In this book the author reveals the nature and causes of identuty reconstruction of Alle People and the nature of politicising ethnic differences in changing relatiohsips at local level in the context of ongoing state building processes. The author gives a compherensive look at historical realities and specific conditions that determined the lives of ethnic minorities in Ethiopia focusing on the effects of state policies in process of identity reconstruction and conflicts in the country. The book also give an important insights to the country's political realities which cheifly reflect continuity from past, and explain most of specific events at local levels.