers, so a great deal of information in this paper is dedicated to the historical aspect of these groups.
http://www.madote.com/2010/02/biher-tig ... ar-of.html