Imagine you are in an open market in little adiss ababa in 1910. The town just started. There are men and women of four type- nobilities, servants, soldiers and merchants. The market is full of Oromos. They are those from around the new town. They bring their vegitables, fruits and livestock products to sell. The servants buy. Often no translators are needed. soldiers patrol the market and collect taxes and custums fees. The collected revenue is brought to the nobilities. The servants would leave to their masters and the Oromos return to their farms. Every thing seems quite and happy.
Fast forward 100 years layer in 2014. It is the Shola market. A lot of things are sold on this open market. Addis ababa is a lot biger now. Take a look arround and survey. Mind you, you are on time travel. What do you see? Every thing has changed. But if you see closer nothing really has changed.
The abyssinians are still the nobilities. They are actually everywhere. You are amazed how quickly they have settled in thousands and thousands. The servants have included both gender this time- those guarding the nobilities and those feeding them. And those are Oromos. Again, the Oromos are the sellers. They still live around the city. You can imagine how they have been pushed. They still do the same walk to and from the market, but only longer now.
Addis Ababa where those who owns her are the servants.
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