This study presents a historical survey of A History of Handicraftsmen in Libo Kämkäm Wäräda in the 20 th c. In dealing with the subject, I have attempted to use primary, secondary, and oral sources. The research gives a brief historical over view on traditional handicraftsmen in Libo kämkäm Wäräda, their great contribution in the socio-cultural and economic development of the region. These people live side by side, interact each other within the non-artisans community since time immemorial. In Libo Kämkäm Wäräda almost all craftsmen except the Nägäde Wäyto are the original Amhara people. These people culturally, ethnical and religiously except the Muslims are similar in the study area. However, their occupations were considered as an inferior and despised as a result they were excluded in the political, social, cultural and economic involvement in the region. The segregated, discrimination and prejudices of the people by the non-artisans society was sever in the imperial regime; however the scar continued even today. Considering the ongoing importance of the traditional handicraft worker peoples in Ethiopia in general and in Libo Kämkäm Wäräda in particular, there is limitation in the historical literature dealing with the country and also the region not to have treated the subject seriously or at any great length. Therefore, the thesis begins with description of the physical setting, population settlement, the historical background and economic activities of the people in the region. The paper also examines the ambiguous and ambivalent position of traditional handicraftsmen in the Imperial regime, the land tenure system and the condition of handicraftsmen during this period, their interaction with the peasant community, and the changes under in the Communist regime up to the 1991. Finally, some of the major changes and