Ethiopia: Who is Amhara? Interview with Jemal Ibrahim
April 24, 2012 | Seife Nebelbal Radio Program
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According to their traditions they mark out their roots to Menelik I* (the child born of the queen of Sheba and King Solomon). It is believed that the Sabaean (Sheban) people began to settle on the west coast of the Red Sea, from their home in southern Arabia, about 1000 BC.
By about 1500 BC their civilization became the Axum Empire, based on an assortment of the Sabaean culture and the Cushitic culture.
Certain Semitic-speaking tribes, particularly the Agazyan, established the Kingdom of Aksum around two 2000 years ago, and this extended to include what is now:
• Eritrea
• Northern Ethiopia
• Portions of Yemen and
• Portions of Sudan
It is believed that the Amhara inherit their religion and tradition from Axum. The region now known as “Amhara” in the feudal period was comprised of several provinces with greater or less autonomy, covering:
• Begemder
• Gojjam
• Qwara and
• Lasta.
Amhara warlords repeatedly struggled for power of the realm with Tigrayan warlords. Though many branches of the Imperial dynasty were from the Amharic speaking area, a considerable amount was from Tigray.
The Amharas appeared to gain the upper hand with the accession of the so-called Gondar line of the Imperial dynasty in the starting of the 17th century.
Nevertheless, it soon failed into the semi-anarchic era of Zemene Mesafint (meaning “Era of the Princes”), in which adversary warlords fought for power and the Yejju Oromo had effective control.
The Tigrayans only made a short return to the throne in the person of Yohannes IV, whose death in 1889 allowed the capital to go back to the Amharic speaking province of Shewa.
Historians usually believe the Amhara to have been Ethiopia’s ruling elite for centuries, represented by the line of Emperors ending in Haile Selassie.
Many commentators, including Marcos Lemma, nevertheless, dispute the truth of such a statement, arguing that other ethnic groups have always been active in the country’s politics.
One likely source of confusion for this stems from the mislabeling of all Amharic-speakers as “Amhara”, and the fact that many people from other ethnic groups have Amharic names.
Another is the fact that most Ethiopians can trace their descent to multiple ethnic groups. In fact, the last Emperor, Haile Selassie I, often counted himself a member of the Gurage tribe on account of his ancestry, and his Empress, Itege Menen Asfaw of Ambassel, was in large part of Oromo ancestry.
The extended use of Amharic language results mostly from its being the language of the court, and was progressively adopted out of usefulness by many unrelated groups, who then became known as “Amhara” no matter what their ethnic origin.
Feel free to have your say on the debate associated with this topic and we’re glad to publish it in this blog.
* Menelik I was the first of the Solomonic line of rulers of Ethiopia that ended only with the overthrowing of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974.
–Ethiopia Tribe
Thank you brother Jemal.
But you missed on important point. Mohammad Gragn (Ibrahim Algazi) is a native muslim leader. Even if he might be of Somalie origin, Oromos and Somalies are Cushitic brothers – one people. That is why Abysinians always propagate, that both these people are ‘werari’. In addition to this, the purpose of Abysinian propaganda is to picture the native muslim population as people without country. That is why, they always connect Oromos and muslims together as ‘werari”. today Meles is repeating the same tactic, by accusing Oromos in Baalee and Arsii as “terrorist cells”.
Oromiyaa shall be Free!
Freedom to All!
Dear freedom fro all you are inn capable to manage what do you do and the right you have as oromo citizen and religion is not base for oromo people.
oromo christianity by Amara and piligrimage by Somalis are the obstacles for oromo people lead colonization under Ethiopia.
Try to comrehend your back ground.
We are ruled by nits and lice infested TPLF.
http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/article.php?id=211564&act=print
Whatever history they do have, it is really good news that Amharas are slowly waking up and starting to figure out that they are suffering, not only under the repressive regime, but also under the Tigrean colonial rule. They have started to talk about a liberation struggle from the colonial rule instead of rehashing about the possible democratization of the present Tigrean empire, which is neither federal nor democratic as the regime tries to make us believe. It seems that they have now started to understand the fact that democratization of the Tigrean empire is a pipe dream, which was already assessed and told by OLF since 1992. Till now, they had been deceived repeatedly, including the last deception through the notorious hand-shake before the 2010 “election.”
- http://gadaa.com/oduu/6826/2010/11/20/oromia-ethiopia-amhara-liberation-forces-the-olf-and-others-against-tigrean-colonialists/
- http://gadaa.com/oduu/5436/2010/09/04/oromians-can-we-welcome-the-amhara-nation-to-the-club-of-the-colonized-nations-in-the-horn/
- http://gadaa.com/oduu/8303/2011/03/08/can-overcoming-the-amhara-elites-vs-oromo-elites-face-off-help-the-possible-revolution-in-ethiopia-to-erupt/
- http://gadaa.com/oduu/10760/2011/08/31/oromia-ethiopia-oromian-sovereignty-neither-amharas-style-nor-tigrean-type-but-possibly-eritrean-way/
Dubbiin Dhaqa Soban Gala Nama Dhiba jedha Oromoon yoo mammaaku. Bu’aa yeroo gabaabduu arganna jedhanii siyaasa sobaa gaggeessaa turanii kunoo amma wajjin rakkachaa jiru. Yeroof nama gowwoomsuu dandan illee sobni dhugaa ta’uu hin danda’u.
Oromoon amantii isaanii fudhate fi afaan isaanii dubbates akka Amaaraa ti lakkaayaa turan. Oromootni amanticha hin fudhatne immoo Oromoo fi Amaara gargar baasanii hubachuu warri hin dandeenyes turaniiru. Kun immoo qabsoo keenya irrattis dhiibbaa fideera. Akka dhiibbaa qabaatuuf akkas kan godhanis. Galatni gootota keenyaaf haa ta’uu kunoo yeroo ammaa Kaabaa Kibbaa; Dhihaa Bahaa walitti birmachaa jirra.
What are fundamental criteria to be an Amhara in the strict sense of the Ethiopia’s political-philosophical context?
1st,adopting Tewahido-Orthodox Churche’s observances and its fasting rules.
2nd,to have an Amhara name, which is crucial in the case of first name.If his first name was non-Amharic origin, he must change his birth name, which was ceremonially bestowed on him according to the customs and traditions of his family. If circumstances allow fatther’s name is also subjected to change.
3rd, to use Amharic language as mother tongue even if it is not.Here comes one crucial problem against those who did not grow up practising Amharic as their first language. Because they cannot pronounce each item like the “Katamees or Araadaas” they are easily exposed and being labelled as “TEBTAABBAA GAALLAA”.
4th, to have an Amhara girlfriend and eventually forced to marry her as a wife, who after marriage,automatically becomes his Amhara political wife and economic dominance. The man(an Oromo, Walayita or Sidama)is not a practical “husband” He is a simple “house-boy” who can give any service whenever asked to serve.
Amhara elites rarely marry Oromo women whreas Amhara women, by far, prefer to marry Oromo men to their Amhara men. Why? Because the Oromo men are good servants? Or Are they easy going and ok men to them? Anyway, Amhara women( neftenya daughters) are the best vehecles of Amharanization process, the testing ground for Ethiopianization; the end product of identity crisis.
I remember, the late Dr Aleme Eshete once in early 1980s said “there is no such BIHERE (=nation) called Amhara which later on included the Oromo being not BIHERE. Then, Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam became very happy and once told the people he gathered at his Abyoot Addebaabaay on his Abiyoot celebration day by saying, ” Amharaa maalet ye teraaraa sew maalet new. Bihere aaydellem. Meaning, Amhara does not mean a nation. It means men of the mountains.
The Colonel, when asked on his 10th revolution celebration day by an international journalist, if he can identify himself as one of the members of the Ethiopian Ethnic groups, his answer, through traslator was, ” This question is coming to me from Ethiopia’s enemy camp. I am an Ethiopian”. Now it is amazing to hear from the some Colonel, when he declared himself being the son of the blood chemstry of an Amhara mother from Bulga and an Oromo father from “Shewa”. Is he becoming a friend of Ethiopia or an enemy of Ethiopia? How can he claim the “blood” of the people he had tarnished down is now running in his veins?
The Empire’s politics was based on the philosophy of Amharanizatrion; Amharanization of all nations, including domestic animals and wildlife whose ultimate goal was “Ethiopianization”, keeping Abyssinian core values at the centre. Neverthless, the ultimate philosophy is falling apart, the Empire is drifting way,claimants of Amhara are in panic.
Amhara may exist as a nation if only those far-sighted Amharas begin to rethink what the danger of enforced ‘collectivation’ in the name of Ethiopiawinnet and andinnet has brought to them.
The amhara girls marry oromo man for his natural strength on the bed, they say amhara men are born with “berek battery dingaye” type small male organ. This is what all of them say when they beg you to love them. Many Oromo male can witness this.May be they are cheating??
Yeroo ammaa kana illee ilmaan Baalabbaataa fi warri dubartii Amaaraa fuudhan hedduun isaanii Oromummaa irra Itoophiyummaa leellisu. Identity crisis qabu.
waan kun ille fudhatama hinqaba. Jaalala qabaatu male dirqissiste fudhachachuu hindandessu dhugaa dubbachudhaaf Amaaraafi Oromoon badaa walfudhera dhiga lamanu kanqabanu uttu hindogongorre gara millionatti laka’amu kanamo saba tokko jibbi jechun rakisdaa dha
Yaadni kun dadhabaa dha.sababni Isa namni fedhaa fi mirga Oromo kan biraaf dursisiisu rakkina ilaalchaa qaba.oromoon yoomu Nama jibbee hin beeku.hinjibbus.garuu,qabsoo haqaarraa immoo hinseesu.
I think time is now, there is no such a thing called amhara ethinics, no not on this world and we can prove. Amhara is like a country club, people came from diffrent back ground but for the same intrest which was to use the system to benefit them selves. for the past many years Amhara speaking scolarars and churchs have told their group that all amhara speaker is Amhara, it think that was a foolish thing to do. People in gonder by it self, they are many tribes and they are not amhara and they need to go bakc and find out their liniage. Amhara is a political elite group that was established in the northern Ethiopia but they are not tribe, not ethinicity, not a coungtry or any thing. Amhara is just a term no people are called amhara. Todays amhara is not 5% of them are their back grounds are the same, they are not even close to gether, they evolved fro diffrent tribes. Ask amharas they can’t even count 1 generation behind their grand father, non. So we called individuals who follow their intrest, may be about 30% of them bakc to ormo or any we need DNA to do that. One thing we know is that those who came from Arabia long time ago was extinct and disolved into Cush tribes in the norther of Ethiopa like Agaw, Saho, beja meder, and … Over all Entire East Africa is the land of cush (the greaters Cush): Oromo, somali, afar, saho, agow, sidama, hadiya, kafa, masayi in kenya, nubia in northern kenya and majority of uganda is kush almost all centrural and East africans are kush, and Oromo is one of their them. So we are the Indiginous of East Africa and we proud of that too.
I am a Black South African who is interested in Africa and Africans. I am flabagasted by the Ethiopians indulgence in race and ethnicity, I do not blame them after all they are like all Africans. Basically all our communities are evolving, Ethiopia was endowed with a strong history, albeit, it was deeply feudal and as such many ethnic groups were subdued, enslaves and exploited under the feudal order. The Nilo Saharans of Ethiopia , for example, being the worst off to this day, as through the ages the Ethiopian states major export was Black Slaves, and now thir lands are being given to International and Arab farming companies and nobody cares about them. However, we have to develop admit past faults and failures correct the mistakes and put issues behing us. Ethiopia is in a danger of disintergrating that is if people do not get over their ethnic and racial prerogatives and domination. The Ethiopians have to ambrace their diversity and be proud of it, I for one, although I am not an Ethiopian, I am proud of the Ethiopian races as being our African diverse people, in fact Ethiopians are like by all Black people more then the Ethiopians like themselves and each other. Further, I being a product of the Basotho and Batswana can discern Oromic lexiton or words in the two languages, which of course are similar, in other words even as far south as South Africa we have Oromomic or better still Cushitic blood this even proven by DNA and also have elements of Cushitic culture and linguistic. Let us not be like the Tutsi and Hutu always looking back and wanting to continue domination and revenge for past misdeeds and injustices, we as the enlighten generations have the means of planning a new nation and a new future for every body as Africans. And whether we like it or not in this Neo Liberal world there are many who want to see Ethiopians fighting and there are others who will remain unnamed, who want to see it disintergrate, and unfortunately going by the blogs and sentiments amongst Ethiopians, thats where it seems to be going.
Bless you. you are a such an educated and wise person
@Khomo
I don’t know who we are? some times we have been told that we are Jewish but i know that i am not jewish white. Some times we claime our self Amhara but i know that there is no such thing exixt. and the only things we can calaime is to make others Amhara or clining to the name of Ethiopia as our identity.
I agree with the commenter who said no ethnic group named Amhara. For Oromo, Kemant are Amhara, but Kemant live in the large part of Gondar and they are not Amhara. The same with Sekota and Lasta. The same with Awi and Wag. For Oromo and others, you call us Amhara, but we are all Agew.
A lot of ignorance circulates here, starting from the guy/gal who posted the article to the very last commenter.
Why is everyone obsessed with Amhara anyway? The thing is, even the Amharas themselves never said they are a tribe. They are known as ethnic group. So the problem here seems to arise from misunderstanding the two terms, tribe and ethnicity. Just briefly, tribe denotes blood relation where as ethnicity doesn’t. I am not going to go in detail further than this.
The article began telling us how, around 1000BC the Sabean people came to the Red Sea cost to settle. And their civilization became the Axumite Empire by 1500BC. What a rubbish, you can’t establish an Empire in Africa even before you come to Africa.
And on the next paragraph, he/she telling us that certain Semetic people, particularly Agazians established Axumite kingdom 2000 years ago. Didn’t he/she tell us the Axumite Empire was establish in !500BC? There fore Empire/Kingdom is now 3500 years old. Hilarious. And who are the Agazian people? Where did they come from? We were told Sabeans were the people who came from South Arabia. But nothing of the origin of Agazians. Are they indigenous Agaw people? Don’t tell us myth.
And your story of Amhara is Hilarious too. None of the provinces you mentioned were called the province of Amhara in the Feudal days. They are just Begemder, Gojjam, etc. none of of the places you mentioned were actually called Amhara. I suspect you deliberately skipped the province of Amhara.
You see, there was a province called Amhara in ancient times. And all Amharic speaking provinces got their language, custom and tradition from that province. And that province was located in South Wollo. I know what you are thinking. Yes, the name Wollo is one of the tribes of Oromo. But before Wollo tribal men and women arrived to that region, it used to be called Amhara. And others use to call it BeteAmhara.
Before you start pouting, I will admit the Wollos came to Amhara as conquerors, for the most part melted away with in the Amhara population, except for small pockets. And I will add one more information: The Wollo province was made of several ancient Abyssinian provinces including the provinces of Wolleqa, Angot, Doba/Teltel and Wag.
The writer also told us that the Amhara gained the upper hand with the “accession of the so called Gondar line”. Where did you read that history. What an absolute fabrication. Who were the Ethiopian Kings just before the establishment of the Gondarian line. Wasn’t it with the defeat of the Amhara KIng Libne Dingle by Gragn that the capital “region” was moved from Shoa to Gondar?
Again FYI, the Amhara dynasty or “the Solomonic Dynasty” was established by Yekuno Amlak, of Amhara, in 1270. That was at least quarter of a millennium before the Gondarian era. Yes, Yekuno Amlak was from Amhara province that is now known as Wollo, or to be specific south Wollo. He was born just 18 kilometers north of Dessie.
And you said: “Though many branches of the Imperial dynasty were from the Amharic speaking area, a considerable amount [number?] was from Tigray” Really? When you say “considerable” it implies more than one, so tell me at least one king from Tigray, other than Balambaras Yohannis. And Yohannis’ claim to the throne arose only on the fact that he got loads upon loads of Arms from the British army for betraying his country and King. And for your information, during Axumite period, the ethnicities now known as Amhara and Tigre didn’t exist. In case you were wondering what about Axumite kings, (whose kings moved south to the regions known as Angot and Amhara in later periods), couldn’t be termed neither as Amhara nor as Tigres.
You seem to lament the fact that Amharic is used extensively in Ethiopia when you said: “The extended use of Amharic language results mostly from its being the language of the court.” You see, Amharic didn’t come out of the woodworks. Before the courts, people spoke it, and when they went to court they brought it with them. Remember when I said Yekuno Amlak, the founder of the Solomonic dynasty was an Amhara? Yes, south wollo. He spoke Amharic as mother tongue before he became King.
Yekuno Amlak came to power after overthrowing our Agew king Yetbarak of the Zagwe dynasty. Agew will rise again, you will see.
Hi Debilk,
Thank you for explaining the root of Amhara people and for explaining, that, neither Amhara nor Tigre existed during the Axumite Kingdom.
Please, be aware that, the introcution at the very beginning is linked to Ethiopian website. Check here.
http://ethiopiatribe.com/history-of-the-amhara-people/
oK,NOW I KNOW THIS FORUM AND WEBSITE IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLES WHO HATE AMAHRA…I TELL U THAT U DIDN’T KNOW HISSTORY MENTADERGU 2 KEFEL AKUARTHHE EETEGBALHE,,,BEKA..SENTE NA SNETE AMET YEKOYEWEN AMHARA YALEM NO ETHICK SETAL ATAFERM AMAHAR KELELE ETHIOPIAM YELEM ANTEM ENAME YELNEM? TAHT IS THE FACT MAHR RULED FOR MANY YERS AND KEEP OUR COUNTRY STONGER FROM FACISTS..REMEBER TWEDROS…LOL,,HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT..HE A HERO,,U AND ME DOES’T DENY THE FACT BUT PLS…LOOK HISTORY AND DELET THIS FROM UR MIND..THANKYOU MAHARA PEOPLE IN WHAT EVR MEANS WE ARE ON TH RISE@!
Mr Deblik,
It is very true that, neither Amhara nor Tigre has any thing to do Axumite Kingdom. Axumite Kingdom is the creation of Cushitic people, from whom both the human orgin and human civilization started. The Amhara and Tigre never existed when the black civilization of Cushitic (the origin of human civilization) have developed the Axumite Kingdom.
Agew are a people of Cushitic origin, one of the strongest Cushtic people. Thanks to the destruction of the non-African, barbaric tribe of Abysinia under the leadership of Yekune Amlak, today, the Agaw people who were the symbol of human civilization are almost at the point of extermination. But, those of us who are alive today are so determined to destroy those who worked hard to destroy us since 1270. Thanks to God, we survived the continious genocide which the descents of Yekune Amlak have perfomed against us for more than 800 years, since the year 1270.
We shall not only survive, but revive the true history of human civilization, black civilization, Cushitic civilization from whom humanity originated.
Beektonni Habashaa cubbuudhaan iji saanii jaameeti Sabaa saaniillee jaamsaa jiru.
Kan namadhibu garuu, Jaarraa 21 koofaa keeysa Doktoroot – Professoroota warri ofiin jedhan akkuma abba Bahiree jaarra 15 keeysa Xeebuu isaaniitti.
Amma akka natti fakaattutti dhumasaaniifi boolla qofforachaa jiru fakaata.
Akka huddu re’ee sobni saani qullaa hafaatti jira.
Egaa jaa Ilmaan Oromoo fi Ilmaan saba cunqurfamoo hundee Kush qabdan harka walqabanne Jarreen kana xummuraa itti haagonu. Kana booda Amaarri jaroota kana jalatti rakatellee kan bilisaa ba’u.
Galattoomaa!
Kolbaa
Jamal IRahim may highlight some fact about Abasha/ Abyssinia. However history is conflicting with oral tradition. What we here as history today are baseless oral traditions that lack facts. I have no doubt that HAbasha count their root in Arabs rathern than Judisim as they claimed. The twist around this history is 1st politically motivated to gain upper hand, 2nd it part false religious dogmas. Those so called Solomon and the rest big people mentioned in religious books were actually powerful Egyptian PHaroh kings. It stolen EGyptian legend that has also KUshetic component by JEwish and followed by HAbashas as they try to connect religion and history to claim their supremacy. There is alway misconception about EThiopia and who were really EThiopian by fact. Historically Habashas never been EThiopian. EThiopia is the name ancient Greek gave to Kushetic people. Eg a Greek historian who is considered the father of pre history clearly connect the name EThiopia to Kushetic people. One have to go in to remote history to gain this truth.
Habeshas are continuously manufacturing lies like a factory product. If there is no people called Amhara, then who originated Amharic. Infact, the implication of the statement “there is no people called Amhara” is “All Ethiopians are Amharas.”kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Abysinians/Agazians/habeshas(Amharas+Tigres)are outsiders to the entire Ethiopian empire. They came from Yemen. The fact that cushitic people like kunamas and Agews were indiginious to Northern Ethiopia clearly shows that the entire empire were free of these habeshas. To the contrary, they label oromos as outsiders to Ethiopia.
Somebody raised a very good point in this palltalk on “Amharization” vehicles. Amharization project were achieved by the following specific activities:
- Marriage between oromo men and Habesha women
- Orthodox Tewahido
-Name changing at schools
-Psychological impacts such as labeling those who cannot speak and write Amharic language as “ignorant, tebtabba,…”
-Social/civilian organizations:iddir, senbete,Mahiber,…
-making Amhara holidays national holidays[eg. Inquitatash]
Knowing these vehicles mentioned above exaustively, help us to counter act them:
- An oromo should never married to a habesha
- Give oromo names to your children
- Form Oromo religious institutions:oromo church[be it protestant, orthodox or chatolic], oromo mosque,…
- Separate civil/social groups: eg. iddirii oromotaa
- Make oromo holidays national holidays[irreechaa, guyyaa goototaa, ...]
Some one said “Habeshas are continuously manufacturing lies like a factory product.”
Indeed!!! That is exactly what they are perfect at.
There are thousands of simple proofs. Please, remind yourself the identity from which Abysinians claim to descend, and how political power re-arrangements (re-structuring) works in Abysinian.
Without going even to ofar, you will find out that, the two claims are 100% at a direct opposite ends / corners.
They claim to descend from the tribe of the lion of Judah (Jewish people)), but they are ruled by the Orthodox Church from Egypt. How does this work?
1) Egyptians must control Orthodox Church in Abysinia. This is done by appointing the top most head of the Orthodox Church in Abysinia – directly from Egypt.
2) Through this Egyptian head the Orthodox Church in Abysinian must teach (mis-educate) the dummy abysinian debteras, that, they are descendants of the Jewish tribe (imagine the contradiction starts immediately).
3) Eyptians teach (mis-educate) the dummy abysinian debteras, that, the Orthodox Church is the only the ideological source of legitimacy to rule over Abysinian tribe.
4) Just one sentence later, the same Egyptian heads at the helm of the Orthodox Church teach (mis-educate) the dummy abysinian debteras, that, the source of legitimacy to rule of abysinia an identity; a genealogical despondence from King David (through Solomon from Israel and Queen Sheba from Arabia/ Yemen). Imagine two more contradictions again.
5) Egyptians control these teachings through the Orthodox Church.
6) Through this method, Egyptians controlled the Orthodox Church in Abysinia, and through the church controlled the throne from the year 340 until year 1943. This is more than 1600 years.
7) All along (during the 1600 years of their control), Egyptians have perfectly lied down an unbreakable system of control over Abysinian dummies through self-delusion (confusion).
8) In 1943, when Egyptians made the pseudo power transfer over the Orthodox Church to Abysinians, they made it so sure, that, any tribal warlord of Abysinia must fall under the rule of the Orthodox Church.
9) Using this method, Egyptians systematically continued to control over Abysinia, by financing one tribal warlord of Abysinia to fight the other tribal warlord, through the Orthodox Church
10) Currently, Abba Paulos, through whom Egyptians have been financing the tribal warlord of the Tigre tribe is the head of Orthodox Church.
11)Recently, they are working very hard at initiating another tribal warlord, through whom they will finance abysinian tribal war through another head at the helm of the Orthodox Church. Business as usual. The game continues.
12) In the mean time, Abysinian dummies keep on producing other dummies by teaching their own off-springs, that, they are descendents of the lion of Judah (Jewish), but are followers of the Orthodox Church.
This is the basis of the whole paradox, which created identity crisis and self-deceptions within Abysinian community.
I wish them them good luck with the fight within themselves – from inside their mind and heart!!! It is one of the most difficult type of struggle to liberate oneself from the control of others.
You see the solution is ethiopiawinet. I just realize that some Eritreans accuse Isayas for not being true “Eritrean”, he is from tembien. The same goes about Meles on our side.
More than 10 000 years of race and tribal mixing can not be easily catagorized. We should think who is good for the people, who will change our life for the better. We should be pragmatic not echo chamber for OLF sloganeers. It will not be a solution. Even if we do everything right, if we cooperate and there is peace it’s kind of too late for us to become a well to do country. In my opinion the only thing I hope is we become a peaceful country with out the extreme, disgusting poverty.
With OLF “rocket scientists” talking the future is bleak.
The idea that Oromos are “weraris” is baseless and unfounded.
We call Amaras in Walloo “Sidaam.” As Gamachuu Magarsaa said it coined from two words – Sida & Hamaa. Sida means enemy and hamaa vicious. When joined together it means vicious enemy. W
The idea that Oromos are “weraris” is baseless and unfounded.
We call Amaras in Walloo “Sidaam.” As Gamachuu Magarsaa said it coined from two words – Sida & Hamaa. Sida means enemy and hamaa vicious. When joined together it means vicious enemy. We really hate them.
The present Gonder is a belongs to Qimaant, Agew, Bejaa and others. The Amharas are settlers and have no land of their own.
These days Amaras are keep saying Oromos are new comers out of desperation. They believe if Oromo secedes from the Ethiopian Empire, they are going to have emoloyment crisis. Wether they like it or not, we are not Ethiopians, and we will be separate and form our own homeland.
Those who consider us outsiders are liars. Let’s see the names of places in Hartxummaa district in Walloo. The names of villages go like this: Laafto, Sokokkee, Mudhahidii, Golboo’arbaa, Wajiiree, Hara, Ijadheertuu, Jaarraa, Ganda qilxxuu,Suka’hee, Dalboona, Tolfannaa, Siidaa, Roggicha, Utaaltee, Waaldahoo, Qurquroota, Dodota, Raasa, Awaara, and Tarree.
Can those people who believe Oromos are outsiders come up with names of the villages mentioned above before the coming Oromos? They cannot come up with a single name that indicates this land once belong to other ethnic groups. Waqayyaoo created us there, and we did not come from other place as some idiots think. Even Dr. Hamsalu Aklilu stated that the Semetic people came from southern Yemen in article ” The History of Ethiopian Literature.”
Let me simplify the issue for some people, who want to comprehend the Kaayyoo-Oromo well. Our liberation move is from the status quo of the colonial Ethiopian unity towards the future optimal Oromian union. In this move to our Kaayyoo, we do have a short-term, middle-term and long-term goals:
- the short-term goal of the Oromo liberation movement is a genuine Oromian autonomy (true killil federation), which is planned by the OLF operating (for example) in Group-7.
- the middle-term goal is an Oromian independence, which is indispensable and already envisioned by the OLF operating (for instance) in the ULFO.
- the long-term goal is Oromian union (supra-national union of independent nations in the Horn region), which is necessary to unite all Oromo in the Horn, from Meroe to Mombaasa. As far as I know, the OLF did not yet explicitly stress this final move.
Mr Salphis:
If I am not mistakened “salphis” me simplifier. But the essence of your comment is contrary to the meaning of your name. You are still considering the so called Group 7 as an oromo liberation front. Are U simplifying or complicating matters? Many oromos have already labeled this surrender group as galtu/gantu/trojan horse/second OPDO/new Gobena/etc. Donot complicate matter. We have only one way:go for independent Oromia.
Oromia shall be free.
Mr Salphis:
If I am not mistakened “salphis” means simplifier. But the essence of your comment is contrary to the meaning of your name. You are still considering the so called Group 7 as an oromo liberation front. They have told us that they quit from the struggle for selfdetermination/independence. They are struggling to democratize Ethiopian empire. Are U simplifying or complicating matters? Many oromos have already labeled this surrender group as galtu/gantu/trojan horse/second OPDO/new Gobena/etc. Donot complicate matter. We have only one way:going for independent Oromia. If U are not happy with what many oromos are struggling for, well you can join Berhanu Nega. Stop your attempt to cheat oromos.
Oromia shall be free
Language,traditions,customs are all good but spirituality, surpasses all that. Knowledge is supreme. Ok if oromos feel victoms by so called amharas why they did not do the same thing to them? Now we got 5% of same clans running the country at the same time both major language and traditions groups are the ones figing for freedom from tyrannical regime. That what makes it interesting my friend? We need to really investigate, This with fine tooth comb. O by the way since I am a product of so called amhara and so called oromo parents what should I call my self amariya or oromiya or bastard child, Aiethiopian, Ancient cusi, african,blackman, mountain man, lowland man, any suggesting?
Salphis!
Asmaraa fi Achimaraa isa kan kee hin taane falmuu achi dhiisii ti Walmaraa isa kan keep ta’e bilisoomsi. Diina nutti heddumeessuu dhiisi.
Europeans don’t have issue with their language and traditional difference only Africa’s do. One thing I noticed there had been a family fight eversince. Amhara are victim of foregin religion as well as oromos. Non off these religion, Sprung from Africa but outside of Africa. We need to look to ourselves first. Religion is a softer side of politics which done sever damage to the subcouncious mind Africans, since the rise of roman empire. If Africans new what really took place before the changing of the western calendar, the knolodge should have been more intensified. Unfortunately most of us are living dead.
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