Teddy Sew

Mobilizing Sovereignty: How Adwa Anchored a Century of Diasporic Identity in Brazil O Menelick! O Menelick! O Menelick! While contemporary domestic politics and ethno-nationalist narratives sometimes attempt to retroactively frame Emperor Menelik II as a controversial figure, his historical magnitude as a global icon of anti-colonial resistance remains unassailable. Widely regarded as the greatest African general since Hannibal of Carthage, Menelik’s masterful 1896 victory at the Battle of Adwa did more than preserve Ethiopian statehood; it shattered the geopolitical myth of European invincibility. For marginalized communities worldwide, he became a profound source of collective self-worth and political agency. The transnational reverberations of this victory are strikingly evident in Brazil, where, in 1915, Afro-Brazilian intellectuals in São Paulo launched the newspaper O Menelick. Operating within the nascent imprensa negra (Black press), its founders explicitly mobilized the Ethiopian monarch's sovereign legacy as an ideological bulwark against localized, systemic racism. This epistemic linkage reveals a sophisticated, early 20th-century consciousness of global Black solidarity. Crucially, this continuity is sustained today by O Menelick 2º Ato, a contemporary independent magazine that resurrects its predecessor's emancipatory mandate. Ultimately, despite modern political revisionism, the evolution of this publication demonstrates how Menelik’s triumph continues to dynamically anchor the cultural production and political self-determination of the transatlantic diaspora. @OMenelick @YilmaYada @Hohe421 @jeffpropulsion @FitihiA28779 @NeaminZeleke @Benyam_Kitaw @Gobaw9 @AndargachewTse2 @DuchessOfGonder @MemiAsrat @AfricanArchives #EthiopianHistory #BattleOfAdwa #MenelikII #GlobalSouth #AfricanDiaspora #BlackPress #GlobalGovernance #PanAfricanism #OMenelick #AfroBrazilian

3/3 ይህን የፈራው አብይ ከሰሞኑ ፋኖን የፖለቲካ ማኖ ለማስነካት (ከዳንዔል ክብረትና ከጌታቸው መክሮ) ያሴረው ሴራ ሳይሳካ ከሽፏል:: አብይ is reading the writing on the wall clearly! @HOAAffairs @NeaminZeleke #Ethiopia

1/2 በኢትዮጵያ ሲመነዘር: በብልፅግና እገዛዝና በወያኔ መሀከል እየተደረገ ባለው ጦርነት (የፖለቲካ ግብግብ) ፋኖ ከፍ ያለ የፖለቲካ ብስለት በመላበስ ልክ እንደ ቻይና በመጨረሻ ትልቁን የፖለቲካና ወታደራዊ ድል ይነሳል ብሎ ማየት ተገቢ ነው::

🧵1/3 ፋኖ እንደ ቻይና? በሩሲያና (ዩክሬይንን ይዘው) በምዕራባዊያኑ መሀከል ባለው ጦርነት ቻይና ጥበብ በተሞላበት ፖለቲካ የጦርነቱን አሸናፊ እየወሰነች ነው (ድሉንም በመጨረሻ ጠቅላ የምትወስደው እራሷ ቻይና ትሆናነች)የሚሉ ብዙ ጠበብት አሉ::

t.me/+S4WiPWVSOQT9k… @NeaminZeleke @HOAAffairs @mamamesay @amggebre @AnimutAb @mohammed_meaza @AndargachewTse2 @AnberbrMulugeta @Hanna_LegesseG #FanoForUnity #FanoforFreedom #UnityForEthiopia

They have all ignored the suffering of the #Amhara people at the receiving end of @AbiyAhmedAli ‘s devastating war for the last 3 years! Now, they will put their humanitarian hats and come out guns blazing & loud @amnesty @hrw @nytimes @washingtonpost @EU_Commission @HOAAffairs

@HoMan99 I think it is up to those leaders in #Wolkait to do some real soul searching and make a genuine move to have realistic conversations with the #Fano movement who have been battling , alone, with #Abiy’s regime for the last 3 years! #Ethiopia #AFNM #FANO

The developments unfolding in Wolkait & Telemet will shape the next phase of the Amhara movement. Vigilant monitoring and strategic caution are necessary to avoid costly errors, but it is a defining agenda that demands open, collective engagement rather than silence or deferral.

ለህዝብ የማንናገረው፣ ግልፅ የማናረገው የፖለቲካ ቀመር አለ ተውን ከሆነ አያስኬድም፤ ሰዓቱ ገና ነው አቋም ለመያዝ የሚባል ከሆነ ከሌሎች እየሞቱ፣ እየተዋደቁ ካሉት ፋኖዎች ጋር መክሮ መተማመን። This dubious clandestine affair gets OLD! #Ethiopia

ለኮሎኔል ደመቀ ዘውዱ፤ ከአማራ ህዝብ ተነጥሎ የሚፀና የወልቃይት ህልውና አለ? ከአማራ ፋና ትግል ጋር ሳይሰናሰል የሚገኝ የወልቃይት ድል ይኖር ይሆን? ለወልቃይት አማራ በጎ፤ ለተቀረው አማራ እሬት የሆነ መከላከያ አለ ብሎ ማሰብ እብደት አይሆንም?

ከፒያሳና ካሳንችስ፣ ከሸገርና ከቦሌ ተለይተህ የምትተርፍ መርካቶ የለህም! ከጎጃም ከወሎ፣ ከጎንደር ከሸዋ፣ ከወለጋ ካዲስ አበባ ተለይተህ ህልውና የሚኖርህ የሚመስልህ ወልቃይት አዝንልሀለው። ኧረ ወገን ንቃ! እባክህ ንቃ! #Ethiopia

#Ethiopia @HOAAffairs

አብይ ሀገር ብሎ የሚለፍፍልህ : ልክ ከአረብ መንግስታት በተውሶ እያመጣ አየር ላይ እንደሚበትናቸው የመዝናኛ ድሮኖች የተበተኑ ግዛቶችን ነው:: ሀገርህን የምትወድ ሁሉ ንቃ፣ ንቂ!! #Ethiopia

IGAD and the African Union have not simply misjudged the moment; they have exposed the depth of their institutional decay by lending their logos and their silence to a manufactured spectacle staged by Abiy Ahmed, the sick man of the Horn of Africa. By presenting an individual surrender as if it were a political accord, they allowed themselves to function as ceremonial backdrops rather than credible mediators. This follows the familiar pattern of past dictators who relied on one-man theatrics to fabricate consent and simulate stability. Any mediation framework that can be choreographed by the incumbent forfeits both neutrality and legitimacy. In their attempt to appear relevant, IGAD and the AU have instead confirmed how far they have drifted into political irrelevance. @IGADsecretariat @UNHumanRights

I am not completely naive but I did not realize that the ‘government of #Ethiopia’ has fallen this desperate! @HOAAffairs #justiceforEthiopia

@AbrarSuleiman እባክህ ሙሉውን ስጠን

ድምፃዊያን ብዙነሽ በቀለ፣ ማህሙድ አህመድ እና ጥላሁን ገሠሠ ያለ አጃቢ ቤታቸው በጋራ ሲያዜሙ! አብረዋቸው ያሉትስ እነማን ይሆኑ? #ኢትዮጵያ #Ethiopia

Al Jazeera’s panel was a familiar TPLF–OLF echo chamber dressed up as “balance” but glaringly devoid of the central and most brutal truth: the single largest casualty of the Northern Ethiopian conflict was the Amhara population, not the TPLF or its political elite. To frame the war as a simple Pretoria-to-Pretoria arc between Abiy and the TPLF is to erase the genocidal violence, mass displacement, drone strikes, and state-sanctioned persecution that the Amhara continue to endure. #Tsedale_Lemma performed her usual role, parroting TPLF talking points with venom thinly disguised as journalism, while Tronvoll, polished as ever, rehearsed the analytical habits of the hardline TPLF diaspora: selective outrage, strategic amnesia, and a willful blindness to Amhara suffering. Missing entirely was any substantive reckoning with the structural anti-Amhara violence rooted in the TPLF-era ethno-federal architecture or with the current OLF-inflected #Oromumma project driving the present atrocities. The segment reproduced the same tired narrative architecture that has shielded perpetrators and silenced victims for years. @AJEnglish @AJENews @mehdirhasan

@EmishawEskedar @HOAAffairs Aljazeera + Getachew + these three talking about #Ethiopia! ራስ ሙሉጌታ እስከልጆቻቸው ይህንን ሳያዩ ማለፋቸው ፃድቅ ቢሆኑ ነው:: #Ethiopia @HOAAffairs

@HOAAffairs ለማያውቅሽ ታጠኚ!አለ ብልሁ የሀገሬ ሰው

Meet the panel of experts on Aljeezera Left to right: The morale Ambassador (still waiting for her to change her name) The "independent" researcher. 😉🤭🤭 ወይ ነዶ! ሀገሬ

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

This is a welcome development, as #Tsedale_Lemma of @addisstandard has been receiving funds from this organization while relentlessly spreading venomous hatred against the Amhara people and amplifying pro-#OLF and #TPLF disinformation. Thank you, Mr. @elonmusk and @DOGE. @Abba_Bezbiz @ShebaPushStart @DuchessOfGonder @NeaminZeleke @MaedotmEthiopia @AndargachewTse2 @Tsedeniya11 @jeffpropulsion @EthiAmhara @Almaz_lovely @shegerfm @AdonisLo @AP

ደከመን ... ተለማመድነው .... ሰለቸን ..... ሕዝባችን እረፍት፣ ነጻነት፣ ሰላም ... ይፈልጋል .... ደም መፍሰስ ይብቃ ! .... ሃገር እረፍት ያስፈልጋታል ...... ሌላ ደም በግፍ ማፍሰስ ይቁም ! ...... ብፁዕ አቡነ ናትናኤል በምሬት የተናገሩት ........... #Orthodox #Tewahdo #Genocide #Christian #MerejaTv #AmharaFano #Amhara #Ethiopia #Ethiopianews #Amharanews #Ethiopians @AmharaFanoNF @AmharaMediaCo @mohammed_meaza @251Media @AsayeDerbie @AAA_Amhara @Amharas_Of_LA @Fana4Amhara @AmharaUk @AmharaFanoNF @AmharaUnion @UnitedAmharaUK @AmharaUnity