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Originally Posted by Black Lion

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We should be using the ethiopian calander;

Ethiopian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rather than the gergorian;

Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes I agree with BL, the Ethiopeans already start their New Year on 11th September; and they are 7 yrs behind the Weatern Calender, hence this is the Millenium Year 2000. Ethiopia remains one only African Country which was not 'colonialised'; so why not accept what we already have?
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The Ge'ez Calendar used by Ethiopians today has been tainted by centuries of Christiandom. It has been greatly influenced by the Roman/Byzantines Christians who were occupiers of Northeast Africa 2,000 years ago. Albeit, the calendar has its roots in the much older Egypto-Kus.hitic-Nubian calendar, it still isn't at the heart of African civilization. The reason they have a 7-8 years difference from the Western Calendar is because they made their own calculations for when Jesus was born themselves. This means it is inherently based on an Indo-European god, and not the divinity in Africa.

Besides that, we must remember that a child cannot name its mother. Likewise, the Christian-based calendar in use today in Ethiopia cannot be used in its present form. It would probably be suitable with some slight modifications though.