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“Ethiopia Is Not Oromia; Oromia Is Not Ethiopia” – Oromo Community @ Africa Day 2012 in Ireland

May 30, 2012 at 10:28 pm · Gadaa.com

Africa Day event in Ireland has made it clear for many that Ethiopia is not Oromia, and Oromia is not Ethiopia.

Aaddee Ayyaantuu Bantii, Winner of “Best Dressed Woman,” Africa Day, Dublin, Ireland.
(Photo Courtesy of Africa Day Dublin)
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The Africa Day was celebrated colourfully on 26 and 27 of May 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. Many African embassies and communities across the country came together in open space to show their culture, identity and the best of their communities, their countries and their continent at large. The Association of Oromo Community in Ireland was, not only one of these communities on the event, but also the shining star of Africa and its people. Starting from the first day of the event, the community’s members and leaders were there at the event and were very busy explaining, demonstrating the Oromo heritage, as well as participating in different competitions at the event.

The Oromo community’s pavilion was just beside that of the Ethiopian Embassy. The Oromo community displayed beautiful Oromo artifacts, including cultural costumes. Most of the Oromo gents and ladies, including leaders, were in their attractive costumes. The visitors had to wait in turns to see our artifacts, to try them and to take pictures wearing the Oromo customs, jeweleries, and ornaments. The Oromo community’s pavilion was full of Oromo culture. We had a live Oromo coffee ceremony during the event, where many enjoyed the fresh aroma and taste of Oromo coffee. We had the pictorial display of the world famous runners from Oromia, such as Abebe Bikila (Ababa Biqilaa), Derartu Tullu (Daraartuu Tulluu) and Kenenisa Bekele (Qananiisaa Baqqalaa), whom many recognized, but did not know that they are children of the Oromo nation.

The members of the Oromo community used this big opportunity to inform every visitor that the Oromo people had been subjugated people under the tyranny of successive Abyssinian regimes for more than a century. Since most of them, even our African brothers and sisters do not know that we, Oromos, have been under colonial rule, we explained that why Ethiopia is said to be a country that has never been colonised. We used the analogy of why Britain has never been colonised because it had been a coloniser. By doing this, we, the Community members, sent many to read more about the Oromo. Many visitors promised to continue to be the friends of the Oromo and left their contacts to be in touch with our community.

Our community and our people became the focus of discussions even after our beautifully dressed lady Aaddee Ayyaantuu Bantii won the award of “The Best Dressed Woman” competition on Africa Day 2012. To everyone’s surprise, Aaddee Ayyaantuu, Aaddee Seenaa and Aaddee Makkiyaa – all three from the Oromo community – were the top three “Best Dressed” ladies. All of them were in our well-decorated and beautiful Oromo dresses. Then came questions – like who are Oromos? Where are they from, etc?

We, the Oromo community members, used the opportunity to inform Kenyan, Sudanese, Ugandan, Somali, South African, etc. communities, nationals and diplomats to support and understand Oromo refugees in their countries. We explained that Oromos left, and will leave their country, to run away from colonial persecutions, and they never migrate for economic reasons as Oromia is naturally a rich country.

While this trend continued into the second day of the event – keeping the Oromo members overwhelming busy, no one had visited the pavilion of Wayane, which was just metres away from Oromo’s pavilion. To our surprise, their pavilion was mostly without supervision, and only occasionally, an Irish lady came into and went out of it, no other members of the Wayane Embassy in Ireland came except at the beginning and end of the show.

The first day we observed that there was one Oromo item in their show, but the next day there was no items that showed Oromo in there exhibition. We exhibited that we are not Ethiopian, and the Ethiopian Embassy exhibited that Oromo is not Ethiopia, too. Actually, their pavilion had nothing to do with other peoples in Ethiopia at all. There were some pictures from the northern part of the empire, and a picture of the Ethiopian Airlines. The Irish, who occasionally went in and out of the pavilion, was in Tigrean costume. We informed the Irish lady, who claimed that she was the former Irish Ambassador to Ethiopia, that Oromo is a great nation suffering by the oppression of the Ethiopian government and the Irish government has been deaf-ear to their cause for many years. She sympathized with us saying that, if real democracy exists in Ethiopia, things would have been better. The lady informed us though that the Ethiopian Embassy was busy in politics of Somalia – where she said “the Ethiopian diplomats are in meeting with Somali community.”

The Africa Day was a great success for the Oromo Community in Ireland, where the Community clearly and precisely provided information for many African and European nationals and diplomats that Oromo is a great peace-loving nation, which is denied of freedom of any sort and being subject to incessant oppression.

The Oromo awareness has just started two weeks before the Africa Day by running Oromo cultural exhibition in Fingal County Council public library in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. The exhibition continues until 15 June 2012 in Dublin City Council public library in the ILAC Shopping Centre, which will start on Friday 1st of June 2012. The exhibition so far attracted a large number of visitors.

Association of Oromo Community in Ireland
oromocommunityireland@yahoo.ie
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  1. Mortaar said,

    May 30, 2012 @ 10:44 pm

    Well performance by oromos in Ireland. keep it up. Yes, Oromia is not Ethiopia and Ethiopia is not Oromia. Nuyi kajennu Oromiyaa;eessatti beekna Itophiyaa?

  2. Wendimkun said,

    May 30, 2012 @ 11:00 pm

    Hello Writer,
    Which history are you talking about?I am amazed by your explanation.Nowadays people of all Ethiopian Nations and nationalities have realized you all who you are and what you are trying to do.We are on the right track now,Every Nation here is recognized and respected.Our constitution has allowed and guaranteed Us to promote and preserve our legacies ,cultures and modernizing our Languages as well.We are in the time where no reversing point can happen.we are developing our economies.We are educating our kids becoming doctors ,engineers,managers…Our fate is determined only by ourselves.Your policy is separating people who have never been separated before.You better read history.Don’t try to pretend your self as if you are worried about the people putting your self in a conformable life.

  3. Galgalo Geenda said,

    May 30, 2012 @ 11:25 pm

    Oromia asks from her children this kind of activities wherever they are. I thank the Oromo Community in Ireland from the bottom of my heart for their dignified representation of our nation on this occasion. The Irish people have a struggle that bears similarities with ours. They can easily understand our cause. It is up to us to inform them. We need the moral and material support of individual Irish men and women to begin with; diplomatic support comes later. I urge fellow Oromos in Ireland to join hands with Oromo organizations in the other countries in Europe and organize seminars/conference about the Oromo in Ireland.

    Thank you once again. As you said Oromia is not Ethiopia! The Oromo are not Ethiopians.

    Galgalo

  4. layman said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 12:22 am

    What amazes me is that how a person who claims his right has been taken away from him is so careless about the rights of others?!
    I have one question for you, have you asked for the permission of the famous athletes you ‘ve mentioned for the pictures to be displayed in your booth and clearly stating your objectives and what you want to achieve? I am asking these because non of the athletes have ever stood by such position. The irony is what baffles me.

  5. John Yonas said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 12:28 am

    Oromo is Ethiopia, without oromia there is no Ethiopia! Long live the people’s of Ethiopia…be united, the time for hate is gone it is the time for love to one another.. unity is the only way!! First u are Ethiopian then u are oromian!!!

  6. viva said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 1:26 am

    Don’t play fool on your self!!!! Rather give the title “my night mare, separating the strongest mix” for your non sense article! Once again you are bad dreaming please go see a doctor or a priest because you are sick, very badly! Just for your information Ethiopia is one and retain the same forever and of-course Oromo’s are proud SON’s and DAUGHTER’s of Ethiopia, our BROTHERS and SISTERS of a strong BLOOD LINK! And that is why we are living in Ethiopia, TOGETHER! I repeat TOGETHER we are living in our own MOTHER LAND called ETHIOPIA, because that is what BROTHERS and SISTERS suppose to do, living TOGETHER!

  7. gemechu said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 1:27 am

    what a hell is that who cares whther u are ethiopian or not. U are nothing but trashs. And do u think the rest of the world would give u respect about u. Look there is somthing u should know for examble i am wollayta my ancistors and my family were humilated becouse they are wollayta. My mind dont tell me that its aresponsiblity of evrey amhara people. And the way i see it if somebody came and tell u that u are (Galla) and inselting u it dosn’t show u that all amharas treat for u. Besides u dont go that much becouse from 40 million oromos only two to 3 millions are like u bastards and racists.

  8. feeleekaa said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 2:22 am

    Kenya & Madagascar are waiting for u. It’s not too late to go back home.

  9. Daniel said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 3:00 am

    This is sad, you seem to be leaving in reality of your own, and I belive you are trying to convince yourself than the readers.
    - Yes Oromia is not Ethiopia, unlike ethnic states in Europe – Irish, german etc, African states are made up of divers ethnic groups – thus we do not have a denome called “Ethiopian nationality”, or Ethiopian language unlike for example: Poland, polish identity, polish language etc etc.
    - Oromia is rather a component of the many elements that makes Ethiopia up
    By separating yoursel from the reality, you are ignoring the fact that, Oromia being the largest population group, demographics indicate that: 38% of Oromos have generataions of intermix due to their mobility – where do you put them? Are you going to deny them their identyty – After all HaileSelasie himself was 50% Orommo, but does not imply he was best for his ppl.

    I really pray ignorant people like yourself never come close to power of any sort. You are a tool of self distruction.
    Please stay in Europe, aquire your symbiotic living status, and try to get some rest :) Cheers

  10. Dire Idris said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 3:11 am

    Thank you! You have done right. Oromia Is not Ethiopia

  11. teddy said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 3:14 am

    stupid people

  12. Ethiopia said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 3:23 am

    Why you guys dont think out of the circle. I dont think oromo could stand as a nation alone.

  13. tedros said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 4:16 am

    Yes, Oromo are kenyans

  14. Bilisuma said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 4:36 am

    Well done, i am a proud being yours.yes again oromia is not ethiopian & the vice-versa. Long live aaddee Ayyaantuu, aaddee seenaa&aaddee Maakiyaa

  15. ba said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 4:49 am

    Will never ever work the way u think… Oromia=Ethiopia… Only you aspire to shed blood of innocent but warnig to you of ICC… inevitable for OLF leaders who are seeking for a further blood shade in that undivided country….. we will see soon.
    Please do not represent oromos from Shoa, Boran. Only walaga-

  16. am said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 4:53 am

    21st century, are you have ever going to reach that?
    Oromo is part of ethiopia. If you can’t that read it again and again until you get it.

  17. Niguse said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 5:28 am

    I heard oromo immigrated from Kenya

  18. iyelet said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 5:40 am

    it is true that Oromia is not Ethiopia but Oromia is in Ethiopia.

  19. neguss said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 7:47 am

    You still reading Feker eskemekaber? There a lots of new book are publish after that try to read those. We are living in the 21st century not in the 19th.the world going to be one in the feature not only ethiopans.

  20. ABISHEE said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 8:17 am

    Galatooma my nation in remaking history,
    Our Oromo Community in Ireland as always once more representing our identity and our Oromia to the world community de facto more than the duty of Oromian Embassy. It is a historical record at best, our struggle for liberty depends on our efforts by our true Oromummaa as the world from every angle is witnessing how Oromos are determined for their destiny. The voice of Oromo children from London to Australia and others is the force which never ever stopped by any force on earth. As an Oromo I proud of my nation standing for our cause- Independent and Walabummaa of Oromia.
    Thank you , we love you the Oromo Community of Ireland.
    Nagaan!

  21. Gorbaa said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 8:29 am

    The Oromo children are looking or searching for their LOVELY MOTHER OROMIA which was snatched /forced to marriage( Butuu) by Habeshas. Many have fallen every where when trying to free her. In the mountains, in the forests, in Savanahs, in rivers, in valleys of high land and low land. They are still laying there. Their ghosts are haunting all Oromos. They cry day and night for their Dear Mother Oromia. The LOVELY MOTHER is still being beaten and raped by enemies. Let us stand up together and free our Dear Mother before she die at the hands of enemy. Our lives without Mother is like the lives of street dogs. Let us fight with what ever we have, guns, spears, arrows, knives, sticks, slings, slingshots, boomerangs, words, and even by biting. Our enemies are like hynas, they want to attack us from the weak side of us. Let us not be shaked by enemys dust devil or mirage propaganda.

    LONG LIVE LOVELY MOTHER OROMIYAA.

  22. Ethiopian said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 8:53 am

    I am all for Oromia recognizing its distinct values and culture, however, prejudice is a very expensive affair for the generations to come and this is manifest throughout the world. I hope the wise folks of the community will address this and I wish for Oromia to be the beacon of knowledge and progress and not the center of hatred and identity of grudge, there is no value in this at all.

  23. MUNA said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 9:38 am

    LOL…COMEDY!

  24. Backo zz said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 9:56 am

    For those of you who use derogatory words such as gala, you have no place in society and you are an embarrassment to your own ethnicity. Think twice before you post such thing….You can hide behind the computer screen but you can not hide and talk the way you did out side of the computer screen. Grow up and be use full to society and your own kind. Right now you are portraying a useless person in a society that you live in.

  25. nehimiya bezabih said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 10:22 am

    Reading an old history dosn’t make a sence to a responsible ETHIOPIANS.This extrimistis are proud of their nothing back ground.If we return to legend and old history OROMOS are coming from Kenya via mobasa.So this may be areason to those holding the slogan of”( ETHIOPIA IS NOT OROMIA OR OROMIA IS NOT ETHIOPIA)”.Anyway EPDRF is abest medicine to cure for this kind of virous like making an ice to aflame of OLF.We have to thanks EPRDF……..

  26. layman said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 10:49 am

    For those of you, who hurl childish insults just because somebody stated and have done what they feel regardless you think they are right or wrong should be ashamed. How you gonna call millions of people stupid?! just because a little over a dozen people said they don’t feel like they are Ethiopian. min aynet tata new. sint mahayim endale left and right *smh*
    What is sad about all this is that, people who have better opportunity to get education do the worst! That is really sad!!!!!!!!!!

  27. Galangalee said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 11:10 am

    This is what the community has to do . You embressed unscrboulus Abasha. They are in desperate and highly frustrated. Look, how they start name calling. The Habashas , all cushitic people are against cruel Absynian rulers.

    When you talk, now we are moving fast to achieve our objective . You think that we are far because you do not know how much we travelled. What is left is a fraction of our journey. We almost finished Nation building job. We done the hardest job, what is left is the easy one.
    If you have culture why you display? you run away from competion. you come back with insult. Not only abroad, but in oromia, daily we are taking-out woyane spy and thier property. No more life in Oromia for Woyanee. If you don`t believe call and ask your settler relative what action is taking place against woyanne. The fight is no more in bush, it is in FinFinnee and Zonal cities. Woyannes never venture out freely, they shit on their pants.

  28. Dinonasir said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 11:12 am

    Gadaa.com

  29. Galangalee said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 11:24 am

    That what makes us united . If insult and rediclus oromos, the habashized oromo even feel he is oromoo.Tell those, assimilated one, still you are not Habasha. That is what we tell them they din`t believe. Good job Absynians, to tell your surrogates you are not Ethiopians .Your name calling does not give sense for true oromos. We passed this level many decade a go. It does not bother us because we know who we are. We are not Habasha as it is recorded in USA state department archive in 1923.

  30. Oromo said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 11:48 am

    Here comes what is true. For many centuries Oromo tried to be good Ethiopian, and you guys alliated them, forbid them their rights deginity and respect. Them Oromo stood up for its right, and struggled agains your, your fictioues history and your prison country. Now it is impossible to bring it back. We are gone, Oromo and Oromian are on the way where we see you as neghiebours, either mr Wallayta ,or Amhara, or who else are you. This is a social revolution, a systematic ground shaking social development. Think of no fooling, or frightening, it will slap you in the face. You rotten words are on you toung, in you mounth, not even on any ones hair or skin. It is stinging out from your head through your mounth. Noone cares about that. We know you always do that, say that, even your ‘professors’ do that. We are proud of our brothersThose you try to tell us about history, we started from that history, we know it it is the fiction of your forfathers, you better search for your right and true history. That history you know is a dog’s feaces in a golden coat. Do not fool yourself, Ethiopia was estblished by force and will be de-established by force,and it already stated cracking down, your cry will never save it.
    God bless Oromia, Many thanks to the Oromos in Ireland

  31. abdirashid francois said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 12:09 pm

    well done i do agree with your article ,since Oromo are the largest ethnic in Ethiopia its time they rise up.There is not a real democracy in that made up country call Ethiopia because in a democracy majorities rules and since the Oromos are they majorities ,they should be in power in all fairness

  32. Gorbaa said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 12:10 pm

    Die hard Habeshas are pouring their corcodile tears again on this website. If Oromos have come from Madagaskar or Kenya, they are still on their mother earth African continent. The thief which entered the home to steal does not respect the owner, than humilating and hurming the owner. The Neftegnas know what they have done on Oromos and others oppressed people in Ethiopia. That is why they are scared and terrfied when they hear the talking oppressed. By the way if what the writer writes or talks does not fit your interest, go and look for Neftegnas Website. The Neftegnas can not stop crying till they all die out and let room free for new Amhara generation. And that time is not far away, it will come soon.

  33. tazabi said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 12:21 pm

    oh…who was confusing oromia for ethiopia? of course it has been about two decades since oromia has been declared as one of the regional states in ethiopia. and before 2 decades ago, oromo people were always there in differently named provinces…yet contributing their share to what we call ethiopia now. so oromia is one of the regional states of ethiopia, and ethiopia is a country. at least this is what we have at this moment. whether it will become a country by its own is something we should wait and see. i personally don’t mind to see countries called oromia, amara, tigrai….etc…because this doesn’t matter to the people, i am sure that eventually all the people will always live together, whether politicians impose borders among them or not, no one can break the unity that exist among people in ethiopia. artificially made border lines cannot break this bond. it is good for each and every people in that country to cultivate its own culture and land and introduce to the outside world. but i don’t like the involvement of politics in this. please lets be people and speak as a people not as politicians, since we are sharing one sky and one earth. the idea of showing oromia’s culture to europe is super. but shouldn’t be taken as a victory or disdain to other brothers… and if it is true, what the ethiopian embassy in ireland did was also a shameful act. shame on the delegates of the ethiopian government for doing such a thing. the escalated negative sentiments from both sides are disappointing. extremism in whatever way is a barrier to our progress and prosperity. this article in gadaa.com itself is not really a helping the situation, instead it is helping the propagation of haterade, i would have loved to read something like advocating the representation of the culture of all the people in ethipia equally, together under the same umbrella…or if not possible separately but in harmony…in other words, the article should have critisized both sides for not participating in the event in harmony…because, whether we like it or not, the vast majority of people back home are living together…attending weddings dancing, crying together in funerals… etc..etc.. all together as brothers and sisters…forget the politicians individuals or groups ….politics is a poison that is spoiling our people for generations, politicizing such a holy activity like introducing cultures of peoples for propagating hatred and disagreement among brothers in that country is a shameful act. in fact this very sentiment will cast a bad image to europians about the people in Ethiopia. because this is backwardness, it cannot be a sign of civilization at all, whether we like it or not, the largest proportion of people in Ethiopia are living together they share a lot of identities that are inseparable. who differentiates an oromo from an amhara in the streets of dublin? guys, people will laugh at us. instead let’s respect one another, lets try to resolve our issues in discussion. lets not abuse one another. all such things do not have a tiny advantage, rather a victory to our common enemies. let’s not be emotional like some of the comment writers under this article.
    one love to all people.
    thanks

  34. doro said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 1:49 pm

    I know Isayas brain washed your head for long time . You do not know how to fight against Ethiopia. If you say oromo is not Ethiopioan , that means the case is closed . Stay where you are . If you convince 20 white people every day will be good for your cause.This is 21 century. When was the last time you visited Ethiopia , there is oromo land left . Our great leader sold them all for amhara. Keep hide and cry.

  35. layman said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 1:58 pm

    tazabi God bless you! It is refreshing to see people who try to talk about issues than misguided sentiments.
    Peace

  36. waaqikennee said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 2:28 pm

    To Tazabi,

    you are narrating your own dream or fantasy. But the past and present reality on the ground is totally diffirent from what you are telling us. Also i have my own wish that Africa will be one country with one official language, but sadly it is some thing which is unthinkable for the time being. Judging by feeling is a great mistake. One must use his/her brain for judging.

  37. Biftu Bari said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 3:04 pm

    Wow, this naftanya’s are going crazy. I got they got the message

  38. Cush said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 4:09 pm

    It all depends on the definition you people do give to the word ‘Ethiopia’: If you mean Ethiopia = Abyssinia, then truely Oromia is not Ethiopia or Ethiopia is not Oromia; but if you do believe that Ethiopia = Cushland, then Oromia is part and parcel of Ethiopia. To comprehend more, read the following:

    “… To make clear about which Ethiopia I am writing here, it is important to look at the different definitions given till now. For the ancient Greeks, the country called Ethiopia was where those with “burnt face” lived, i.e. the land of blacks, which included the whole of Africa; for the Biblical Jews, it is the land of Cush located south of Egypt or somewhere in Iraq or Saudi Arabia; for the international community now, it is the currently existing state in the Horn of Africa; to the people like Prof. Megalomatis, Ethiopia is equivalent to the non-Abyssinian part of the Cushland; for the Abyssinian elites, Ethiopia simply means Abyssinia; for the nostalgic and conservative politicians of the empire, “true Ethiopia” is the same as being Amhara; and, for the currently ruling class of the Tigreans and for their mouthpieces like AigaForum, Ethiopia is the mask for Woyane. Such a Babylonic confusion of the term Ethiopia is also reflected in the Oromo liberation camp. For some Oromo nationalists, Ethiopia is the current modern state in which Oromia is located and need to be liberated; that is why the rhetoric Oromia-Ethiopia is not as such contradictory for it is possible to talk about Oromia in particular, and Ethiopia in general. To the other Oromo nationalists, Ethiopia is the same as Abyssinia, the neighboring country of Oromia, which occupied Oromia by force, so, from which, this Biyyaa-Oromoo (Oromo land) should separate unconditionally; that means for this group, talking about Oromia being within Ethiopia now is thus logically wrong… ” http://gadaa.com/oduu/9343/2011/05/11/the-cushitic-ethiopia-and-the-triangular-struggle-for-freedom/

  39. Alemayehu said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 7:00 pm

    Ya allah, the exalted keep Ethiopia one until the last day. you are the most capable of doing anything.

  40. Duretii said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 8:02 pm

    there should be a “LOVE” button for this article, and i love haters. HATERS keep hating :D

  41. Response to Cush said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 8:16 pm

    Who cares which Ethiopia we are talking about?

    There is only one definition for Ethiopia today. Today, Ethiopia means Abyssinia (ETHIOPIA=ABYSSINIA). Period. End of discussion.

    Mythical and oral history do not have place in politics. Ethiopia is not Oromia. Oromia is not Ethiopia. Oromia belongs to Oromo. Write children books with your mythical and oral history about Cush.

    We live in the world that “is,” not in the world that “was.”

  42. Gaboo Toola said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 8:32 pm

    Amhara and Tigrayan ethno-fascists are against Oromos and Oromia; they only want to loot the resources of Oromia and they want to continue the dehumanization of the Oromo people.

    The Oromo people must be ready to determine their destiny; the backward and criminal bandits and ethno-fascists have no respect for themselves and others.

    The racists are openly expressing their views by insulting the Oromos; The parasite old and neo-naftanys are worried to lose their privileges.

    Oromia shall be free! Down with Amhara-Tigray colonialism! and global imperialism!

  43. alemu said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 9:32 pm

    ethiopia is a poletical and economical speace ,and has nation and nationalities if we liven together we are beneficaries if some nationality wants to go its upto hime nobody worry about know adays we lerning one thing if some one go. his a looser

  44. Gowwaa said,

    May 31, 2012 @ 9:48 pm

    Response to Cush,
    it seems you are frustrated and you are the one who acted like a child? What is this all tantrum? Who cares? is the question of the fools! Don’t make fool out of yourself. If you don’t care why do you invest this emotion here? Grow up and be humble to allow others say what ever they think. You do have no absolute truth on your side. I actually respected you here by responding. Oromos do say: “Gowwaa salphisuuf jalaa callisuu”. I could have humiliated you, the embecile, by not responding!

  45. kassa said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 1:08 am

    Abyssinia 4Abyssinians!!! Amhara& Tigray peoples are native .Oromo peoples migrate from Madagascar 1543_17 century to Abyssinia.Abysinia kings never said this is OUR LAND oromo move .oromia shell be Free¡¡¡ What’s that mean that/’s our Land my G Grand fathers fights with Derbosh,Turky,Italy. If ur dream oromia was country? who was the king,what’s kind of flag they’re use? Army? who was the Govt? In side Abyssina Land .If u have answer please tell me .

  46. kassa said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 1:37 am

    Abyssinia 4 Abyssinian!!!Amhara &Tigray there are Native!! But oromo peoples imgreat From Madagascar round 17 centurys.Abysinian Kings never,ever say Oromo Move from our nativeLand. Oromia shall be Free¡¡¡ What’s that mean? oromo never have country they was guest 4 Abyssinia land.If u have tell me . How many century ago?who ?was the king? Army?Govt structure,?what kinds of flag they was used?

  47. chala said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 7:39 am

    that is your Habesha and your moster european philosophy if Oromo imigrated from madagascar then why we have difrent culture. language and diffrent face phenotype the real Oromian people of Federalist map they dont have habesha face and Habesha blood.

  48. Dhuga said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 8:01 am

    Oromo imigrated from SNNPR people like Sidama Oromia and Sidama like we say German and Netherland Oromia and Sidama have same face phenotype and dialect language and Amhara with Tigrean same face and same dialect semetic language but maybe Oromia and Sidama in this 200years of Habesha Amhara invasion they take their food culture like doro wet etc, religion and litle traditional dress.

  49. dhufu said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 8:48 am

    Kassa,
    The oromia flag is Black red and white, you can see it in the exhibition vedio. The leaders were well know till Minilik Soldiers came into the door. Ali, Mohamed, Aba jifar, Moreda and Aba gada. Unfortunatly the UN is established in 1940 and we were collonized with no voice at the time to represnt our self.
    I hope you can wake up from your deep sleep.

    For my brother from Waleyata.
    I am sure you understand why the country called Ethiopia is the tail of the world. You can’t grow by subjugating the mass, in this case the people of Oromo and other Ethiopians by few elite. I went to many OLF and oromo organisation and no one is talikng about Amahara. Currently the Amara is getting the heat eventhough not equally like an oromo. I am sure if the subjugation equalt that of oromo, you will see thousands of amara liberation front. The current neftenay are Wayane. Therefore, just stop diversion of the topic. I dont belive also you are from welayta, you are one of the current oppressor, TPLF

  50. chala said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 9:02 am

    the Ethiopian unity we want is not for long years just like EPRDF/TPLF it is just for gummaa for 17 or 20 years but first bilisummaa and then Independence’s Oromia.

  51. Oromia said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 9:34 am

    Mr. Kessa, you write like a preson who called himself professor. I am not sure if you are him. Your question is not clear but, do you know that many Oromos were in the Gondar palace even before that date your wrote here? If it event true we oromos came from madagaskar, we are african but do you know that Abish(Amara and Tigre came from Asia? Whatsoever, that cannot help your interest, we Oromos know all about your lies, your propoganda, your cheating, your lamb skined tiger, your whatever means tried to convince or confuse. I know all in and out and we started our journey to freedom. No any power can stop it because it is the will of God the Almight to be free. I am so happy to read this article and so happy to be read by the oppessive camps as well, well done the writer. I will never forget what Amhara ‘professor I think Asrat Wonde somebody said just because we use the alphabet that siuted our langauge. So, if the ‘professor. of them speak like a layman, who is able to talk/write as a wiseman/woman?.

  52. kasebaw said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 9:34 am

    To Kassa,

    your approaching is like the approaching of the stupid swan which wanted to out wit the fox by hidding its head under its wings, but later it was out witted by fox. If you are interested to know about Oromo history go and ask your Teoderos, Menelik, Haile and Derg. They know Oromo history better than you, because you are preaching the the same myth story which your grand fathers have told you. The synonymous name of Abyssinia and Ethiopia is confusing you. To diffirenciate them first of all go and study the history then come to talk about the Oromo. The Oromos do not pay attention for such a thrash of yours and your likes.

  53. Ethiopiawita said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 12:23 pm

    By the way, the white dress that Aaddee Ayyaantuu Bantii, the winner of “Best Dressed Woman,” for Africa Day is an “Ethiopian National Dress”. If she want’s to show Oromia, why didn’t she wear the brown rainbow color Leather with the beads dress that the oromian wear and see if she wins!!! We wonder what other Ethiopian culture you stole and show? We have a pride in our Ethiopian Culture and Ethiopian white dresses.

  54. Ethiopiawita said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 12:29 pm

    By the way, the dress that Aaddee Ayyaantuu Bantii, Winner of “Best Dressed Woman,” wore on Africa Day is an Ethiopian National Dress. Why didn’t she wear the Rainbow Leather Beads dress that Oromian wear to represent Oromo! We wonder what culture has been taken from Ethiopia on Africa Day and was shown as Oromian!

  55. mount alps said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 12:34 pm

    Mr. Kassa

    you have made a great mistake by sirring up the hornets nest. Now it is up to you to run for your life. This is the character of confused fly which swoops onto the dangerous spot. I have seen on you that you are angry and sulky. But anger does not take one any where than leading to disappointment, which in turn leads to frustration and at the end to the suicide. Don’t worry about Oromos and Oromia, they can manage their bussiness. Mind only about ajusting your old way of thinking to the modern world. If you really knonw the history, you wouldn’t talk about the battle with Sudanese Derbush at Galabat. It is the dark side of Habeshas. Do you know how many Habeshas were killed, and how many were taken cuptive and taken to the town of Omdourman and tettled there ? You go to the quarter of Omdourman which is called Wad El- Nubawi and ask for them you will find it out.

  56. Hager wedad said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 12:38 pm

    Those of you belive Oromos have come from Madagaskar or Kenya, pls go back where you belong. Ethiopia is very crowded.
    we cant aford to have crazy people like you in the country as we already have lots of them.

  57. Gemechu b said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 12:55 pm

    it is better to say ethiopia is part of OROMIA.

  58. Oromia said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 2:38 pm

    Dear Ethiopiawita

    I think you have to save some anger for the future because there are lot of thining going to happen that will anger you, espcially when Oromia is free. We are here to make you happy not angry at all, why should we! For the our costumes do not try to tell what is ours and what is not, we know what we created and used. We are large people you know that better than us, and we have many handereds of styles, colours and designs if you wish. Why we borrow some body;s thing, that time is gone, when some of our fore generation were fooled by your, but that is gone sorry. We are proud of Aadde Ayyaantu, our elegant, beautiful girl from Oromia, proud of her poeple. As of our origion, you know where we are from, we are from Africa East Africa, but you from Yemen it is you who is refugee, do you knwo how many of your kind may be including you refuge in Oromia today? ‘Weddedishim tellashim’ Oromia shall be free!!!!!! Save some insult words and some anger, tear etc for that time, we have made so many preparations for you to cut the HEART OF YOUR IMIYE ETHIOPIA

  59. Abishee said,

    June 1, 2012 @ 2:39 pm

    Look how the debteras becoming wild when their true story published officially including Qalu who smashed their lier brain once for all. Ahmara and Tigre came from South of Arabia what is today called Yemen who discriminated by the time by the Arabs a similar to the black africans in Libya of today. Then they moved down wards to the Red sea the region called ethiopia, the historical place of Cush in the Horn. Niethe the Ahmara nor Tigre belongs to Habash, the true habsha are Hamasens only. As their history based only on mythes, tomorrow they may call themselves Romans or Germans, who cares, but one thing is true for sure especially ahmaras never ever land on Oromia, Ogaden, Sidama, gambella, Afar and Tigray for what they did the last 100 years against humanity.
    The reality is that as a response to Cush demostrated politically the truth of the Oromo struggle for liberty”Nuu Biyyii Teenya Oromiyaa” is like a bullet in every Oromo hand to defend our mother land until the rest of one Oromo on earth let it be tomorrow or the coming 100 years, no power on earth stop us from our destiny. Imiyee Ethiopia or death did not stop Eritrea from their destiny even when all nations and nationalities where fighting against the 3ml. people let alone today every one struggling for their identity and hence the Ethiopian nationalism falls fast while identity nationalism is rising in a high trend a similar to Croatia, Kosovo A, Bosinia H, Slovenia VS Serbs.
    Addios Ethiopia, Viva la Oromia!!

  60. Akkas Male said,

    June 2, 2012 @ 4:04 am

    I really enjoyed reading annoyed Habesha people’s (a few non-Habesha, but who lost self-respect) comment on the article. So many realities are yet to come. I would rather suggest you to care for yourself-it seem you guys are always going mad at every bit of things Oromo people do. Sooner or later OROMO AND OROMIA!!!

  61. Gurageenis jaruma. said,

    June 2, 2012 @ 11:15 am

    feeleekaa,
    Yemen is waiting for you and your dynasty. So, it is not too late for you to go back. Leave Africa for African.

  62. FALMMA said,

    June 2, 2012 @ 2:00 pm

    ABESHA, Yemen is waiting for you. we are OROMOS again we are OROMOS. we can be ETHIOPIAN if we want too. WE can clam the original home land of KUSHITIC people any time. but we are not link with abisina who cross red sea and came to our father land. if you don’t want know the truth time will came soon.

  63. Tazabi (response to waaqikennee ) said,

    June 3, 2012 @ 3:31 pm

    It is not clear to me which part of my statements represent fantasy. i think you are the one who’s in politically and ethnically stifled fantasies. a person who has an opinion like u cannot dream of africa’s unity. that is impossible. i never said ethiopia is one africa is one etc…i don’t care about political unity. because it is FAKE. the same is true with political division. they are all short lived.

  64. Oumar said,

    June 3, 2012 @ 4:23 pm

    Ethiopiawitua,
    In your writing, you said Oromo people came from Madagascar, but that is baseless and unfounded. Read Dr. Amsalu Alilu. He said Semetic people came from southern Yemen. If do not believe in his wrting, compare Arabic with Amharic words such as wend (weld), bered ( berid ), bet ( bet ), weded (wadud), ras (ras), mot (mot)…etc. Our Waqayyoo created us where we are today. The Oromo people are as old as the rivers, lakes, mountains, and hills of Oromiyaa. We came from nowhere. Period.

    Ethiopiawitua, you are fond of the name Ethiopia. You know what it means. It is a Greek word given to Africa . Its meaning is burned face, primitive, uncivilized, backward, people with no history or culture. why we call ourslves with such a derogatory name? We don’t call ourselves Ethiopians. We, Oromo people, instead, call ourselves OROMO. As my friend said “keep the name Ethiopia in the museum.”

    You also said Oromo people are refugees and should go back to Madagascar. Ethiopiawitua, our country streches from Raya Azaboo in north to Moyaale in the south. When you go to the west it stretches from Qellam in Wallaga to Wachaale in the east. I understand your are in desperate situation. An Amharic proverb goes like this: “yeferut yidersal yetelut yiweresal.” Oromo elders say “mixiin of hintuffatu dhagaa baate deemti.” I do not know the eqivalent proverb in Amharic but literary it means ” chuchan rasuan atinekim dingay tishekemalech.” We are like oxygen and everywhere in the Ethiopian Empire except in Gonder. And I am sure if you opt for that we will crush you into dust.

    We, as Oromo people, will never rest until we create our separate homeland, Oromiyaa. It is a matter of time. Remember once chickens were eggs. As Stephen Covey once said “every thing is second creation.” Before you do something, first you think in your mind, then practically you do it. Right now, at leat Oromiyaa state has been created. It is right there on a map. Tomorrow, the name Ethiopia will definetely be erased. Your Amharic will be confine to Gonder and eventually die a natural death. Who wants to speak it? Only Amharas. Every ethnic group has its own language, and what is the point of going through such a painful process of learning of Amharic? No body needs it. Ethiopiawitua, you want to force us to be Ethiopians. We are not. Pure and simple. Period. Who are you to define us? That is a serious crime.

    As you love Amharic language, we, Oromo people, love Afaan Oromo. It is is, as equally, important to us as oxygen. We want to learn in Afaan Oromo from elementary school all the way to colleges and unversities on our soil not in Amharic. Our brothers and sisters are learning in Afaan Oromo right now. We want it to be the official language of Oromiyaa tomorrow. Think how painful it is if you are forced to learn in Afaan Oromo or other languages. Non Amharic speakers know the pains and the psychological problems associated with it. You just talk non senses. It is just like pushing a stick into somebody’s wound- besew qusil inchet yisedu – aynet.

    No More or Less Than Oromiyaa!

  65. Oumar said,

    June 4, 2012 @ 8:23 pm

    Hi Tazabi,

    The Oromo and Semetic peoples are like bees and ants. And they cannot co-exist. We have been forced to live together by previous and existing governments. When a husband or a wife abuses the other, they try to fix the problems between them. If they cannot hammer out their differences, the only option is divorce. The marriage contrat has been ended. These problems haven around for a long long time. In Walloo, it has been over 400 years; in other parts over 100 years.

    We cannot live being abused forever as Oromo people. It is high time that we should have our separate homeland, Oromiyaa! This is non- negotiable. Period.

    Tazabi, we are no more a carpet! The ideas that we have been marriad each other, and we enjoyed life together cannot save your emiyye Ethioipia. That is false. Very few people intermarried for political purposes. Tazabi, you are trying to keep us in slavery for every. The Empire is like hell for us. If you are in love with it, keep it for you. Don’t impose on us, and try to define Oromo people. After all, it is a Greek word with a meaning of burned face, primitive, backward, uncivilized, people with no history or culture; it is a derogatory name.

    Tazabi, my friend once said the name ” Ethiopia belongs to a museum.” It is true, and it should be kept in museum.

    No More or Less Than Oromiyaa!

  66. obsaa said,

    June 5, 2012 @ 6:23 am

    For those habeshas/neftegnas/Amharas+tigres/ who try to lecture us about unity, imamma Ethiopia, Emiye Minilik, kebetrse,…:

    You were boosting the same to Eritreans during the Derg era. yet, Eritreans became independent by the patriotic struggle of the Eritrean people. This history will be repeated by Ogadens and Oromos right before your eye!!!!!!!

  67. Ethiopiawitua said,

    June 6, 2012 @ 2:34 pm

    This quote is from the Wikipedia as the whole world knows the history of oromo and Ethiopia –
    The Wikipidia defintion for Oromo is ” The Oromo (Oromo, “The Powerful” Ge’ez Oromo) are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and parts of Somalia. 30 million members. They are about 34.49% of the population in Ethiopia. Their native language is Oromo (like Tigre have Tigrigna, Gurage have Guragina etc)… which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

    In other words, Oromo has been migrated to several countries in Africa, Asia, America and in the whole world like the rest of the other Ethinic group of ETHIOPIA. So Oromo is one of the ethnic group in Ethiopia. The whole world knows Ethiopia and it has been known on the World Map as Ethiopia not Oromia. Mr. Oumar, Yes I am fond of the name Ethiopia. You dont even know what it means. Whatever you say that It is a Greek word given to Africa . Its meaning is burned face, primitive, uncivilized, backward, people with no history or culture is 100% wrong. Please go back and take your History 101.

  68. Tazabi said,

    June 7, 2012 @ 3:12 pm

    Obbo Oumar,
    to be honest i did not have interest to answer your statements. The reason I’ve been posting comments on this page was with the hope that we can understand each other. Your statements clearly manifest that you have not really understood what I wrote. i am sorry to say this but you are just scribbling intoxicated with political fanaticism and ethnocentric sentiments. Please, go back and read what I wrote, I never said I was against a nation called Oromia. Understand the crux of the matter in my comment. Almost all of your statements are far from the truth, I believe you yourself also know that, if you are living within Ethiopia. Just because of some ethnocentric political fanatic people we cant generalize for the entire population.

    Some people try to give historical references that are partially or completely groundless, destorted by politicians. Anyway, whatever the past history is, only the present is most important. If we focus on the present and not on the 18th century we will not bothered ourselves with the past series of events.

    It is disappointing to see some of the emotionally written comments from all sides. We need to subdue our emotion and be rational. I know it is hard but lets try.

    Thanks

  69. Oumar said,

    June 7, 2012 @ 9:00 pm

    Hi Tazabi,
    Who is fanatic? You or me? You are the the one who is saying Ethiopia or death! You are the one who is forcing your culture and language on the Oromo people. You are the one who is trying to load us with your values or way of life. Are we forcing or persuading you to practice Oromo culture? Absoluteley no. What, then, is wrong claiming what is rightfully our own. Tha is healthy and positive. In fact, you are very radical.

    Tazabi, you said, the past is not important and let us focus on the future. There is something you misunderstood: Yesterday/ the past is the mother of today. We cannot think of today without the past. Today is based on yesterday, and they are inseparable. Today will be the mother of tomorrow.

    Tazabi, the past, the present and the future are interdependent, and they are equally important. Life without past, present and future has no meaning-life has no taste- no flavore. What happened in the past really matters.

    Tazabi, you are like a horse pulling a cart only looking forward.

    No More or Less Than Oromiyaa!

  70. Deebisaa said,

    June 9, 2012 @ 12:49 pm

    Oumer:
    Thank you very much for your powerful and to the point responses to some bloggers who have Oromo-phobia. Keep on writing more and upgrade them to the level of full articles, books and so on.

  71. Magarsa Mukhtar said,

    June 15, 2012 @ 3:21 pm

    This is to all the Habesha people that can’t seem to get it in their heads that the idea of Ethiopian pride and identity will always be foreign concepts to us, the great Oromo people. Unlike the religions that we have embraced, there is nothing ties us to this country, forced upon us a hundred years ago.

    What surprises me is this movement of backward-minded Amharas who think that the idea of Ethiopia is sacrosanct and holy…..as if Solomon ordered Menelik (his legendary and imaginary son) that settling in Ethiopia and building a country is a holy commandent. I think Oromos separating from this union they were never a party of is actually in the interest of the Amharas and Tigrays. The fact is this: Oromos still remember the crimes committed against them, from the incpetion of the state to today. Be it Menelik, Iyasu or Haile Selassie, we have no attachment to these merciless murderers, and the horrors committed against is still fresh in our minds – be it the old generation or young generation of today. On the contrary, if the Amharas and Tigrays continue to pursue this campaign of instilling Ethiopian pride, we are going to just demand what every democratically-ruled country should be given: the rule of the people (who are by far mostly Oromo). The day will come when Oromos will rise out of their dormant state and rule Ethiopia, to the detriment of all Amaharas and Tigrays. Their is no love loss b/w us(regardless of the alleged inter-ethnic ties caused by marriage) and so we might just see both these Semitic peoples suffer a disgraceful fall from their undeserved status as the bourgeois class of Ethiopia when the Oromos rise up. Either way, the Oromos will take things to their own hands because no-one will allow him/herself to live a life of oppression. I personally prefer this….the thought of self-righteous Habehsa cringing at the thought of them being held accountable when control of Ethiopia is no longer in their hands. So you Habeshas…..be careful what you wish for!