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Shashamane Rastafarians Being Ran Out Of Ethiopia | Mother Land Or Land Of Our Oppressors??

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Shashamane Rastafarians Being Ran Out Of Ethiopia | Mother Land Or Land Of Our Oppressors??

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A number of Jamaicans who have emigrated to Ethiopia decades ago, heralding what they call a return to the motherland continent, are living a nightmare in the East African country, which many Rastafarians still wish to one day call home.

The immigrants, some of whom are descendants of millions who were forcibly removed from the African continent in the centuries-long slave trade, believed that landing in Ethiopia would have not only restored their stolen identities, but would have seen them being welcomed with open arms.

However, the country’s strict citizenship requirement makes it almost impossible for immigrants to become Ethiopian citizens and dual citizenship is not allowed. Immigrants who fail to marry an Ethiopian female retain the citizenship of their countries of origin, and children born in such unions are not considered Ethiopians.

The nightmare is especially painful for Rastafarians, who believe that Ethiopia is the godhead and its former ruler Emperor Haile Selassie I as God because Marcus Garvey’s prophecy – “Look to Africa where a black king shall be crowned, he shall be the Redeemer” – was swiftly followed by the ascension of Haile Selassie as emperor of Ethiopia.

The result is that many Jamaicans have been disillusioned in their efforts and some have returned home disappointed, while others have remained.

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Sharon Hay-Webster told The Sunday Gleaner that many Jamaican Rastafarians have made significant development on the Shashamane lands south of Addis Ababa, the country’s capital.

“The promise of repatriation is not tangible and is a great disappointment for many. It was a struggle to even find work, they told me. Yet, there are so many who have made a difference in Shashamane. Those Jamaicans and West Indians, in general, who have gone there went on the premise that it was room to occupy and live as Africans,” said Hay-Webster, a former local parliamentarian, who said issues in the African country were first raised with her in 2004 and again in 2006.

At the time, Hay-Webster said the immigrants told of their struggles to build their own schools and hotels to foster tourism and entertainment.

Shashamane is described as the black version of Amish country, where everything is natural and the community devoid of outside influence. The occupation of the settlers was made possible by a 1948 land grant by Selassie that accommodated Caribbean peoples of African descent who wanted to settle there. Shashamane lands were offered for free, and there, it’s all – or most things – Jamaican.

Lands taken away
Following the fall of Selassie, and subsequent political instability, some of the lands were taken from the settlers.

“When we visited Shashamane (2004), we did it as a Caribbean delegation from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, headed by Louis Straker then deputy prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, who has Jamaican roots,” Hay-Webster recalled.

“They officially welcomed us at the Twelve Tribes Tabernacle with drumming and festivities. We had to do a round of the table, which is a ritual requiring a dance around the table,” she told The Sunday Gleaner.

Hay-Webster said she raised the issues during her tenure as co-president of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the EU-ACP Council.

Water catchment systems and housing designs were signatures of the resettlement efforts.

Ethiopia’s honorary consul to Jamaica, Yodit Getachew Hylton, said she lost her Ethiopian citizenship when she married a St Andrew Western Member of Parliament Anthony Hylton.

“I am an Ethiopian by birth, who currently holds Jamaican citizenship by choice. By acquiring either American or Jamaican citizenship, I automatically lose my Ethiopian citizenship,” she told our news team.

“The point here is that Ethiopia’s constitution prohibits dual citizenship and restricts citizenship to persons born in Ethiopia either to (a) both Ethiopian parents, or (b) to an Ethiopian mother. This law is strictly applied,” she replied in response to queries.

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