Do all Ethiopians consider themselves Black or does it vary?

[tshad]

dabestsarah wrote:

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LOL thanks I just had to show her that there is beautiful women in every race.(Black, White, Pink, Yellow, Green, Purple)

i know but people seem to think that you have to consider yourself black to be African .so is that if you dont consider yourself Black and even you are born to Africans parents ,you cannot be African ?

[Princess Lovable S]

Migrations occurred everywhere, but the continent of Africa belongs to black people. That is the truth, and I don't care about how many people came there from Yemen, Europe, etc.

If you go back in history you will find black people in the family tree. That tells you where you come from and who you are.

It does seem biased, but there is a lot of validity in what black people say. Africa is different ethnic groups of black people-- whether they choose to believe it or not. Those who came there many years ago via migration belong to somebody else's country.

[tshad]

Princess Lovable S wrote:

Migrations occurred everywhere, but the continent of Africa belongs to black people. That is the truth, and I don't care about how many people came there from Yemen, Europe, etc.
If you go back in history you will find black people in the family tree. That tells you where you come from and who you are.
It does seem biased, but there is a lot of validity in what black people say. Africa is different ethnic groups of black people-- whether they choose to believe it or not. Those who came there many years ago via migration belong to somebody else's country.

okay but for you , do you think that tribe that came or have ancestry that came from outside of Africa such as Yemen also belong to Africa or not ?

[Princess Lovable S]

tshad wrote:

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okay but for you , do you think that tribe that came or have ancestry that came from outside of Africa such as Yemen also belong to Africa or not ?

The rule is that if majority of your family members have clear, direct ancestry in some other country (China, Italy, etc.) or another continent then that is what you are. If the majority of them clearly have roots in (mainly) sub-Saharan Africa you are black African.

I understand that there are people living in Africa who are clearly descendants of people who happened to be in Africa due to migration, and some just chose to live there. That is different.

[sammy]

Ehtiopain are the most ugly people .... they don't take shawer.........

[tshad]

Princess Lovable S wrote:

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The rule is that if majority of your family members have clear, direct ancestry in some other country (China, Italy, etc.) or another continent then that is what you are. If the majority of them clearly have roots in (mainly) sub-Saharan Africa you are black African.
I understand that there are people living in Africa who are clearly descendants of people who happened to be in Africa due to migration, and some just chose to live there. That is different.

well in that case i'm African cause we have to go real back back back to find another ancestry then African in my blood .and plus i asked my mom some info about my father family side and here what she told me about him : his mother have Mabba ancestry which a ethnic group belong to Ouaddai-Fur group that you can fin in Chad,Sudan,Egypt and Central Africa Republic .for the Maba,you can find them in Chad and Sudan,they speak a Nilo-Saharan language that is called Maba or Mabang and his Paternal side , he got Benî Malik blood .in case you dont know about them .here some info about them that i found on the net :Benî Malik are Arabs descendants of Malik .Bani Malik are an offshoot of the bigger tribe called Khuza'a .the Banu Khuza used to live in Yemen before getting exiled from it following the trials of the Lakhmids and they settled the southern part of the Lakhmid Kingdom in the Samawa region .and if you go back about the Banu Khuza you gonna find that they are a branch of the Azd which is Arab tribe that use to live in Ma'rib (which is in Yemen ) during Ancients Times and then again the Azd were a branch of Kahlan which was one of the main tribal federations of Saba'a in Yemen .
but you know even if i do have some Arab blood in me , i still have to go back to Africa since Arab came from there before they settled in the Arabia Peninsula and also you have to look really deeper in my father family .

[Princess Lovable S]

sammy wrote:

Ehtiopain are the most ugly people .... they don't take shawer.........

That is not nice, and I don't think they are ugly. The people you are probably referring to just need to take better care of themselves.

[Princess Lovable S]

tshad wrote:

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well in that case i'm African cause we have to go real back back back to find another ancestry then African in my blood .and plus i asked my mom some info about my father family side and here what she told me about him : his mother have Mabba ancestry which a ethnic group belong to Ouaddai-Fur group that you can fin in Chad,Sudan,Egypt and Central Africa Republic .for the Maba,you can find them in Chad and Sudan,they speak a Nilo-Saharan language that is called Maba or Mabang and his Paternal side , he got Benî Malik blood .in case you dont know about them .here some info about them that i found on the net :Benî Malik are Arabs descendants of Malik .Bani Malik are an offshoot of the bigger tribe called Khuza'a .the Banu Khuza used to live in Yemen before getting exiled from it following the trials of the Lakhmids and they settled the southern part of the Lakhmid Kingdom in the Samawa region .and if you go back about the Banu Khuza you gonna find that they are a branch of the Azd which is Arab tribe that use to live in Ma'rib (which is in Yemen ) during Ancients Times and then again the Azd were a branch of Kahlan which was one of the main tribal federations of Saba'a in Yemen .
but you know even if i do have some Arab blood in me , i still have to go back to Africa since Arab came from there before they settled in the Arabia Peninsula and also you have to look really deeper in my father family .

I encourage you to do that because you need to know who you are. Don't be satisfied with just Ethiopian if you have reason believe that your roots are diverse. People usually know when they look at their family along with the local people around them and sense that something is a bit different from the norm about the way they act, speak, look, etc. Trace your history.

It should be better for you knowing that you don't have to deal with too many surprises like the plight of African American people. At least we focus on the African or black lineages as a majority. That is what makes people proud.

[hotep]

sammy wrote:

Ehtiopain are the most ugly people .... they don't take shawer.........

we bath in gold by the Nile while the water flows drinking coffee!!!!

[dabestsarah]

Princess Lovable S wrote:

Migrations occurred everywhere, but the continent of Africa belongs to black people. That is the truth, and I don't care about how many people came there from Yemen, Europe, etc.
If you go back in history you will find black people in the family tree. That tells you where you come from and who you are.
It does seem biased, but there is a lot of validity in what black people say. Africa is different ethnic groups of black people-- whether they choose to believe it or not. Those who came there many years ago via migration belong to somebody else's country.

C/S you know your stuff. When you hear PURE African it means black. And they are the Horns of Africa. One of the first people. Mothers and fathers of Black Africans.

[sozful]

dabestsarah wrote:

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So ignorant... how are BLACK suppose to look like? You think your making us look bad? You are making yourself look like a self hating loser.
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll479/DABE...
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg192/suig...
So I guess we are not beautiful??
P.S these are pure BLACK West African Beautiful women.

Are most of the girls in the pic fulani west africans? are u one urself?

[EthioGirlNaomi]

I'm glad you mentioned "does it vary?" in your question because obviously all these comments give you the answer to that, but for starters, just call ethiopians well I don't know--ETHIOPIANS!? that is the smart thing to do.I am a 12 year old girl almost 13 on dec. 30 and people call me mixed or indian one time someone called me yellow but i don't care I think it's interesting when people guess my ethnicity. and if they ever guess black, that's fine with me but I will always tell them the true answer...
I am Ethiopian...

[getu]

EthioGirlNaomi wrote:

I'm glad you mentioned "does it vary?" in your question because obviously all these comments give you the answer to that, but for starters, just call ethiopians well I don't know--ETHIOPIANS!? that is the smart thing to do.I am a 12 year old girl almost 13 on dec. 30 and people call me mixed or indian one time someone called me yellow but i don't care I think it's interesting when people guess my ethnicity. and if they ever guess black, that's fine with me but I will always tell them the true answer...
I am Ethiopian...

Hey Naomi, I suggest you should stay away from this particular form, since there so many confusing things going on. Keep your beliefs to yourself and do not respond to anyone, if they come back to you and try to insult you. Okay

[dabestsarah]

sozful wrote:

<quoted text>Are most of the girls in the pic fulani west africans? are u one urself?

Only 2 of these girls are fulani and all of them are Guinean( besides the last one shes a Malian model). And no I'm not fulany, My grandmother was half tho.

[tshad]

Princess Lovable S wrote:

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I encourage you to do that because you need to know who you are. Don't be satisfied with just Ethiopian if you have reason believe that your roots are diverse. People usually know when they look at their family along with the local people around them and sense that something is a bit different from the norm about the way they act, speak, look, etc. Trace your history.
It should be better for you knowing that you don't have to deal with too many surprises like the plight of African American people. At least we focus on the African or black lineages as a majority. That is what makes people proud.

i know it's very important to know your family's root history that why i always go on the net to find info about it and sometime when i found something that i don't understand or that i don't if it's truth or not i ask my family about it , i also discuss about it with family or people that are the same ethnic tribe as me

[tshad]

EthioGirlNaomi wrote:

I'm glad you mentioned "does it vary?" in your question because obviously all these comments give you the answer to that, but for starters, just call ethiopians well I don't know--ETHIOPIANS!? that is the smart thing to do.I am a 12 year old girl almost 13 on dec. 30 and people call me mixed or indian one time someone called me yellow but i don't care I think it's interesting when people guess my ethnicity. and if they ever guess black, that's fine with me but I will always tell them the true answer...
I am Ethiopian...

like Getu said :as long that you know who you are and what are your roots ,that the only important that should matter , the rest is nothing

[Princess Lovable S]

dabestsarah wrote:

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C/S you know your stuff. When you hear PURE African it means black. And they are the Horns of Africa. One of the first people. Mothers and fathers of Black Africans.

No other way. Ignore the topix 'paparazzi', Sis. Stay strong and proud because there are one or two trolls operating under several names here trying to change the face of Ethiopia, but that will never happen. Enjoy your day!

[Princess Lovable S]

dabestsarah wrote:

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Only 2 of these girls are fulani and all of them are Guinean( besides the last one shes a Malian model). And no I'm not fulany, My grandmother was half tho.

Isn't it a great experience, Dabestsarah? Just to know.

[Princess Lovable S]

tshad wrote:

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i know it's very important to know your family's root history that why i always go on the net to find info about it and sometime when i found something that i don't understand or that i don't if it's truth or not i ask my family about it , i also discuss about it with family or people that are the same ethnic tribe as me

True. Spending a year attending Fulani church was God's will for me. I was very young when an Igbo friend of mine in Atlanta invited me, and the pastor was a Fulani man who closely resembled my father. I didn't do anything or tell them, but the Nigerian people referred to me as the Fulani girl from the first day they met me. It didn't take long for the church to refer to me as the pastor's daughter, and I realized that I had no choice but to accept it and allow the people to see me as they did. Later, I discovered Fulani ancestry in Mississippi back to Ibrahim.

I also have other West and East African ancestry.

[Princess Lovable S]

tshad wrote:

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well in that case i'm African cause we have to go real back back back to find another ancestry then African in my blood .and plus i asked my mom some info about my father family side and here what she told me about him : his mother have Mabba ancestry which a ethnic group belong to Ouaddai-Fur group that you can fin in Chad,Sudan,Egypt and Central Africa Republic .for the Maba,you can find them in Chad and Sudan,they speak a Nilo-Saharan language that is called Maba or Mabang and his Paternal side , he got Benî Malik blood .in case you dont know about them .here some info about them that i found on the net :Benî Malik are Arabs descendants of Malik .Bani Malik are an offshoot of the bigger tribe called Khuza'a .the Banu Khuza used to live in Yemen before getting exiled from it following the trials of the Lakhmids and they settled the southern part of the Lakhmid Kingdom in the Samawa region .and if you go back about the Banu Khuza you gonna find that they are a branch of the Azd which is Arab tribe that use to live in Ma'rib (which is in Yemen ) during Ancients Times and then again the Azd were a branch of Kahlan which was one of the main tribal federations of Saba'a in Yemen .
but you know even if i do have some Arab blood in me , i still have to go back to Africa since Arab came from there before they settled in the Arabia Peninsula and also you have to look really deeper in my father family .

Your post is very interesting, and I enjoyed your colorful history. Very informative. I think that maybe there is another link to answer previous questions regarding your ancestry. Thank you.