Fayyis Oromia – Ethiopia, “the ancient country with the history of 3000 years”, is one of the least democratic and least developed countries in the world! Why? We can count a lot of factors as a cause like climate, colonialism, ignorance, arrogance, general public oppression and lack of freedom for individual citizens. But all other nations who are now democratic and well developed have either tacled such problems or they are developed despite these problems. What is unique about the empire Ethiopia? Let me put my own take of the situation as follows.
Democracy is a system of government in which either the actual governing is carried out by the people governed (direct democracy), or the power to do so is granted by them (as in representative democracy). In political theory, democracy describes a small number of related forms of government and also a political philosophy. Even though there is no specific, universally accepted definition of ‘democracy’, there are two principles that any definition of democracy includes, equality and freedom. These principles are reflected by all citizens being equal before the law, and having equal access to power. Additionally, all citizens are able to enjoy legitimized freedoms and liberties, which are usually protected by a constitution. The “majority rule” is often described as a characteristic feature of democracy, but without responsible government or constitutional protections of individual liberties from democratic power it is possible for dissenting individuals to be oppressed by the “tyranny of the majority”.
Economic development refers to increases in the standard of living of a nation’s population associated with sustained growth from a simple, low-income economy to a modern, high-income economy. Its scope includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.
In the above both senses, the Ethiopian empire is at the tail of the international community. I think the main factor for this laging behind all nations is the national oppression of the great Oromo nation, which is actually a majority nation destined to lead the empire, but it unfortunately had to endure the assimilation, subjugation, invasion, exploitation…etc in the last 3000 years history of the region. Other multinational states in the world either do have “majority rule”, be it democratically or dictatorially, otherwise they did disintegrate. Ethiopia is one of the very few countries where the nation of a majority is still feared to rule and reduced to political minority by the ruling elite of minor nationalities.
Nowadays almost all historians except the few Abesha elites do agree that Oromo is the indigenous nation who lived south of Egypt for more than 5000 years. It was the expansion and invasion of the Middle-east semetics in the last three tausand years, the destruction of Meroe by the Axume empire, the islamization of the region and the European occupation of the area in the process of colonization, which reduced Oromo to its present national area.
It is almost becoming clear that the other cushitic nations in the region are the differentiation from this original nation called Oromo, so are the Beja, Agew, Afar, Somali, Sidama, Hadiya, Kambata…etc including even the semetized ones like Tigre, Tigaru, Amhara, Gurage, Harari …etc emerged from Oromo. It seems that some are more christanized and semetized, whereas others are more islamized and arabanized. Oromo proper is the one which tried to preserve its original language and its previous traditional religion despite the exposure and pressure from the Middle-east and from the West. Even though many of the above branches of the nation and even some of the Oromo proper have accepted the religions from the Middle-east, the essence of Waaqeeffannaa (the previous belief system of the nation) is preserved and even practiced in the over-taken new religions. That is why we do see a lot of elements of Waaqeeffannaa in the religious practices of the Orthodox, Protestant and Islam Oromo groups. A classical example is the religious practice of the last emperor Hailesilassie (he is 3/4th Oromo proper), who overtly claimed to be a believer of Orthodox christianity, but has used to celebrate Irreechaa yearly at Hora-Arsadi. Of course this practice of him has been defamed as a “sacrifies to Qorix (evil spirit)” by the not good intended Abesha elites.
The actual problem is specially the fact that the christianized and semetized ones aka the Abeshas look at them selves as if they are different from their origin and they oppress the preserved Oromo proper and other nations by using the chance they got in a form of help from the “christian” Western countries. This oppression and subjugation is still going on. By the way now it is clear that, despite their seemingly common origin, each national group of the region has got a separate identity with its own language and way of life. So when I do refer to Oromo in this article, I do mean the national group now identifying its self with Afaan Oromo and with the related way of life. Oromo people fought and resisted this influence from the Middle-east and from the West continously. Actually it is the Oromo resistance which could limit these forces from influencing the empire further. We now look at the Abyssinians as the most influenced part of our differentiated Cush body. Time and again they have been instrumentalized by Arabs and Europeans to conquer and oppress Oromo. The current instrument of these foreign influence is Weyane and its Tigrean base.
Let me now concentrate on the chance the Abesha elites (actually the word Abesha meanse the mixed and the confused) got to oppress Oromo and why they fear to lose this power to Oromo. Since the time that Abesha elites identified them selves with Jews (remember the expression “lion of Juda”), they had to fight against Oromo proper who preserved its identity including its language and religion. After they could subjugate Oromo, they always tried to hinder that they lose power to this big nation. They did every thing possible with the help of their aid from Western “christians” to suppress Oromo. It was this conflict between the Abesha elites and the Oromo which hitherto hindered any sort of democratization as well as development of the empire. True and genuine democratization in the empire meanse Oromo taking power for it is the majority group. Abesha elites do every thing under the sun to hinder this possibility, so that there will never be a democracy as far as Weyane in particular and Abeshas in general are in power.
Of course without democracy and freedom of Oromo nation and other oppressed nations, the conflict will continue and the developement we actually wish to see will not be materalized. It surprises me some times when I read some Oromo nationalists accusing the other Oromo groups with the allegation that they opted for “democratization of Ethiopia” instead of “liberation of Oromia”. Actually democratization of Ethiopia is one of the meanses leading to liberation of Oromia. Abesha politicains know this very well and that is why they never allow it happen. The only option left for Oromo to be liberated is actually armed struggle. No illusion! There will never be democratization and development of Ethiopia as long as Oromia is under Weyane or under other Abesha looting and lording forces!
Oromo who resisted both the Middle-east and Western influences including the battle of Adwa, in which some Tegaru elites were acting as banda, whereas a lot of Oromo individuals fought against the invaders, will continue our resistance till Oromia will be free from the subjugators. My advice for Abesha elites is, instead of crying about a lack of democracy and development, they better look at this main factor of the inhibition and support the well preserved Oromo to be free. Then even they them selves can be free to enjoy democracy and development in Abyssinia as a very good neighbour for a democratic and well developed Oromia. Other wise we all will continue to hinder each other and live under both tyranny and poverty, which are the two anti-theses of democracy and development.
Of course my other theoretical advice (I know this sounds like a joke in the ears of Abesha elites) is that they better strive to come back to their root instead of oppressing and subjugating the nation from whom they have been differentiated and emerged in history. That meanse if they want to keep Ethiopia as it is now and hinder Oromia and Abyssinia from being separated nations, they practically need to recognize that Ethiopia (Cushland) in a wider sense means Oromia, they should accept Afaan Oromo as a national language, they must allow Oromo values like Waaqeeffannaa and Irreechaa to be a national value and a national holyday respectively and last but not least they better know that it is only Oromo people who can decide on the type of sovereignity we want to have per referendum in a process of self-determination. Democracy and development can be realized better in a sepatrate nation-states based on the public verdict of each national group than in a forced unity without the necessary public vote, like what we are now in. The rhetoric of Weyane, which tells us untiredly that “we do have unity of nations and nationalities based on free will” doesn’t mean that there is a real unity based on free will on the ground. Let Abesha elites stop such self-deception. The way forward is to let Oromo be free to determine its destiny, be it in a form of Oromian republic (independence of Oromo proper) or in a form of Oromian renaissance (integration of Oromo progeny that includes all nations which emerged from it). If there is true democracy and freedom, Oromo is the last nation to fear union. Of cource independence without union is better than oppression under forced unity!!
Fayyis Oromia can be reached at fayyis@yahoo.de
October 5th, 2009 at 6:58 am
The most important thing to do for the members and supporters of the OLF is to liberate themselves from the feeling of inferiority and lack of self confidence. The so called “abyssinian colonization” is the direct product of the feeling of inferiority riddling some Oromo elites hailing from a specific region. The Oromos as a whole are proud Ethiopians and will remain to be so and join other fellow Ethiopians in the struggle for their rights. The few elites suffering from inferiority complex can not define and usurp the legal and rightful demands of the Oromo Ethiopians to achieve their own selfish agenda. Ethiopians should help rescue the OLF guys from the quagmire of inferiority complex they are in and rehabilitate them to become fellow citizens with self confidence and playing constructive roles in their country.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:27 am
It is amazing how other African nations never come out and say “their own country” is Imperial and colonial. Why is it that only OLF and its followers come up with that? I also wander what would the views of these people have happened if Ethiopia was indeed colonized by outside forces such as British, Italy, etc. Would they have claimed that the tribes of Amara colonized them still? So what does this tell us? OlF and supporters are involved in collaborating with outside forces, that may mean the West, Egypt, etc, to down grade and resent Ethiopia as the only country not colonized by outside. To erase this image, they claim tribes of Amaras were the colonizers. To me the domination of Amara is just like any other country, African country that dominate based on ethnicity and tribes as simple as that. They don’t go out saying for instance, because the Tutsis dominated for years in Burundi, the Hutus now want to claim independence by breaking Burundi apart. That is ludicrous. So, that is what OLF and supporters are claiming that the dominance of Amaras is the reason to fight for secession. In that case all those African nations should break claiming oppression. OlF and supporters are claiming as if only Ethiopia is the exception of tribe’s dominance. That is weak argument.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:34 am
“the ancient country with the history of 3000 years”, is one of the least democratic and least developed countries in the world! Why?
Good question Fayyis, I think the answer to your question is an evil tribalist is running the country. If you know in every vibrant democratic country, there is no ethinic poletics going on. Their democracy works because it is based on individual rights. That is basic human right and it works.
The problem is you can’t give a honest answer to your own question. You think the way Meles thinks. The difference is he belings to TPLF and you belong to OLF.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Hanna, you worthless slut, where have you seen an Oromo with inferiority-complex? Never in the psychological make-up of Oromo people have been a documented case of any notion of neither subservience nor a need to be a servile to any group. Read the European-travelogues of the 18th and 19th century to Ethiopia ! Oromos come from a Gadaa Society where democracy and equality is the cultural ethos unlike the hierarchical tradition of the Abyssinian people!
Your understanding of Oromo nation is a figment of your imagination pummeled into your brain by the bad educational system that glorified the Abyssinian culture and history at the expense of other subject peoples of the Empire! Lighten-up, stop the self-delusions and do some self-improvement in your thinking!
Hey, Fayyis… m’man, you need to do your spell-check! Do not be sloppy with what you submit to public to read!
October 5th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Hana,
you just shot without reading the article. Inferiority complex is the anti-thesis for being Oromo proper. May be it is true for people like you, i.e for a confused Oromo progeny who now claim to be non-Oromo, but semitic!
Peace,
clear the article can not be taken for good by Weyane cadre like you. Where did you read that the article discussed about Amhara Vs Oromo or you just jumped on to it thinking you got the conflict point (dirt) to pour benzin on it. It is clear flies jump over dirt!!
Sami,
try to give your own answer insted of trying to classify the author as tribalist. What do you “internationalist” say regarding the question?
Burqaa,
well said as far as the arguement is concerned. Regarding the spelling, don’t worry, the author has sent his message with “broken english”. He is not playing the role of english master!!
October 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
The writer asserts “I think the main factor for [Ethiopia] lagging behind all nations is the national oppression of the great Oromo nation.” I disagree. Had Ethiopia been ruled by the “majority”, the writer alludes, she would have not been trailing behind. For such a bold statment, the writer does not give an iota of evidence to back up his claim. Furthermore, he claims the Oromo being the majority it is “destined to rule the empire.” Wait a minute. The Amharas, Tigres, Gurages and so on because they are in the minority should be subjected or reduced to choose an Ormo govenment perpetually no matter what. This is a fantasy devoid of reality. It could not happen Sir! Ethiopia remains one of the backward countries in the world because the nation as the whole followed a backward culture, education remained to be the privilege of the few, and old customs and traditions strangled any new concepts from being considered. That remained to be true whether the leaders happen to be Amharas, Tigres, Oromos and so on unless a dramatic change is in order. I have always wondered when the Oromo elites came to realize that the fate of Ethiopia would not revolve around only on the wishes of Oromos because they are the majority. It would not seem, though, any time soon. By the way, Sir, the beauty of democracy is to have a means not to let the tyranny of the majority to fall upon the minority. If the world, or America, buys the new democracy concept the writer is dessinminating, being a member of a minority, an African-American would not have been elected to the highest political office in the world. I think it is high time for the Oromo elites to part away from delusion, think what is practical, and work for the benefits of the people whom they claim to have their interest at heart.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
“the ancient country with the history of 3000 years”, is one of the least democratic and least developed countries in the world! Why?
It is funny the question and answer is right in your head…..your habsha this and that crap and others on the other side on Oromo i.e. narrow ethnic mentality (animal-ism as you may call) is the reason why Ethiopia is what it is….So if you want this fact to change write about love, unity, democracy, etc.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
The major impediment for the Oromo elite in trying to deliver on their promise is the fact that they are peddling a bankrupt ideology for more than 40 years! If their secessionist agenda is - as they claim - a popular aspiration, how come their struggle never gained momentum?
Remember that the EPLF was able to mobilize a large army few years after its existence, and starting from 1974, it was able to become a force to reckon with. What is the achievement of the OLF in 38 years of existence? Has it ever secured a single wereda, for even a couple of days? And yet it claims that it represents the dream and aspiration of the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.
How is that this paradox not obvious to the Oromo elite? When are they going to realize that this extreme ideological stand is not selling very well? Why don’t they take some time to ponder on the unthinkable: is it possible that the Oromo might not be interested in secession?
October 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
It is important to advise the OLF guys to free themselves from the inferiority complex they are suffering from.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Sam,
you seem to be bold and sure about your assertion. Let me try to challenge you and make you check your boldness. Your comparison of America and Ethiopia is very very wrong. America is the country of immigrants, where the parties will be chosen based on their programm, of course still national back ground plays big role. Do you know how many blacks chose Obama? More than 90%! Is this because of his party progamm? you can fool yourself.
Coming back to Africa in genreal and Ethiopia in paricular, you just fool only yourself, if you tell us people choose their leaders based only on party programm! How many chose Merera Gudina’s party in the last 2005 election in Amhara and Tigray. Almost 0%!! How many chose him in Oromia? At least 80% disregarding your stealing of the korojoo!! So if you are ready to make free and fair election, Merara will have the vote of all Oromos and some Southern nations. Of course Meles will have only few vote from Tigrai and Hailu Shawel will have majority vote of Amhara region and some urban votes in Addis and other big towns. Now you know who will be the prime minister and who will go back to Dedebit! You see how scary it is for your bose aka Meles???
October 5th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I have one thing to tell my fellow Oromos and non-Oromos.
To Oromos.
Can you tell me what Oromia will be after Independence? who will be eligible for citizenship. don’t forget that Wollega is close to Gojjam than to Harar in so many ways, what will unify oromos when their common enemy vanishes. don’t forget the religion competition in Oromia,As OLF is playing ethinic card, there will be elements playing religion card. think of who will be your neighbours, somalia and Amhara. what will happen if the south people want to remain with Ethiopia?
To non-Oromos.
I will ask the question I asked my self many times, I being Amhara. what is that a person from Gojjam,Gondar and Wollo get from the current Ethiopia? Cann’t we stand by our own? are we deprived of resources as they claimed? Cann’t we stand on our two feet? If the Ethiopia was without oromo, don’t we have sugar factory in Gojjam.
do we have to beg oromos to remain with Ethiopia as if we need them more than they need us?
what is the main resource of Addis Ababa? for me it is the human resource, As oromos want to decide their destiny by their own, so do residents of Addis Ababa.
October 5th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
There is little truth or half truth in unique/odd african country called Abyssinia-Ethiopia history. And Oromo has no contribution, if not contradition and destruction to Abyssinian ‘civilazation’. According to Habeshas, oromo has not have/deserve to have history, religion, culture, holiday etc. to the contrary all abyssinian histories are fabricated in a way to dehumanize the oromos. undemocratic “Minority Rule, Majority right’ looks even better for Oromo than status qua. Abyssinian are ready only to accomodate few abyssinized oromo, but not real Oromos.Period!
October 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Ethiopia is poor and backward because of a number of reasons but colonialism is not one of them!
October 5th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
My fellow Ethiopians, I don’t fully support any opposition party for my own reasons and very much despise the horrible ruling party but when I always read the blind basing of the entire Oromo people in the name of OLF more than the common enemy TPLF, make me feel really and truly sad. this was not because that I am an Oromo but also because I am the kind of person who believes in unity to get rid of TPLF: the worst enemy Ethiopia has ever seen in her long history. Some may be a racist who hates Oromos for their own reasons and others may have quarrelled with their Oromo boyfriends and or Oromo girlfriends but they should not bring their angers onto this kind of website to release their stresses or angers to annoy other Oromos and other genuine Ethiopians like some who criticised them above and who also would seem to like to debate important issues about our beloved country and the troubled nation.
Let’s remind ourselves what has happened during the Derg era, when Ethiopia was a powerful country in Africa with mighty military personnel and all the Russian, Cuban and other allies’ equipments and their backings. No one thought that TPLF would drive in to seize power easily. We were divided, demoralized and those crafty monsters sneaked in through the holes of our own weaknesses to divide us, cut Eritrea, sell our lands to Sudan and destroy Ethiopia. Hence let us give all the benefit of the doubt and see if they win the democratic votes of the Ethiopian people to rule Ethiopia. Otherwise, if the one some of you hated comes to power again like the TPLF, the revenge would be much worse and more horrible than the nasty TPLF.
Therefore, it would be better to discuss the issues and our silly or very much big differences than demonising and calling one another outside foreigners and anti-Ethiopia and Ethiopians just because one expressed his/her past grievances and future wishes as a result of past grievances like OLF, ONLF and all others. Even if that was not the case and as the saying goes, “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” If any of you thought I was wrong because I was an Oromo who was biased in my statement in any way, please kindly correct my genuine mistakes and enlighten me more. I am very allergic to insults and hatred while I believe in constructive discussion towards a good and useful resolution that unites us and help our country. Finally, I urge you all to unite to beat those evil forces in our country Ethiopia than fighting one another for no use. Then, we can sit down around the table in our country and solve all our differences and all other problems for the sake of our country and the oppressed nation. Guys, please wake up before TPLF declares it won the 2010 election. I thank you for your genuine understanding.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
guys ……do not be confused………ethiopia is lagging behind because of the stupid work of the so called golden generation it includes olf,tplf,eprp and derg.it is nothing to do with tribalism.
my oromo brothers ,this type of argument about nationalities does not take us anywhere except creating annimosity between us.
it is a game of the stupids
October 6th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Dear Fayyis,
Just looking the below excerpts from the top half of your article, it is very clear that you are writing with sinister motive - to provoke others in to heated arguments and disgraceful insults. It is very clear to see for anyone that you really do not care at all about Oromos and the cause of Oromos. Do you have any source to substantiate the following claims?
“Nowadays almost all historians except the few Abesha elites do agree that Oromo is the indigenous nation who lived south of Egypt for more than 5000 years.”
“It is almost becoming clear that the other cushitic nations in the region are the differentiation from this original nation called Oromo, so are the Beja, Agew, Afar, Somali, Sidama, Hadiya, Kambata…etc including even the semetized ones like Tigre, Tigaru, Amhara, Gurage, Harari …etc emerged from Oromo. It seems that some are more christanized and semetized, whereas others are more islamized and arabanized.”
I haven’t read the bottom half of your article. It is just a rubbish. You do not have any important issue to communicate in this writing.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Dear all, this so-called pro-Oromo writer came out of the woodwork very recently, to write dozens of articles and comments looking pro-Oromo and anti-everything else. He/she even distributed his/her articles to individual/s personal email addresses including me as no other writer did before, which I did not bother to comment on. But carefully analysing his/her points with well educated and experienced friends including debating on discussion forums, we concluded that he/she is not pro-Oromo as let us to believe, not an Oromo, OLF or similar Liberation and opposition Party member at all, but a TPLF cadre to create havoc between Oromos, Amharas and other tribes before the next general election takes place to weaken our unity and to help TPLF/EPRDF win the election while we are at loggerheads with each other. Wake up guys!
We thought this is one of the devious tactics the TPLF/EPRDF started using to confuse us and buy more enemies towards all Oromos and in the process too, stop us to unite against the common enemy TPLF. Because if OLF or most Oromos unite with all other Ethiopian brothers and sisters, Woyane would be finished even before it reaches the next general election. Yes, they would run away fast to foreign countries with their briefcases to be refugees and to live on the Ethiopian wealth they looted for the past 18 years. Therefore, read between the lines and be careful not to be carried away with these false TPLF propagandas and misleading Woyane fiction story to divide and rule Ethiopians for another 18 years. Don’t be angry about it too, but just get smart to ignore it to annoy the writer. Giving him attention would be our stupid failure.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Ephrem,
Ethiopia is still under indirect Western colonialism and of course Oromia is under direct Abesha colonialism. Is this hard to see?
Dr….
well said, thanks!!
Congo,
refer the anthropology, history and ethnology books on the region to get answer for your questions. Otherwise how can you say it is rubbish with out reading the last part of the article? Is it your fantasy?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Are you aware you are ebcoming the mouthpiece and medrek of this OLF extremist who thinks Daoud Ibsa is an Abyssinia sellout?Can’t you fread before you post?Kinfu shame on you once again!!!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Hanna?
You dont deserve that name!!! Oromos are proude people who made Ethiopia what it is today. Your comment is testment to your racist and backward views of your Ahmara or Tigre Origin. Mark my words, the Oromo people will soon be in its rightful place. As in every other thing, there is low period in ones life. So does for the Oromos. It is our Dark Age when a racist and apartheid regime of Tigrean Liberation Front of Meles Zenawi loots and kills the Oromo people all over Oromia after traveling thousands of miles from its Ethnic home base of Tigray. This surely will be reversed. It is just a matter of time. To achieve that we made a decision to build the Oromo people and Oromo culture. The rest will be morning fog.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Ato Atre (teré),
Your daring statements regarding OLF’s ideology, its inability to deliver the Promised Land to the Oromo nation is fair. However, what is self-serving and tendentious is the tone and thrust of your utterance. We in the Oromo movement surely do not believe that our ideology is bankrupt nor our struggle for self-determination of the Oromo people is a sinister agenda to dismantle Ethiopia to bits and pieces. From its earliest pronouncement of the social and political conditions in Ethiopia, the OLF adhered to the notion of coming together under an Ethiopia of all the Subject peoples of the Empire. Secessionist sentiments you ascribed to OLF was no different than the ideas entertained by TPLF and EPLF of the 1970s.
As of your bold question of how come that OLF never gained any momentum….of the struggle…etc..,? Just look at what OLF has achieved in the short three decades… OLF invented the Qubee, where every literate Oromo communicates with, without wasting time to memorize the more than 300 and very cumbersome Sabean alphabet that did not have equivalent Oromo sound!
The Sate of Oromia is the initial core of the Oromo struggle for freedom and justice. You may find it sour to call the name, but, had it not been for the OLF, there won’t be an Oromia today! Shall we say in the belly of the Empire! OLF may not have secured a single wereda but has secured the hearts and minds of all Oromos. We have a saying among our selves: every Oromo is an OLF! It is not the elite thing to sympathize with OLF, it is every Oromo’s abiding aspiration and commitment to see it succeeds. You may not understand it, but as an Oromo, let me tell you those are our unswerving beliefs!
Your understanding of the Eritrean struggle is very thin. The struggle in the province commenced in earnest in 1961 by disgruntled Islamic elements with the Imperial rule and a visible anti-Islam culture in the province as well as in the whole country. The incipient movement grew as the contradictions within the feudal society final impacted the Christian sector of the Eritrean masses. The province was small, was a colony of an European power, and qualitatively experienced higher level of development than any of the subject peoples in the Empire, of which the Oromo nation is the largest and most impacted by the oppressive feudal social class.
I t is been said that it always easy to organize a small cohort that the multitude, in the case of the Oromo movement, among the impediments to mobilize a pan-Oromo insurrection is the vastness of the land, the immense size of the population and the level of social and political awareness are some of the vexing variables. Other groups in the Empire, i.e. TPLF, EPLF and even ONLF had a manageable territory and populace to operate with, than the predicament OLF encountered!
So, pal, do not just rant without comprehend the vagaries one has to overcome to succeed a revolution!
Verceremos!
October 6th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Dr…..,
my above thanks is regarding your first post. In your second post, you just farted without knowing Fayyis. Please google Fayyis and know for what he stands. I assure you that Fayyis and Weyane are on the opposite pole of the spectrum.
Burqaa,
well articulated and well said. By the way, don’t try to convince Abeshas in general and Weyane in particular about the achievement of OLF. They know it very well, and they burning inside their belly. They know that the movement of Oromo liberation has finished its 75% job and we are now just pushing for the 25% left. Actually all who are crying here are Weyane cadres. Genuine Amharas have stopped now to fight against OLF, be it tactical or otherwise. Let the cadres cry and we will move forward!!
October 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Ogina, despite of me failing to understand what point you would like to make, I would opt to make some clarification so that we might be in the same page. First, ninety percent of American blacks voted for Obama, you wrote, because he was black. I disagree. Had Obama being a Republican, he could not get even fifty percent of the black votes. African Americans overwhemingly vote for the democtratic party. Yes, this time they voted perhaps a few percentage more thasn they used to. What drew them to Obama was his political platform, and I admit, his being black did not hurt him, either. Second, you mentioned people in Africa, particularly Ethiopia, would vote based on their ethnicity. Did I write anything how people might vote in Ethiopia? No, I did not. But Ogina might be one of those who reads what they want to read even if it is not written. Perhaps what he tries to do is to discredit my assertion that Ethiopians might not be willing to be subjected and be governed by Oromos just only because they are majority, without being persuaded of the soundness of their political stance and competence. I stand by what I wrote. Ogina, Would you ever imagined the other ethnicities, unwilling invariably to be governed by one ethnicity might form an alliance to dilute that majority you seem to be proud of? I do not think it crossed your mind, like a significant number of Oromo politicians. Third in your closing statment you wrote the name of my boss– Meles. I did not know I had a boss who is a politician until you are generous enough to let the information known to this Website visitors. Ogina, when one is short in substance, equiped only with throw away slogans, unsure of what he believed in, anyone who thinks differently than his automatically becomes an enemy. That mindset would help you to vent your anger, which seems to occur for no sound reasons at all, but it might not help you get a convert. The Ormo politicians and their lackeys seem to adhere to the principle that only to the Oromos whom they talk when they make political statments, and it is that self-defeating political tactic which will be destined them to live in political wildreness for many decades to come, as they had been for the last forty years.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Wolf covered in sheep skins, Getachew Reda, 80 to 90 percent of your comments are not only repetitive and also useless, but, because of its dysfunctional and often negative nature, much of it is also harmful. Observe your mind and you find this to be true. Such kind of compulsive thinking is actually an addictive. What characterize an addiction? Quite simply this: you no longer feel that you have the choice to stop it. You may get a sense of pleasure, pleasure that invariably may turn into pain. But look closely, your comments in general are designed to keep the pain going for yourself and others, wanting to cause more pain to others is insanity. Reda, you continued to justify your verbal hostility. What are you defending? An illusory identity-possessions, money, success, power, and recognition so that you can feel better about yourself, or to fill your bottomless life marked by many holes. Don’t you find this frightening? At least, know this, when death approaches, it is going to strip away all of your insanity. To alert you, you have allowed yourself to be taken over by psychological and pathological racism like your friend Messay Kebede. Ask yourself: Is there a joy, ease, humanity, love, and tolerance of different ideas, understanding, honesty, togetherness of Ethiopiawenet in your bickering and silliness? You are carrying unspoken resentment towards people. Have a good look inside and drop the negativity your mind has created? It has no purpose whatsoever except to strengthen a false sense of you. The negative you are harboring may spread more easily than a physical disease. You are polluting the social fabric of humanity by insulting nation and nationalities, culture and religion. Unlike you, God permitted individuals to make free choice. Who are you to say Orthodox is better than protestant for Ethiopia? Christianity is better than Muslim for Ethiopia? Educate me here! Who are the Ethiopians? Are they some sort of aliens came from outside of Africa? Ethiopians are ancient Cushitic people such as Nubian, Somalis, Afar, Sidama, Oromo, Amahra and so on.. In 21st century, why do you want to continue to repeat limitless and shameless lies of your forefathers?
Getachew Reda, You are extreme religious fanatic who call upon government of Tigre to exterminate mete (Protestant religion). Your new name is debteraw bin laden Reda.
WHAT A SICK MIND!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SILLY!!!!!!
Let me ask you the following thick questions, whom are you working for? Why are you flaming the fire that is already in flame? What role did you play destroying Kinjit? What role did you play sending Weizerit Birtukan TO PRISON?
Don’t stare at the computer! Answer my question, goatty!!! Blackmailing is the ways of life for you and your kinds. Your divisiveness equals as the mark on your friend’s forehead.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is capturing the hearts and minds humanity with love!
Who said the following?
* “I am asking you as a Tigrayan from Tigray”
* “Kinijit! But can we talk this between you and I and promise me not to tell Berhanu Negga? Wow! His speech made me feel the Katrina of the new Orion and made me feel wear a raincoat in the hot California summer climate”
*” Engineer Hailu or Dr.Taye do not deserve such slanderous “
* “Weizerit Birtukan… easy prey.. Poor young lady needs to get herself out from them ASAP. Otherwise, man! You know how it goes!”
*” Birhanu need to shut his mouth from disrespecting those who paid dear sacrifice and struggle.” Question!? Who are they….woyanes?
A wolf covered in sheep skins!!!
October 6th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Most Oromiyas of course are migrated long ago from central east Africa ,mainly from the current Rwanda . Historians, Archehologists and explorists like Dr. livingston call them Animists .The prime example of all this is the pure Oromos in deep south, which they still had the complexion .and unmistakable culture that is coinside wih The Oromos . like anybody would suggested otherwise, most Ethiopians do not wish to see Oromos to go back to Rwanda either, but, to exercise their identity, liberty, the pursuit of happiness in their beloved ancient home land Ethiopia. Here the discussion shouldn’t be that of succession or not. Their beloved country Ethiopia loves them not as a Diaspora but patriotic citizens like the rest of us( Ethiopians). Forward with a united Geez speaking Ethiopia.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Dear sam,
Here you’re again:
It is very unfortunate; you are still doomed not to give any logical and reasonable comment. This shows how backward your thinking is.
What is the majority rule means? In democracy, is ‘Majority vote?’ You’re right Majority can be dictator, but this is assumption. If you really care about Ethiopia. I just want you to look carefully inward and ask yourself what are the causes of these Oromo elite’s instead of blind accusation or name calling. I love my country as much as you do if not more. It’s about time to stop acting like a kids and recognize Oromo cause. I completely agree with writers’ assessment.
Hana Wodajo,
What the world are living in? Do you really understand what inferiority complex means? I don’t want go down to your position, because I respect you as human being. My point is, if you are conditioned by distorted concept then you develop a life style to justify it. Your distorted assumption might have led you to another until you can no longer function rationally. ‘Little knowledge is dangerous’ I don’t want ask your level of education because you comments have given me some sort clue. Next time, you want comment about something take your time and digest before throwing out!!
To be honest, I have great respect for these Oromo Elites; they are people of integrity, great values, matured and well educated personality. Don’t just read propaganda, find out the truth.
For others anti Oromo Diaspora, I pass my condolence for your lose!!! May God create heart humans again in you!!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Well, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia! Only the issue of Ethiopia as a nation not biased tribalism, catches my attention! So, please, if you guys want to share your opnion make it national not tribal! You are not going to go no where but to hell if you are a tribist!
Long live Ethiopia!
Down with tribalists!
October 7th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Aite Sam,
here again you started to fart! I expected that your nifxaam mind could differentiate Oromo elites in general from me so that you comment only regarding my view. But you jumped to insult Oromo elites in particular and Oromos in general. This is the very good verification for you being one of the mad dogs of your boss Meles. No Amhara with sound mind makes such opinion against Oromos nowadays. It is only the flies who do love the dirt aka the conflicft between the two BIG nations who do vomit like you did here.
Otherwise coming back to your “logic”, which suggests that blacks chose Obama for he is democrat, not for he is black! Your nifxaam brain couldn’t take the timing in to consideratíon. Previously most blacks chose democrats instead of republican for democrats are more liberal than their rivals regarding racism. But when it comes particularly to Obama Vs Others, it is some thing another. Had Obama been in republican party, I am sure again more than 90% blacks would have voted still for Obama.
As far as majority rule in Ethiopia is concerned, just allow the next election to be free and fair, then you will see if other nations will make a coalition with your boss or with Oromo politicians like Merera and Bulcha. You like it or not, leave alone the all oppressed nations even Amharas will abandone you so that you will be back to Dedebit.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Sam,
In the existence of true constitution and democracy, there is no distinguishing between minority and majority rule. It is the excellence of leadership is what gets you elected. In Africa or in Ethiopia this may not work because of difference of ethnic groups. Will we ever have a leader backed by the population that will truly lead the country under democracy fairness and equality? That will remain to be seen. My suggestion however, it is now high time MODERATE Oromos to lead Ethiopia. Not because Amara and Tigre ruled it is because of the thinking of perhaps trying other tribes who are in fact the majority might bring the country towards democracy. It is after all trial and error to lead in Africa.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Sam,
In the existence of true constitution and democracy, there is no distinguishing between minority and majority rule. It is the excellence of leadership is what gets you elected. In Africa or in Ethiopia this may not work because of difference of ethnic groups. Will we ever have a leader backed by the population that will truly lead the country under democracy fairness and equality? That will remain to be seen. My suggestion however, it is now high time MODERATE Oromos to lead Ethiopia. Not because Amara and Tigre ruled it is because of the thinking of perhaps trying other tribes who are in fact the majority might bring the country towards democracy. It is after all trial and error to lead in Africa.
However we have to be careful all of LFs in this case OLF who really works for outside agents Egypt, Eritrea, the West etc in return of independence. What is worrying is that I can see the momentum of Ethiopia’s weakness increasing why? Because it is clear that OLF, TPLF and Shaebia despite their differences, they are still standing by their own agreement when TPLF took over Ethiopia. The first mission will be completed by TPLF and that is breaking Eritrea from Ethiopia, dividing Ethiopians into ethnic tribe and to make sure to increase such differences among Ethiopians. This mission has been successful so far. The second mission: It is clear that when TPLF has had enough, it will definitely lead Tigre into independence and peacefully will hand over power to the rest of Ethiopia to OLF. In the mean time OLF and tPLF military will work against any resistance from either Amara or other tribes. OLF then will complete the mission by claiming independence cutting off Ethiopia completely with the Souther Nation by itself and Amara Nation by itself. Shaebia has already accomplished its mission from support of OLF and TPLF. In fact, during the transition of Tigre and Oromia indepence, Shaebia will provide military against any resistance. Most likely the resistance will come from Amaras backed by the Southern Nations. However, I doubt, if they will be strong enough. What is my point? There is absolutely no animosity between TPLF, Shaebia and OLF. The above is their goal and mission and will accomplish it. The reason being, OLF if they supported the opposition election in 2005, Weyane would not have been in power until this day. This is the sign that OLF ;is going to wait according to it get signal from tPLF and Shaebia.
Let us hope MODERATE Oromos will lead our country but not by extremism and in fact will eliminate tPLF.
Long live Ethiopia
October 7th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Ashiwa Abeba
Let me put your comment in different way. Down to tribalist Amahara elite who refused to accept other (tribe) culture and language. How about that? It is fundamental human right to use and develop their own language, to educate themselves and children with their won language. The Oromo’s should have not be forced to accept amahra culture.
Let us make Afan Oromo Ethiopian national language instead of Amharic, I am sure you are the first person to cry if we Oromonize the entire Ethiopia. How about that? You should have open mind, stop downing everyone.
Stop bickering and downing people and deal with it maturely. Ethiopiawinet does not mean Amaharawinet!!!! . I love Ethiopia too. Use your brain and stop singing the old trick of Amahranization!!!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Ogina, don’t blab your nonsense, ‘atzebarik’.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:17 am
ሃገርን ከፋሽስት ወያኔ አገዛዝ ማዳን ተረስቶ በብሔረሰብ ወይም በዘረኝነት አስተሳሰብ በዚህ ፎረም መነጋገሪያ እርስ በርስ መባላታችሁ የወያኔን ጉዳይ በሚገባ እየተወጣችሁ መሆኑን አውቃችኋል? ወይስ ይሄ መገነጣጠልን አእምሮዋችሁ ተቀብሎት እያበዳችሁ ነው? ዘረኞችን ማለቴ ነው::
የብሔረሰብ ስም በመጥራት የምትናቆሩት ሁሉ ማፈሪያዎችና የበታችነት ስሜት(Inferiority complex) የሚያጠቃችሁ ዘረኞች ናችሁ::
እኔስ እስከዕለት ሞቴ “ኢትዮጵያ” ሃገሬ እንዳልኩኝና ኢትዮጵያ ሃገሬን የሚነካትን የሚተናኮላትን ሁሉ እታገላለሁ ለመጪው ትውልድ ሁሉ ዐእምሮውን ሁሉ ከዘረኝነት እንዲያጸዳና ኢትዮጵያ ሃገሬ እንዲልና እንዲኮራባት ብቻ ያለምንም ቅድመ ሁኔታ እንደቀድሞዎቹ መምህራን እናገራለሁ::
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘለአለም ትኑር!!!
ዘረኞችን እግዚአብሔር አምላክ ልቡና ይስጣቸው!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Congo,
did I hit you on the head? You seemingly bombastic writer could fart here only three words!!
October 8th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Peace: I have read several writings which are adressed to me, regarding the article posted above, and I found yours to be civil, matured, and interesting to read. The point you made that “OLF if they supported the opposition election in 2005, Weyane would not have been in power until this day,” is a valid point to ponder upon. I might not believe as you do that EPDRF should have relinquished power if that had happened then, but I might believe the political equation now might look different, opposition parties being in a better shape to take power in 2010 election. I would like to point out why I feel the Oromo movement is in disarray. EPDRF purposely created a group which claimed to have represented the Oromo people’s interest. There are Oromos who are barely literate now having political offices, who were chasing Oromos who believed the EPDRF appendage to be a sell-out. These politicians rewarded their friends and allies and imprisoned and made lives unbearable to those Oromos who entertained different political orientation than theirs. When some Oromos write as though all Oromos are in the same page when it comes to the question of the Oromos interest, it drives me crazy because, inadvertenly perhaps, they are in denial. The best the Oromo elites who have been sold out by their brothers should have done and will do is to make an alliance with Ethiopians of all ethnicities and should avail their political know-how to replace the existing regime. But they failed to grasp this basic fact. Peace, I wish the moderate Oromos– a nice choice of ajective here that you used– would realize sooner than later that the Oromo people interest cannot be materialized unless the interest of the Amharas, Gurages, Tigreans and so on realized.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I am really enjoying Weyane cadres like Peace and Sam talking to each other. Amharas and Oromos left almost all websites so that the mad dogs talk to each other. That is what is now happening in Ethiopian review forum and Manabuna, It is good to observe this also here!!
October 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
አቶ ባሳምን እባክህ ውለታ አድርግልኝ : የኦሮሞ ነገር በተነሳ ቁጥር ሩዋንዳን ማንሳትህ ለምን እንደሆን አላውቅም ::
ብዙዎቻችን የኦሮሞ ብሄሮች የሩዋንዳን ነገር ሙሉ በሙሉ አናምንበትም :ሲሆን ብዙዎቻችን የምናምነው ከሱማሌ እና ከወደማዳካስካር አካባቢ ለወረራ እንደመጣን ምሁሮቻችን ይነግሩናል እንጂ አንተ እንደምትለን ወይም እንዳስቀመትከው አይደለም :: ኢትዮጵያ ትቅደም
October 9th, 2009 at 6:58 am
sammy, የኦሮሞ ብሔረሰብ ከማዳጋስካር ሳይሆን ከህንድ ሲዲ ብሐረሰብ ነው የመጣውና ከማዳካስካር ህዝብ ጋር በመልክም ሆነ በቋንቋ የሚገናኝ ምንም ነገር የለውም::
የመጀመሪያዎቹ ኦሮሞዎች በርቱማና ቦረና ሲሆነ የገቡትም በሶማሊያ በኩል ነው::
በደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ የቦረና ኦሮሞዎች ባህል ፍጹም በሆነ መልኩ እስከአሁን ድረስ ባህሉን ይዘውታል:: ከህንድ ሂንዱ ብሔረሰብ ጋር አንድ ነው:: በስያሜም ጉተማ-ቡድሃ ሲባል ከሰማህ በኦሮምኛም ጉተማ በሚል ስም የሚጠሩ ኢትዮጵያውያን አሉ::
የወያኔ ዘረኞች የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ለማወናበድ በዚህ ፎረም ውስጥ በተለያዩ ቅጽል ስሞች በመጻፍ ይጽፋሉና ጎበዝ ቁብ አትስጧቸው::
ወያኔዎች ማለት በቁማቸው የታመሙ ራስቸውን በቁማቸው የገደሉና እስካልገደሉ ድረስ የማያምኑ ጨካኞች ናቸው:: ለጭካኔያቸውም መልስ ተዘጋጅቶላቸዋልና መልሱን ለመስጠት ኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ ከወያኔ እባቦች በመንጠቀቅ ከአርበኞች ጋር በማበር ከምድረ ኢትዮጵያ እናስወግዳቸው::
ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ!!!
October 9th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Ogina,
Please focus on the subject rather than the person. How do you know I am Weyane Cadre? Why would I mention about the wish for TPLF toppling if I was pro Weyane? Are you here then to label people rather than truly discuss the situation Ethiopia is in? Labeling people by itself is prejudice and racist in fact. By spreading lies and propaganda one can’t accomplish the real problem of All Ethiopians. The only thing you label people is because you are already biased in a country where many ethnic group lives. We have see than under TPLF and that should be a lesson to you.
October 9th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
The more you write, the more you expose your TPLF agency company. You have no body to fool except these sheep heading to be slaughtered. There are consequences unfolding to take place in near future for these kinds of bigotry. You claim to care about Mother Ethiopia while you’re destroying every inch of our social fabric to achieve your
hidden agenda of AgaziTigre. You insult our nation and nationalities Meles and Reda continue spend sleepless night thinking how to divide the Ethiopian nation. You jump from one corner to the other attacking everyone to undermine Ethiopian freedom of expression, freedom of religion and freedom association. You claim to know what the best is for our country Ethiopian while you affianced into street talk with immature bla… blas….blas. You continue to fool yourself believing you can fool Ethiopian.
Ethiopians know your divisive propaganda between our people (Amharas and Oromos). How do you know these Amharas were killed by OLF? Were you there when this happen? If you were there, what were you doing there? How do you know the names of these people killed by OLF? Tell us your endless lies that you read from the lists of Melese Zenawe media outlet or you were part of the mastermind. Agazi-Tigre orders OPDOs to kill innocent Amahara’s and blames it on OLF. Melese Zenawe strategy was (is) to provoke hatred among Amaharas and Oromos by massacring of Amhara’s and Oromos in different parts of our country so that Tigre’s will have enough time to loot and steal our resources to build and liberate Tigre while we continue argue and fight each other. The Ethiopians know the divisiveness of TPLF and Reda. This heartless Tigre’s continued to implement the same divisiveness among other tribes. There are your people (Tigre) who committed genocide against on our brother in Gambella and Somalis in Ogden.
Getachew Reda, I am glad to read your agony!!!
We are coming after you with full force.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
From Getachew Reda;
See how this lunatic cult is cheated his brain by going to the OLF extremist school in order to preach fantasy? The writer of this article is why I always encourage people to read it, because, you will easily see how his brain is bouncing back and forth in a fantasy world believing in his share of ignorance. He lives in a fancy world called “Oromo Proper, Original religion, Original oromo”. He wants to bring all those back to its proper place. From where? From the Tegaru, Hadiya, Sidama, Beja? Who are those? According to the writer ‘they all emerged from Oromo”. Then if they emerged from Oromo, why is he trying to go for ethnic, language, religious, cultural hygienic campaign if he believed “even the Semitic once came from Oromo? No one knows the answer, only the Lunatic who lives in a fantasy world knows why and how he is going to go back to the dark and spiral world and search the so called “Proper” to bring to its origin (“the proper Oromo”), From where? I guess from the era where the “proper religion and “proper Ormo lost/mixed”. He didn’t even believed Ormo was mixed, he said; - “even the Semitic once emerged from Oromo”. Then if the above mentioned “all majority of the Ethiopian different Ethnic language speaking community he mentioned “rose” from the Oromo womb “ following its evolution”, then why would a father/the Patriarch “Proper-Oromo” wants to clean himself from his own son/daughter that gave birth to?
There is another ignorance that he worshipped. He called the Oromo people as they came from one “Nation”. Remember history, Oromo were not a settled community. They were in most part nomadic, wondering from grazing to grazing, from one land to other low and high hills/mountains/rivers…… They were many Oromo clan lead by different militant nomadic leaders living not in one collected /settled area as farmers , but dispersed among other indigenous communities in different locations at times fighting and murdering at each other as the old savage world proved to survive. There for there was not united flag, or representative of all Oromo, not a solid community settled in one known place. Therefore, calling the old world multiple of clans scattered everywhere to call them as “Nation” is living in the OLF fantasy world fabricated in Minnesota /Sawa /Eritrea as we all are familiar (it used to be in Kenya now, the new and permanent location of OLF Philosophy Lab school is Minnesota U.S. A.) What a shame Ethiopia breed these ignorant criminals in this century of civilization. Going proper? Where? To find it from the spiral lost world? He can create “proper from now on”, but if he wants to get Proper Ormo” from the old world, then unfortunately, the old world is not going to allow these lunatics to give them the” proper “they fantasized. It is impossible. May be they can invent one what the Arabs called it JEDID / Fresh “proper” from Minnesota Lab. Thanks cults for keeping us refreshing the crime of OLF to the public from being lost. If it could have not being for these cults , the crime of OLf would not be mentioned and kept alive on media if OLF cults kept forced us to remind OLF crime. If it was by the pathetic, useless Ethiopian scholars- God OLF could have been seen as angel and clean and caring and democrat hidden away its fascistic and communistic records. Getachew Reda www. Ethiopiansemay.blogspot.com
October 10th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Aite Getachew,
here is an other reason to fart, shit and vomit for you. The writer you just shitted on replied as follows. Enjoy it and purge your big belly as usual by vomiting on OLF.
” What Ever Oromo History Is, No Compromise On Our Destiny
The reason I do write this short essay is the feed back I got from different corners of Oromo community on my last article in which I tried to compare the two positions of our two websites (Finfinne Times and Oromia Times). I know with that article I touched a very sensitive issue which was always a topic of discussion among Oromo freedom fighters from the beginning of our liberation journey. That was a reason why I was cautious and I just put the conflict areas in a form of questions to be forwarded.
There were always and there are also still today two views and two perspectives among Oromo nationalists. I think the cause of these two perspectives is the version of Oromo history we do have in mind and our own individual biography. According to the discussion I made with many fellow Oromo individuals, there are even some who do just swim and pendle between the two blocks of ideas. What are these blocks and how can we accomodate them in our liberation journey? I think we can classify fellow Oromo individuals in to three in respect to their view about our history and our destiny:
- Oromo who seems to accept the history version usally written by Finfinne Times and others that we are original Cush nation and even that we are the “stem” of other Cush nations. The implication of such history is that this group tend to believe and accept that we Oromo people should stay together with Abyssinians, who are also “our siblings” from the same origin. So clear is that this group tends to advocate for liberated Oromo within a united Ethiopia and if possible struggle further for the Oromo Renaissance (here Oromo being both the Oromo proper which now identifies its self as Oromo and the Oromo progenies who “lost their Oromummaa gradually in the last 3000 years history”). I think this is the reason for some Oromo politicians to start to speak about a necessity of a change of philosophy in Oromo liberation movement.
- Oromo who seems to accept that there can be historical relation between Abesha and Oromo, but believes that the most important is the colonial relation after Abeshas could invade and subjugate Oromia in the end of the ninteenth century in connection to the European colonizers’ movment of the scramble for Africa. No question this group thinks that the only destny of Oromo is a complete liberation of Oromia from the colonization or domination of our neighbour Abyssinia. Of course this group also sees a possibility of a union of nations in the region after independence of Oromo for the possible common benefit of all peoples in the region. It seems to be the fact on the ground that the majority of Oromo people seem to rally behind this idea. We do also observe a lot of websites including Oromia Times who do promote these option.
- Oromo individuals who do just pendle between the above two options based on the situation because of their own biography. Most of such Oromo personalites or groups have got a loyality conflict. They tend to be loyal to both Ethiopia and Oromia. People with such mind are either the supporters of the Ethiopianist Oromo movments like that of Ad Birtukan or they are just promorters of ONLY federation in Ethiopian context with out demanding for further self-determination of Oromo people or for independence of Oromia. Now such mindseting is almost dying among Oromo community for the struggle is becoming clear and radical.
Because of my article about the view of Finfinne Times, many Oromo nationalists wrote to me the concern they do have. In summary the concern is that the position of Finfinne times and that of few websites, who try to tell us that Oromo is the origin for most of Ethiopian nations and as a consequence must take the responsibility not only to liberate Oromo proper, but also other nations including Abeshas, seems to be detrimental to Oromo liberation movement. Simply put, they say that if we believe that Abyssinians are Oromos who lost their Oromummaa in the last 3000 years, it will be difficult to make a radical liberation struggle against our “own”.
I do personally share this concern. Firstly the so called “modern Oromo history” is not yet verified exactly. Secondly Abesha elites as crooked they always are try to use this “modern Oromo history” as an instrument against Oromo liberation movement. That is actually what we could observe in cyber world in the past many years. Abesha elites always tried to dilute Oromo’s radical step towards Bilisummaa by trying to tell us that we Oromo people are part of them aka “Ethiopians” and they actually used such history to try to convince us. They untiredly told us that both Amharas and Tigarus are from Oromo origin, so liberation of Oromia from the Abesha subjugators, who “are Oromo” them selves is “not logical”.
As far as my position is concerned, let’s leave history for historians. We don’t need either to believe it or deny it. We just start from the staus quo. No question, at the momment Oromo is enslaved by Weyane elites, so we need to be liberated from this domination. Just in front of our eyes a lot of Oromo nationalists died just for they are Oromo nationalists and still a lot are languishing in jail. The Abesha elites (”our progeny”) didn’t look at Oromo as their own. Why should then Oromo look at this bararic tyrannts as our own? Leave alone Oromo, even the oppressed Abeshas and other nations should fight them. To decide our destiny we need our own public verdict. That is why our Kaayyoo is self-determination. What ever our histoy is, we stick to this goal.
Disregarding the different versions of our history, we can agree that our Oromummaa depends on the view we do have on our national (Oromo) interest. Those of us who do support and serve this national interest are the ones with greater Oromummaa. So Oromummaa is not only about biological origin, but more about psychological make up. To that matter, we have seen a lot of biological Oromo individuals who do identify them selves with Oromo foes. I personally think, beyond biological Oromo origin and beyond the language we do speak, an Oromo with sound Oromummaa is for me the one who identifies him self with being Oromo, with Afaan Oromo, with our liberation Kaayyoo and with the Oromo way of life including Aada Oromo.
In short, I must say that what ever our history might be or our status quo is, we should push together for our final destiny aka Bilisummaa. What matters is the Oromo nation we want to buiild in the future, i.e a free, an independent and a prosperious Oromo land and an emancipated Oromo people i.e is simply put Bilisummaa saba Oromo (freedom of Oromo people) and Walabummaa biya Oromo (sovereignity of Oromo land). Galatoomaa and have a nice life of Qabsoo to Bilisummaa!!
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October 10th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Aster there is no need or request of of the oromos amharanization which have never been demand from ethiopians oromos following their cultures their languages even though i dont have a problem to have oromofia as a national languge will be a dicision of ethiopians as a whole after being freed from ethnocentric dedebit illitrates who are killing Ethiopians no matter the ethnic look for example who is oromo representative woyanne regime( Aba dulla gemeda) whose real name is menase and not oromo that in no time stands for your demnd rather to stick in power let us take it what you call amharanization even during derg era there were more oromo generals than any other ethnic by the woyanne you dont even have a single one what i am trying to prove is believe individual right first and respect their choice and demand
October 11th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Getachew Reda,
Getachew Reda, your furious concentrationary impulse of narcisstic behavior of self-expanded ego, mindlessness, spineless toxic, made you frightened, insecure, confusion-monger, absurd, and very bitter person. It is shamefully and ludicrously degrading. Have a good look inside you, if you still have one.
Getachew Reda,
We want an Official apology for insulting our Oromo nation from you before things get dirty!!!!
Who said this…
“hope of Officials will read it and do something before election 2010 comes and is rectified if true. I for one do not want another Kinjit to run on the back of a disgruntled people In Tigray and destroy what has been achieved so far”
“Especially, those who have paid everything they had for the sake of the Tigrian struggle are the most neglected in Tigrai…I thought those who paid so much would be benefitted first so they can be balanced with the rest of Ethiopia.”
You/TPLF are the enemy of Ethiopia not OLF!!!!
wolf covered in sheep skin!!!
October 13th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
From GETACHEW REDA
Helen,
I know you are a distorted cut and should have not ask you back to seek a response to my question, having said that, in order to show the readers how an idiotic mind cults are guided, I have to ask your information to show us under what topic when and where you read such writings from me? You must have confused me with the TPLF official Professor Getachew Reda in Mekelle. I can see some of the spellings of yours how distorted you are when you quote “Tigrai, Tigray”. Do not lie to yourself , what you need to do is leave U.S. and go to the Ethiopian jungle and join OLF, and start to drink the blood of a Camel and hang a taste of it, instead of lying to yourself here in the internet. None of us take you serious, because, we know you are Sandwich addict with no gut to go to the jungle to do what you preach. You are expecting other peasants to do the fight while you are fooling around in Minnesota, DC, and Seattle. www.Ethiopiansemay.blogspot.com