Tigray experts, historians, elders discuss historical & legal backgrounds for Tigray’s legitimate claims of Welkait, Tsegede and Raya

Professor Ghelawdewos Araia, Adjunct Associate Professor of African Studies at the City University of New York and Professor of International studies at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)

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Prof. Jan Nyssen, Belgian physical geographer, and professor of geography at Ghent University

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Le’ul Ras Mengesha Seyoum, the great grandson of Emperor Johannes IV and governor of then Tigray province

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Hezkias Belay (ህዝቅያስ በላይ), whose great grandfather (Ra’esi Hagos) served as administrator of Welkait during the reign of Emperor Yohannes IV (1831-1889)

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Fitawrari Meuz Beyene, member of the Ethiopian parliament during the Haileselassie regime

ወሰን ትግራይ ክሳብ ቆቦን ኣልውሃ ምላሽን እዩ ዝነበረ

ፊተውራሪ ምዑዝ በየነ፤ ኣብ ዘበን ሃፀይ ሃይለስላሰ ኣመራርሓ ባይቶ ኢትዮጵያ

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Mulugeta Debalkew, Social Anthropologist

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Zewdu Ayele, Col. Demeke Zewdu’s father

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Gebreselassie Kebede and Abebe Adhana, Raya-born Tigrayan historians

የትግራይ ወሰን እስከ ኣልውሃ ምላሽ ድረስ ነው

የራያ ተወላጅ የሆኑ የታሪክ አዋቂዎች

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Gebru, a Tigrayan elder from Alamata

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Birhan Kiros, Temesgen Kebede, Hagos Haile (priest) – residents of Mekoni town in Southern Tigray

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Horrors in Western Tigray Ethnic Cleansing

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Handtke’s (1849) Map of the Horn of Africa | A Dutch team headed by Prof. Jan Nyssen uncovers a German map from 1849 clearly stating Welkait as part of Tigray