The people who lost their idenitity
November 26, 2013 | By Roba Pawelos*
The question of why so many Ethiopians are forced to flee their own country in the first place. Why are millions of Ethiopians suffering around the world as helpless refugees, undocumented aliens, and, in many cases, beggars? What relegated Ethiopians to live a life of second-class, even third class citizens around the world is nothing but the repression, discrimination, and brutality they face in their own country in the hands of an ethnocratic regime well -equipped with the tools and arsenals of repression.
The question of why so many Ethiopians are forced to flee their own country in the first place. Why are millions of Ethiopians suffering around the world as helpless refugees, undocumented aliens, and, in many cases, beggars? What relegated Ethiopians to live a life of second-class, even third class citizens around the world is nothing but the repression, discrimination, and brutality they face in their own country in the hands of an ethnocratic regime well -equipped with the tools and arsenals of repression.
Siyaasa jibbiinsaa fi karaa cabeen haa yaasuu irra, ilaa fi ilaameetu nubaasa
Sadaasa 26, 2013 | Gadaa.com | Camadaa Hundee irraa*
Siyaasa ammayyaa keessatti ilaa fi ilaameen bakka guddaa qaba. ilaa fi ilaameen garaagarummaa siyaasaa jiru bifa bilchinaa fi beekumsa qabuun waliif keessummeessuuf daandii guddinaa ti. Siyaasa ammayyaa keessatti ilaachi amantaa siyaasaa tokko duwwaan jiraachuu hin danda’u. ilaalchi siyaasaa bifa gara garaan ibsamu jiraachuun isaa dirqama ta’a. haala mooraa siyaasa Oromoos yoo ilaalle kanaan ala miti. Ilaalchi siyaasaa yeroo tokko bakka guddaa qabaachaa ture haala naannoo fi guddina siyaasaa keessatti sarara biraa qabaachuu ni mala. Ykn ho’ina qabaachaa ture hirdhisuu ni mala. Kun sochii (dynamism) siyaasaa ti.
Siyaasa ammayyaa keessatti ilaa fi ilaameen bakka guddaa qaba. ilaa fi ilaameen garaagarummaa siyaasaa jiru bifa bilchinaa fi beekumsa qabuun waliif keessummeessuuf daandii guddinaa ti. Siyaasa ammayyaa keessatti ilaachi amantaa siyaasaa tokko duwwaan jiraachuu hin danda’u. ilaalchi siyaasaa bifa gara garaan ibsamu jiraachuun isaa dirqama ta’a. haala mooraa siyaasa Oromoos yoo ilaalle kanaan ala miti. Ilaalchi siyaasaa yeroo tokko bakka guddaa qabaachaa ture haala naannoo fi guddina siyaasaa keessatti sarara biraa qabaachuu ni mala. Ykn ho’ina qabaachaa ture hirdhisuu ni mala. Kun sochii (dynamism) siyaasaa ti.
Oromo Community in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Appeal Letter to UNHCR
Oromo Community in Riyadh
K.S.A
23 November, 2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Riyadh, K.S.A
Riyadh, K.S.A
CC: Headquarters of UN in Geneva
CC: Regional Headquarters
CC: Regional Headquarters
Oromo Community in Riyadh: Appeal Letter to UNHCR
Dear Sir,
The Oromos are one of the largest indigenous nations in the Horn of Africa. They have their own language, culture, and well-developed socio-politico-economics system called the Gadaa System. Under this system, they were practicing equality, democracy, security and safety at their home.
Racism and Hate Running Through the Streets
Ethiopian Migrants Victimized in Saudi Arabia
In the last 10 days persecution of Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has escalated. Men and women are forced from their homes by mobs of civilians and dragged through the streets of Riyadh and Jeddah. Distressing videos of Ethiopian men being mercilessly beaten, kicked and punched have circulated the Internet and triggered worldwide protests by members of the Ethiopian diaspora as well as outraged civilians in Ethiopia. Women report being raped, many repeatedly, by vigilantes and Saudi police. Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), has received reports of fifty deaths and states that thousands living with or without visas have been detained awaiting repatriation. Imprisoned, many relay experiences of torture and violent beatings.
Reviving Afaan Oromo, One Storybook at a Time
November 25, 2013 | By Dharra Budicha* | OPride
More than two decades after it became a working and instructional language in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, Afaan Oromo – the native tongue of over 40 million Oromo people and Africa’s fourth most widely spoken language – remains among the least developed.
The language was officially banned from use in places like courts and media under successive Ethiopian rulers roughly from the late 1880s to 1991. Its legacy is molded as much by the Oromo culture as it is by the history of torture and suppression that the Oromo people continue to face in Ethiopia. Today, however, this legacy is shaky amongst a particular Oromo demographic group: the diaspora-based youth. In the cultural chaos of generational shifts and diasporic identities, most diaspora-based Oromo youth speak very little or broken Oromo with noticeable accents.
The language was officially banned from use in places like courts and media under successive Ethiopian rulers roughly from the late 1880s to 1991. Its legacy is molded as much by the Oromo culture as it is by the history of torture and suppression that the Oromo people continue to face in Ethiopia. Today, however, this legacy is shaky amongst a particular Oromo demographic group: the diaspora-based youth. In the cultural chaos of generational shifts and diasporic identities, most diaspora-based Oromo youth speak very little or broken Oromo with noticeable accents.
Godaantota Biyyoota Ambaa Keessatti Balaa Mudataniif Kan Itti Gaafatamu Sirnuma Biyyan Bulcha Ofiin Jedhu Wayyaanee ti
Sadaasa 21, 2013 | Infoo Deeskii Adda Bilisummaa Oromo (ABO) Irraa
Ilmaan Oromoo fi sabaa fi sablammoota biroo biyya keessatti hojjetatanii guddachuu dadhabuu irraa baruma baraan biyyoota ollaa fi fagootti godaanu. Kana keessatti lakkoofsi ilmaan Oromoo haalaan guddaa dha. Irra guddaan isaanii karaa seeraan alaatiin biyyoota ollaatti godaanu. Biyyoota ollaa irrattis dhiibbaa sirna Wayyaaneetiin nageenya dhowwatamanii fagaatanii deemuuf jecha balaawwan rifaasisaa adda addaa mudatu. Haala kanaan baqattoonni Oromoo fi saboota biroo Sudan, Somalia, Somali Land, Punt Land, Djibouti, Kenya, Suudaan Kibbaa, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar, Masr, Libya fi Afriikaa Kibbaatti faa godaananii argaman kumoota dhibbootaan herregamu.
Gaachanni ummata Oromoo WBO diina haleele
Sadaasa 21, 2013 | Madda Oduu ABO
Sadaasa 19/2013 Godina wallaggaa Bahaatti Gootichi humni addaa WBO haxxee hidhuun diina haleelee waraana diinaa irraa 2 ajjeesee 6 ol madeessuu ajaji Godinaa Wallagga Bahaa beeksise.
Tarkaanfii humna addaa WBO Godinaa Wallaggaa Bahaa Ona Giddaa bakka Doroo Birraa jedhamutti fudhatame kanaan qondaalota tikaa Wayyaanee
Tarkaanfii humna addaa WBO Godinaa Wallaggaa Bahaa Ona Giddaa bakka Doroo Birraa jedhamutti fudhatame kanaan qondaalota tikaa Wayyaanee
- Zamadaw Abbabaa fi
- Gelaww Danye kan jedhaman oggaa ajjeefaman,
1. Mogos Gannatii,
2 .Taffasaa Taaxaq,
3. Tammana Tsehay,
4. Zallaqaa Baayyuu fi kan biro maqaan isaanii hin beekamiin madeeffamuu hubachiisa ibsi humna addaa WBO Godinaa wallagga Bahaa irraa baafame.
Let no one Rob you of your Identity
November 21, 2013 | By Roba Pawelos*
In Psychology and Sociology, Identity is a person’s conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations (such as national identity and cultural identity). The concept is given a great deal of attention in social pyschology and is important in place identity.
In Ethiopia, the identity of one have to be told thousand times but ignored for the others, must be praised too much for one but have to be abused and humiliated for others, positive to talk about it for one and unspoken taboo for the others, the conept seems a difficult one to understand but not in reality. Generally, weather we like it or not human dignity, freedom, independence and the like must be build on the base of the recognition of his own or her own identity.
Oromo: Saving Endangered Species at Home and Abroad
November 19, 2013 | Oromo Press
It
is rare to come across any other nationality groups like the Oromo from
the Horn of Africa who are as subjected to overwhelming abuses at home
under subjugation and occupation and overseas as refugees with no safe haven.
From destructive events developing at unprecedented rate in Oromia and
in countries of exile, we can observe that the Oromo people are facing a
greater danger to their survival as a group and as individuals from
Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia, Yemen to Libya, Somaliland to Kenya and
everywhere in between. We hear of increasingly darker and gorier
circumstances our people find themselves in every passing day.
WE WILL RISE AGAIN!
Sadaasa 19, 2013 | Gadaa.com | By Bahru D. Bayisa*
“Ethio-centerism is a doctrine that totally disregards diversity issues and attempts to build the supremacy of one group of people at the expense of others.”Discrimination and abuses wound the human soul. They destroy self-esteem, devastate personality, and expose to varieties of personal and psychological issues. This is especially true when such unfortunate maltreatments begin during childhood due to racial or ethnic differences. These wounds are never easy to overcome. Fortunately, our world has achieved a significant progress in this regard with the help of humanitarian movements and the human rights advocates throughout the world.
- Ob. Bahru D. Bayisa
Gatii fi gumaa Oromoota ajjeefamanii kan baastu Wayyaanee dha
Sadaasa 19, 2013 | Oromedia
Miidhaa fi roorroon ilmaan Oromoo irra gayaa jiru kan fala argachuu dnada’u yoo ummati oromoo hundee miidhaa fi roorro sanaa ofirraa kaase ta’uun heddumminaan haasayamaa jira.
Haata’uutii, mala dhibdeen Oromoo kun ittiin furmaata argatuu danda’u irratti karaa fi tooftaa waloo akeekuun heddumminaan ibsamaa hin jru.
Miidhaa fi roorroon ilmaan Oromoo irra gayaa jiru kan fala argachuu dnada’u yoo ummati oromoo hundee miidhaa fi roorro sanaa ofirraa kaase ta’uun heddumminaan haasayamaa jira.
Haata’uutii, mala dhibdeen Oromoo kun ittiin furmaata argatuu danda’u irratti karaa fi tooftaa waloo akeekuun heddumminaan ibsamaa hin jru.
HIRRIBA GUYYAA SAAFAA
Sadaasa 19, 2013 | Beekan Gulummaa Irranaa* irraa
Karoora hirribaa sirrii ta’e hinqabu malee, hirribas yaadasaa keessatti kajeeluu hindhiifne Dachaasaa Bilisummaa kan Walabummaa Dafaa faana naannoo tokko jiraatan. Mana barnootaa karaatti kan kutee ture bara 1990 kutaa torbaffaatti deebi’ee qabsoo barnootaa taasisu keessatti nama gidiraan lafaan isa hin geenye ture Dachaasaan. Maatiin inni keessatti dhalate qotee bulaa ta’uusaaniirrayyuu darbee warreen harka qalleeyyii keessatti kan ramadamanidha. Kan hiyyuma kanaaf isaan saaxile ammoo ilmi isaanii hangafni Barraaqaa Imaanaa kan jedhamu jalqaba bara 1983 ‘tti du’a akka tasaatiin addunyaa kanarraa godaanuusaatinidha. Du’a garaa nama gubaa hafu; kan eelaansaa baraan sammuu isaanii keessaa matumaa ba’uu hindandeenye ture.
Karoora hirribaa sirrii ta’e hinqabu malee, hirribas yaadasaa keessatti kajeeluu hindhiifne Dachaasaa Bilisummaa kan Walabummaa Dafaa faana naannoo tokko jiraatan. Mana barnootaa karaatti kan kutee ture bara 1990 kutaa torbaffaatti deebi’ee qabsoo barnootaa taasisu keessatti nama gidiraan lafaan isa hin geenye ture Dachaasaan. Maatiin inni keessatti dhalate qotee bulaa ta’uusaaniirrayyuu darbee warreen harka qalleeyyii keessatti kan ramadamanidha. Kan hiyyuma kanaaf isaan saaxile ammoo ilmi isaanii hangafni Barraaqaa Imaanaa kan jedhamu jalqaba bara 1983 ‘tti du’a akka tasaatiin addunyaa kanarraa godaanuusaatinidha. Du’a garaa nama gubaa hafu; kan eelaansaa baraan sammuu isaanii keessaa matumaa ba’uu hindandeenye ture.
U.S. prosecutors urge 22 years for brutal Ethiopian prison guard
November 16, 2013 | Denver Post | By Tom McGhee
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| Kefelegn Alemu Worku |
Kefelgn Alemu Worku, an Ethiopian who tortured and killed during a period of political turmoil in the African nation, should get 22 years in a U.S. prison — the maximum sentence allowed for his immigration fraud conviction, prosecutors said in a court document.
"Justice demands nothing less," according to a sentencing statement filed in U.S. District Court in Denver.
Federal sentencing guidelines for Alemu Worku's immigration violations recommend a sentencing range of zero to 18 months, but the law allows up to 10 years for each of two counts on which he was convicted, and two more years for a third.
It is unclear if upon release from prison Alemu Worku could be deported to his own country, where he has been sentenced to death, according to the sentencing statement filed by prosecutors.
Missed Connections: As African Tech Hubs Flourish, Is Ethiopian Government Stifling Telecommunications?
November 15, 2013 | International Business Times | By Jacey Fortin*
I should have known my Wednesday morning phone interview wouldn't go well.
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| Ermias, 23 (left) and Abiy, 24, collaborate at IceAddis, a tech hub in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Both hope to launch web-based enterprises, but are constricted by poor connectivity in the capital city. |
From one hell to the next, and back: the plight of Ethiopian migrants in Gulf States
November 16, 2013 | OPride | By Sinke Wesho*
At least three Ethiopian citizens had been killed in Saudi Arabia and scores wounded following a visa-related crackdown that began last week.
On November 8, when police started the field security sweep, in a matter of hours, police rounded up hundreds of migrants who did not have “legitimate” residency papers.
On November 8, when police started the field security sweep, in a matter of hours, police rounded up hundreds of migrants who did not have “legitimate” residency papers.
The following day, at least two people, including a Saudi national, were killed in clashes between police, foreign workers, and vigilante Saudi citizens. Reports in the local media put the number of those arrested in thousands.
Arrests at anti-Saudi protest in Ethiopia: Police crackdown on demonstrations against targeted attacks on Ethiopian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.
November 14, 2013 | Aljazeera English service
Police in Ethiopia have arrested dozens of people outside the Saudi embassy in the capital Addis Ababa in a crackdown on demonstrators protesting against targeted attacks on Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia.
Police units blocked roads on Friday to prevent the protest at the embassy from growing and forced some journalists to delete photos.
One protester, Asfaw Michael, who was beaten, said he did not understand why Ethiopia wanted to shield Saudi Arabia from the protest.
Wallagga Qeellam Keessatti Guyyaan FDG Sadaasa 9, 2013 Kabajame
Sadaasa 14, 2013 |Qeerroo D.doolloo
Yaadannoo Sadaasa 9 FDG yeroo 8ffaa
oromiyaa keessatti kabajamaa ture ammas haalota ho’aadhaan bakka adda
addaa irratti kabajamaa turuu isaa gabaasota Qeerroo adda addaa irraa
kan nu gahaa jiruudha.
Ob. Jawar Mohammed on the Ongoing Assaults on Immigrants in the Gulf States … “We Must Take Back Our Homeland to End the Oromo National Homelessness”
November 14, 2013 | Gadaa.com | From Ob. Jawar Mohammed’s Facebook page
“We could ask foreign powers and do-gooders to throw us blankets to survive the cold, and leftover food to get by. But, we will still be back to the same destitution the next day or the one after. The only and lasting solution to this humiliating national homelessness is to take back our homeland. “- Ob. Jawar Mohammed on how to end the Oromo national homelessness (i.e. the global Oromo refugee crisis)
Macha Tulama Cooperative and Development Association, USA: Letter on Attack on Refugees and Laborers, Including Oromo, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
November 11, 2013
Dear Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud
Ministry of Interior
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Minister of Agriculture
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
My name is Mardaasa Addisu, an Oromo American, who is part of an international group advocating for Oromo rights. The Oromo people are an ethnic group that makes up 50% of the population in Ethiopia, but are being persecuted by the Tigrayan dictatorship. The Abyssinians (Tigray and Amhara) have committed genocide on all Cushitic people to acquire resources and reduce the indigenous populations. As a result, Oromo (and all other Cushitic people) are displaced in mass numbers around the World.
Is Now Good Timing to Forge an Inclusive Alliance – an Ethiopian Democratic Front (EDF) – on Stable Rock of the ODF?
November 11, 2013 | By Fayyis Oromia*
As we repeatedly heard from certain leaders of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), they are open and ready to work with the three camps of anti-Woyane opposition forces (with the pro-independence, pro-federation and pro-unity camps) and where possible forge more efficient alliance, some what sounding like an EDF (Ethiopian Democratic Front), which can competently struggle against the TPLF lead EPRDF’s system of domination. We then may ask: When is the right timing? What did we learn from the hitherto failed alliances? How far can the envisioned alliance be inclusive? … etc. No wonder if many such questions can be raised. Anyways, there is no doubt that a well coordinated cooperation of the three blocs based on the common denominator of freedom from Woyane’s tyranny and democracy after getting rid of the tyranny is mandatory.
As we repeatedly heard from certain leaders of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), they are open and ready to work with the three camps of anti-Woyane opposition forces (with the pro-independence, pro-federation and pro-unity camps) and where possible forge more efficient alliance, some what sounding like an EDF (Ethiopian Democratic Front), which can competently struggle against the TPLF lead EPRDF’s system of domination. We then may ask: When is the right timing? What did we learn from the hitherto failed alliances? How far can the envisioned alliance be inclusive? … etc. No wonder if many such questions can be raised. Anyways, there is no doubt that a well coordinated cooperation of the three blocs based on the common denominator of freedom from Woyane’s tyranny and democracy after getting rid of the tyranny is mandatory.
Toftaa Afaan Oromoo Hadheessuuf karaa TVO Calaqqisuu fi Duula Faallaa Kanaan Karaa ETV3 fi EBS Geggeeffamaa Jiru: Imaammata Dhokataa Ministeera Kominikeeshina Wayyaanee
Sadaasa 11, 2013 | Boruu Barraaqaa*
Tarsiimoon farra Oromummaa mootummaa TPLFn geggeeffamtu bifoota hedduu kan qabduu fi salphaatti kan bira hin gahamnee. Akkuma beekamu, baay’een keenya mootummaan amma aangoo irra jiru mirgoota afaanii fi aadaa ummatootaa heera mootummaa keessatti waan hammachiiseef qofa sirnoota dabran hunda irra wayyaa kan qabu goonee laaluu malla. Haa tahu malee, dhugaan lafa irratti mul’atuu fi keeyyatoonni cululuqoon heericha keessa ciisan wal hin fakkaatani. Kaayoon barruu gabaabduu tanaa keeyyatoota heerichaa kan hin hujoomin irratti dubbachuuf odoo hin taane dhimma gubbaatti bifa mata dureetiin kaayame irratti xiyyeeffata.
Waggoota muraasa dura qaamni Mootummaa Naannoo Oromiyaa ofiin jedhu jaarmaya miidiyaa Dhaabbata Raadiyoo fi Televisiyoonaa Oromiyaa (DhRTVO) jedhamu eebbisee dalagaa jalqabsiise. Namoonni baay’een yeroo sanitti akka buufanni raadiyoo fi televisiyoonaa ‘of dandayee’ haarayatti Adaamaa keessatti baname kun guddina Afaan Oromoo fi hariiroo hawaas-siyaasaa Oromoo ol guddisuuf qooda mul’ataa gumaachuu malu tilmaaman. Sabboontonni tokko tokko, kaayyoo fedheyyuu duubaan haa qabaatuutii, tarkaanfiin kun waanuma eebbifamaa tahuu isaa hin mamne. Dhugaan namoonni hedduun yeroo kanatti irratti walii galan yoo jiraate, akka sirnichi buufata miidiyaa kana dhimma guddina Afaan Oromoof yookiis dantaa sabboontota Oromoof jedhee osoo hin taane, duula yeroo dheertuudhaa kan ABO fudhatama dhabsiisuuf oofu keessatti akka meeshaa olola siyaasaatti itti dhimma bahuuf banatee dha.
ILKAAN SOCHA’E, BUQQA’UUN HIN OOLU !
Sadaasa 08, 2013 | Ayyaantuu News
Nama Mammaaksa Abbootii keenyaa qofaa dubbatu odoo hin taane, Nama Mammaaksa bara kana keessaa uumu nu haa taasisu yoon jedhe eebba hin ta’u laata? “ILKAAN SOCHA’EE, BUQQA’UUN HIN OOLU” Mammaaksi jedhu, carraa Ilkaan socha’ee kana buqqisuuf qabnu lama ta’uu nu akeeka jedheen yaada. (hiikkaa miti) Inni tokko, dhukkubbii ilkaan socha’u uruursaa hanga buqqa’utti eeggachuu, ykn ega socha’ee buqqa’uun isaa hin ooluu maaliifan dhukkubaan rakkadha? jedhanii of irraa calaasuudha. Filannoon kun Abbaa dhukkuba Ilkaaniin hiraaraa jiru irrati hundaa’a. hiraaraa jiraachuu irra jedhee yoo murate, dhukkubbii yeroo buqqifamu sana dandamatanii of irraa buqqisu, ykn hiraara yeroo gabaabduu sana sodaatanii uruursaa jiraatanii, ofis maatiis yaaddeessaa jiraachuudha.
Nama Mammaaksa Abbootii keenyaa qofaa dubbatu odoo hin taane, Nama Mammaaksa bara kana keessaa uumu nu haa taasisu yoon jedhe eebba hin ta’u laata? “ILKAAN SOCHA’EE, BUQQA’UUN HIN OOLU” Mammaaksi jedhu, carraa Ilkaan socha’ee kana buqqisuuf qabnu lama ta’uu nu akeeka jedheen yaada. (hiikkaa miti) Inni tokko, dhukkubbii ilkaan socha’u uruursaa hanga buqqa’utti eeggachuu, ykn ega socha’ee buqqa’uun isaa hin ooluu maaliifan dhukkubaan rakkadha? jedhanii of irraa calaasuudha. Filannoon kun Abbaa dhukkuba Ilkaaniin hiraaraa jiru irrati hundaa’a. hiraaraa jiraachuu irra jedhee yoo murate, dhukkubbii yeroo buqqifamu sana dandamatanii of irraa buqqisu, ykn hiraara yeroo gabaabduu sana sodaatanii uruursaa jiraatanii, ofis maatiis yaaddeessaa jiraachuudha.
FINCILA DIDDAA GABRUMMAA
FINCILA DIDDAA GABRUMMAA
Fincila roorroon dhalchu, fincila aadaa gootaa,Ittisaa roorroo alagaa, tiksaa mirga dhalootaa.Ni fincilla gurmoofnee, ni didanna gabrummaa,Cunqursaa dhabamsiisnee, gonfachuuf bilisummaa.
Waggaa 8 ffaa Fincila Diddaa Gabrummaa (FDG) ilaalchisee Ibsa Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo
Sadaasa 07, 2013
Farreen dimokraasii, bilisummaa fi walabummaa, sirna abbaa irrummaa fi
cunqursaa diriirfatan tikfatuuf, akkasumas kanneen kabajamuu mirga
sabootaa dura dhaabbatan gaaffii ummatootaa ukkaamsuuf shira adda addaa
raawwatu. Danda’an dhaamsuuf dadhaban ammoo ukkaamsuuf tooftaa gara
garaatti fayyadaman. Humna waraanaatti gargaaramuun dhaabamsiisuu, duula
qoor-qalbiin ummata hamilee cabsuun qabsoo irraa fageessuu, gaaffiin
ummataa kan deebii argate fakkeessanii dhiheessuu fi ololuu, dabrees
gaaffiin ummatootaa akka hin jirretti haaluun sirna isaaniin utubame
jireessuuf carraaqan.
Dokumenti Guutuu
Dokumenti Guutuu
Coffee in the Eyes of the First Coffee Drinkers – the Oromo People
November 07, 2013 | By Begna Dugassa, Ph.D.*
Introduction
Introduction
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”The above statement is the words of Philip Pullman— a British famous writer. Pullman placed story telling in the category of essential life sustaining conditions similar to that of the food that nourishes our physical body, shelter that shield us from social and natural environmental hazards and love that nourishes our soul. In agreement with the Pullmans words, I encourage everyone to tell their own stories and present their world in the lenses through which they see the world around them. Under the above title, in three separate short articles, I want to present stories to the curious minded coffee drinkers and readers. These articles will cover exclusively about coffee, written from the perspective of Oromo people – the first coffee drinkers.
― Philip Pullman
Kan Keenyaaf – Nutuu Geenya!
Sadaasa 04, 2013 | Jiituu Lammii – Unbarsiitii Finfinnee
Bara duriiti. Allaattii risaa jedhamutu lukkuutti michee wajjin jiraachuu jalqabe jedhama. Allaattiin kun uumama isaa dagatee, uumaa isaatiin ala lukku wajjin daraa haadhaa, harca’aa funaanaa kosii keessa oolu jiruu godhate. Garuu akka jaraa irraa hinbareedu-waan uumaa isaa mitikaa. Galgala, dhiya aduu eegee qooxii (haraatii) yaaba. Akka kanaan jireenyi isaa dhawaata lukkuudhuma fakkaachaa deeme. Ta’us garuu, darbee darbee miira addaa, kan uumaa ganamaa keessa isaatii dhaggeeffachuu hinoolle. Gaafii gaafii miirri kuun jabaatee “…kaatee bantii samii gargar saaqxee, goobaafi golba lafaa qaari’tee, gaafa sii gamte: gaatiraa, heexoo birbirsa feetu garbii fiixa baatee – lafa garaa kee hinqubattuu….!? Isa maaliit ati lukkuu muul’ata hinqabne waliin daaraa haadhaa ooltee galgala haraatiitti rarraata…!? Jedhee qeequu jabeesse. Gama biraatiinimmoo, haalli inni keessa jiraatuufi lukkuun inni wajjin jiraatu “ …. Ati isa kam wan ta’uu hindandeenyeefi uumaan siif hinhirre ta’uu abbalta!? Atoo silaa numa fakkaata; danaan kee cufti akkuma keenyaa- duuba mee akkamiin nurraa gargarbaatee samii keessa laboobuu hawwita…!? Safuudha! … mee hunduu haahafuutii… isa wajjiniin nyaannee- dhugne, jireenya waliin dabarsine…akkamiin dagatteeti nurraa gargar bahuu yaadda…!?” jechuun takka doorsisaa takammoo sossoobaa of fakkeesanii of birattii hambisuuf sadoo jabeessan. Risaan, utuma miira masaanuu wal mormu keessa jiraatuuti gana gaaf tokkoo otuma warri inni wajjin jiraatuu akkuma dur kosii keessatti eeganii gaaftokko lafarraa ol ka’ee balali’uu yaale. Sadoo ormaa, yaalii uumama isaa malee daaraa keessatti isa hambisuuf godhamu, fedhiifi carraaqqii warra “….of dhiisii nu fakkaadhuu jiraadhu….” Jedhanii keessaa bahee hireefi dandeettiin isaa maal akka ta’e battalumatti akeekkate. Sana booda utuma haalliifi warri inni wajjin jiraatu mormanii uumaafi uumama isaa dhaggeeffatee kossii haadhaa ooluu dhiisee samii keessa fagaatee balali’e. Ergasii lukkuun risaa samii keessatti ol eeguu malee akka dur sobdee, sossobdee…of wajjiniin daaraa keessatti hambisuu hindandeenye jedhama.
Bara duriiti. Allaattii risaa jedhamutu lukkuutti michee wajjin jiraachuu jalqabe jedhama. Allaattiin kun uumama isaa dagatee, uumaa isaatiin ala lukku wajjin daraa haadhaa, harca’aa funaanaa kosii keessa oolu jiruu godhate. Garuu akka jaraa irraa hinbareedu-waan uumaa isaa mitikaa. Galgala, dhiya aduu eegee qooxii (haraatii) yaaba. Akka kanaan jireenyi isaa dhawaata lukkuudhuma fakkaachaa deeme. Ta’us garuu, darbee darbee miira addaa, kan uumaa ganamaa keessa isaatii dhaggeeffachuu hinoolle. Gaafii gaafii miirri kuun jabaatee “…kaatee bantii samii gargar saaqxee, goobaafi golba lafaa qaari’tee, gaafa sii gamte: gaatiraa, heexoo birbirsa feetu garbii fiixa baatee – lafa garaa kee hinqubattuu….!? Isa maaliit ati lukkuu muul’ata hinqabne waliin daaraa haadhaa ooltee galgala haraatiitti rarraata…!? Jedhee qeequu jabeesse. Gama biraatiinimmoo, haalli inni keessa jiraatuufi lukkuun inni wajjin jiraatu “ …. Ati isa kam wan ta’uu hindandeenyeefi uumaan siif hinhirre ta’uu abbalta!? Atoo silaa numa fakkaata; danaan kee cufti akkuma keenyaa- duuba mee akkamiin nurraa gargarbaatee samii keessa laboobuu hawwita…!? Safuudha! … mee hunduu haahafuutii… isa wajjiniin nyaannee- dhugne, jireenya waliin dabarsine…akkamiin dagatteeti nurraa gargar bahuu yaadda…!?” jechuun takka doorsisaa takammoo sossoobaa of fakkeesanii of birattii hambisuuf sadoo jabeessan. Risaan, utuma miira masaanuu wal mormu keessa jiraatuuti gana gaaf tokkoo otuma warri inni wajjin jiraatuu akkuma dur kosii keessatti eeganii gaaftokko lafarraa ol ka’ee balali’uu yaale. Sadoo ormaa, yaalii uumama isaa malee daaraa keessatti isa hambisuuf godhamu, fedhiifi carraaqqii warra “….of dhiisii nu fakkaadhuu jiraadhu….” Jedhanii keessaa bahee hireefi dandeettiin isaa maal akka ta’e battalumatti akeekkate. Sana booda utuma haalliifi warri inni wajjin jiraatu mormanii uumaafi uumama isaa dhaggeeffatee kossii haadhaa ooluu dhiisee samii keessa fagaatee balali’e. Ergasii lukkuun risaa samii keessatti ol eeguu malee akka dur sobdee, sossobdee…of wajjiniin daaraa keessatti hambisuu hindandeenye jedhama.
Waamicha Yaadanno Fincila Diddaa Gabrummaa (FDG) Oslo, Norway (Sadaasa 09, 2013)
HDn ABO Jaal Dawud Ibsaa irratti ni argamuu!
Akkuma kanan dura ibsaa bahe keessatti beeksifne qophii seminaaraa fi galgaala aadaa qabna.
OSA Letter on the Correction of Erroneous Oromo Language Classifications
The following is a statement from the Oromo Studies Association (OSA).
P.O.Box: 6541, Minneapolis, MN 55406-0541: OromoStudies.org
To:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
200 Catherine St. Suite 101
Ottawa, ON K2P 2K9
Date: 11-02-2013
Subject: OSA Letter Requesting the Correction of Erroneous Oromo Language Classifications Published on Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Website
Ethiopian opposition claims rampant abuse
November 01, 2013 | ALJAZEERA
An opposition party has accused the Ethiopian government of beating,
abducting and illegally detaining more than 150 of its members during
July and September this year.
In a 39-page report launched on Thursday, the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) detailed what it said were "gruesome rights violations" committed against its supporters and members.
Opposition party says more than 150 of its members have suffered abuse at hands of Ethiopian security officials.
In a 39-page report launched on Thursday, the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) detailed what it said were "gruesome rights violations" committed against its supporters and members.
Hanga Tokko Waa’ee Jaal Obsee Margoo Irraa
Sadaasa 01, 2013 | Yahyaa Jamaal*
Waa’ee du’aan boqochuu Jaal Obsee Margoo yoon yaadadhu ammayyu garaan na laalata. Akkuma tasaa dhibamtee yeroo gabaabduu keessatti addunyaa kanatti nagaa dhaammachuun ishii dafee naaf amanamuu dide. Ammayyuu soba natti fakkaata. Duuti nama hin filattu malee Obseef kun hin malle. Obseen akkuma maqaa fi bifa isii haadha obsaa ti. Obsa barattee obsa barsiisaa jiraatte. Hamilee jabaa hidhattee abbaa warraa isii, jaallanii fi firoottan isii mara hamilchiisaa baate.
Waa’ee du’aan boqochuu Jaal Obsee Margoo yoon yaadadhu ammayyu garaan na laalata. Akkuma tasaa dhibamtee yeroo gabaabduu keessatti addunyaa kanatti nagaa dhaammachuun ishii dafee naaf amanamuu dide. Ammayyuu soba natti fakkaata. Duuti nama hin filattu malee Obseef kun hin malle. Obseen akkuma maqaa fi bifa isii haadha obsaa ti. Obsa barattee obsa barsiisaa jiraatte. Hamilee jabaa hidhattee abbaa warraa isii, jaallanii fi firoottan isii mara hamilchiisaa baate.