Political Narratives and their Impact on Amhara People

Abstract

The objective of the article is to examine how competing political narratives regarding the formation of the Ethiopian state pose a threat to the Amhara people. to To this end, the article argues that the political discourses (narratives) determine Ethiopia's ethnic-based state structure and politics that dichotomizes citizens as advantageous and nonadvantageous, which is not viable. The article utilized a qualitative research design as its methodology. To gather relevant information, the study relied on both primary and secondary data sources. Based on the implications of the political narratives, the study discovered unreasonable constraints on the rights of the Amhara people, both individually and collectively.