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Cannibalism in the Ethiopian context can be expressed in 5 different ways:
(1) Famine Time Cannibalism (from the link you posted, very possible but sources need to be reference checked and cited)
HERE ARE SOME RARE CASES IN FAMINE-TIME-CANNIBALISM IN ETHIOPIA IN RECORDED ACCOUNTS
The first story — Amharic — goes to the 17th century Harar:
በከብት ማለቅ የተነሳ (በሐረር ሕዝብ ላይ) ችጋር ጠናባቸው፡፡ ከዚህ በኋላ ገራድ እስላም ተሸመ፡፡ ኖሌ ላይ ብዙ ሰው በችጋር አለቀበት፡፡ ውሃም ቀጅ አልቀረ፡፡ ስለ ረሃቡ ፅናት አንድ ሴት ሰው አርዳ በላች፡፡ አንድ ሰው ነበረ በሐረር በየቀኑ ድሀ ይፈልግ ነበረ እያረደ ሊበላው፡፡ ረሃብ ስለመጥናቱ በአንድ ቀን ከሶስት ሰዎች ጋር ተቀምጠን የሰው ስጋ እያረደ የሚበላው ሰውየ መጥቶ ከደጃፍ ላይ ስጋውን በሸማው ቋጥሮ ቆመ፡፡ ›ስጋ ግዙ የፍየል ስጋ ነው› አለ፡፡ ከኛ ማህል አንዱ ሰው ›ይህ ነገር የሰው ስጋ መሰለኝ; ብሎ ጠረጠረ፤ ጠየቀውም፡፡ ቢጠይቀው ›አዎን› አለ፡፡ ከዚህ በኋላ ብዙ ሰው አለቀሰ፡፡››
‘YeHarer Tarik’ By: Unknown writer as Quoted by Getachew Haile
The second account is from the late 19th century Shewa, at the trying time of the four years ‘Great Famine’, from 1888 – 1892:
በዚያን ዘመን ደግሞ በሸዋ እንሳሮ ከሚባል አገር አንዲት ሴት ሰባት ልጆች በልታ ተይዛ ከአፄ ምኒልክ አደባባይ መጣች ንጉሱም እንጦጦ ከእልፍኙ ደጃፍ ተቀምጦ መረመራት እርሷም ‹አዎን ቢርበኝ በላኋቸው› አለች፡፡ እርሷ ግን እንኳን ሰባት ሰው የበላች ቅናሽ ስጋ የቀመሰች አትመስልም ነበር፡፡ አንጀቱዋ ከጀርባዋ ተለጥቆ እጇን እግሯን ማዳት ወርሷት ትንሽ ደኮ ለትባ ታሳዝን ነበር፡፡ ንጉሱም ‹እንዴት አገሬ ጠፋ፣ ደኸየ፤ ዘመዴ አለቀ› ብሎ አዘነ፡፡ እንያም ይዘው ያመጡት ባላጋሮቹ ‹የርሷን ልጅ ትታ የኛን ልጅ ለይታ ከበላች ፍርድ በቃ ይስጡን፤ መሞት ይገባታል› አሉ፡፡ አፄ ምኒልክም ‹ለኔ ስትሉ ተውልኝ፤ ቢጨንቃት ቢርባት ነው፤ ደግሞ ሌላ ልጅ ካላጣኹ ብላ ነው እንጅ ከባሰባት ልጆቿንም ቢሆን አትተውም ማሩልኝ› ብሎ አሰማራት፡፡ ወዲያው ልብሱን ቀለቤዋን ዳርጎ እርሷን ማድ ቤት፤ ልጇን ተማሪ ቤት አገባቸው፡፡
‘YeGojam Tarik’ By: Alqa Tekleyesus Wakijira
From the same period another eyewitness’ testimony goes:
‹አንዲት ልጅ ወዛ ብላለች ጋይንቲ ደስታ የሚባል ሰው ነበርና እሱ እየረዳት ተነስታ ፍል ውሃ ወረደች፡፡ ብዙ ሰው የተቀመጠው እዚያ ነው፡፡ ይህ ስደተኛው ሁሉ ተቀበለና እዚያ አረደና በላት፡፡ ልጆቻቸውን ጥቃቅኖቹን እያረዱ የበሉ ብዙ ናቸው፡፡››
‘Metshafe Tizita ze Aleqa Lema Hailu‘ By: Mengistu Lema
(2) Confusion with cultural cuisines of raw meat-eating like "ጥሬ ስጋ" and "ጥሬ ክትፎ"
"Legend has it that kitfo... came about during one of the many wars between the Christian Gurage and the Muslims when the Gurages were hiding out in the mountains and needed to develop quick-cooking meals they could prepare without attracting attention from big, smoking fires."
Origin of the eating of "ጥሬ ስጋ" and "ጥሬ ክትፎ" is attributed to wars in Ethiopia. And foreigner missionaries have written about Ethiopia in a very unclear way and this writing has dabbed us, cannibals, by Europeans.
(3) The existence of Me'en people of southwestern Ethiopia are said to practice cannibalism
As cannibalize representations in this area are rare, they represent a puzzle as to origins and current role. SEARCH THE REST . . .
(4) Cannibalistic wartime tactic's
Many writers reiterate this story and the legend behind it as a wartime tactic of deluding the enemy by drawing self as a cannibalistic monstrous creature — so that the enemy will get scared and surrender. I have come across this type of story in wars with foreigners that might give the assumption to foreigners that we are cannibals, stories that are confused with our ‘raw meat-eaters’. Its an amazing war story and here it is:
The people who told me this story didn't say which war but it sounds like in a war with the British. After a battle, there were enemy soldiers dead and few Ethiopian warriors/soldiers left alive but the enemy was returning to the battle with reinforcements. The few Ethiopian warriors/soldiers were badly outnumbered so, they collected the enemy corpses in one place sat down among the corpses and they prepared to eat "ጥሬ ስጋ" they had. When the enemies came to the battleground and saw a bunch of Ethiopian warriors/soldiers eating raw meat among their comrades and friends corpses. The enemy army freaked out and run away . . . this is a wartime tactic of cannibalism said to have had happened.
Jul 17, 2020(5) Propaganda to destroy the name of a group of people
The role of Western media in Racial Stereotypes and their hypocritical appreciation of events: when Ethiopians are in the losing side they're African savages, cannibals, etc, when they beat the Italians they are "Caucasians", "Phoenician". Hilarious,... The pictures created on Africans is sickening. Propaganda's squash truth and label people for some group political or another purpose.
Jul 17, 2020