The overriding purpose of this study was to examine the political representation of Menelik Irnand Aanoole statues. The study critica lly sees how both statues serve as a site for bothrnreproduction and re-articulation of hi storica l relations of power in the Ethiopi an polity. Theo ri esrnof representation and Foucaultian conceptual ization of Power, Know/edge and Trulh has beenrnemployed as the basic theoretical framewo rks for the study. The stud y employed textual analys is,rndocument analys is and in-depth interv iew as too ls to generate data. Employing document andrntextual ana lys is, the study focu sed on five (5) nongovernment magazines (Addis Gliday, LOllli,rnInqll, and Jano), and two documents from Orom ia Cu lture and Tourism Bureau and AddisrnAbaba City Governance were selected and ana lyzed qualitatively. Besides, in-depth interviewrnwas employed with seven (7) parti cipants from academic and political spheres to triangu late therntextual analysis.rnThe result of the study reveals that there is historiographical co ntradiction, architecturalrncontention and political contestation over the representation of both statues in the Ethiopianrnpolity. With this view, the normative hi storical narrati ves about Menelik II statue wererndeconstructed by the newly built Aanoole statue. The design of Aanoole statue was also seen asrnan eerily remini scent of other statues erected in the co untry and has lack of aesthetic quali ty.rnMoreover, the study revealed three dominant and competing perspecti ves: Ethiopiani st (extremernpan-Ethiopiani st), correct ionist (extreme ethno-nationali st), and government 's (EPRDF) viewsrnover the representations of both statues as the process of politica l power struggle in Ethiopia.rnStating all the representation of both statues and the ir implications with respect to pol itical powerrnstruggle ill Ethiop ia, the study makes suggestions as to how the competing and contradictoryrnnarrati ves about Aanoole and Menelik II stat ues could be reconciled and why and how statues asrna cOl11memorati ve text might be constructed in Ethiopia in a way that might reduce the tensionsrnover the ir represen tations.