Ethiopianism

English Etymology From en Ethiopian ism. Noun - A sociopolitical movement seeking to unify those of African heritage (Ethiopians) into a global community. en 2003 Susan Gillman Blood Talk: American Race Melodrama and the Culture of the Occult University of Chicago Press 9780226293905 50 It is difficult to pin down the meaning of Ethiopianism, a “notoriously protean term,” says Eric Sundquist, one of the phenomena, says Paul Gilroy, that “we struggle to name as Pan-Africanism, Ethiopianism, Emigrationism....” Adding yet a third term, Wilson J. Moses characterizes Ethiopianism as a variant form of black nationalism, itself "often indistinguishable from the idea of Pan- Africanism." en 2005 Paulos Milkias; Getachew Metaferia The Battle of Adwa: Reflections on Ethiopia's Historic Victory Against European Colonialism Algora Publishing 9780875864143 192 The genesis of the Pan-African movement can be traced back to the different political and religious movements called Ethiopianism or the Ethiopian movements. en 2009 Charles Price Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica NYU Press 9780814767689 40 Ethiopianism emerged in the United States, perhaps by the early 1700s. Prince Hall, a free African who fought in the American Revolution, wrote in 1797 on the injustice and barbarity of slavery and the hope of redemption offered by the 1791 slave uprising in Haiti. Hall laid his hope on a God whom he conflated with Ethiopia: “Thus doth Ethiopia stretch forth her hand from slavery, to freedom and equality” (Moses, 1978:24).