The desire to form a European model of the nation-state in African countries was a fashion ofpost-colonization experience. Those who have tried to carve out such analogous states forthemselves always missed the fact that the socio-political history of Europe is irrelevant toAfrica. Some modern African states entered this attempt soon after de-colonization whileEthiopia is a different case. It has never been colonized and its experience with this model wasnot related to de-colonization but the domination of one of its own ethnic identities at theexpense of assimilation of the others. In the first half of the 19th century, Ethiopia wasintroduced to the outer world as a ‘nation-state’, but ended up as a multi-ethnic federal statetoday. This study examines the attempt made to form an Amharanized ‘nation-state’ and howthat gave birth to serious contending nationalism within a single state. The findings of this thesisaimed to contribute to the field of IMER and may inspire further research on the subject.