Remembering the past to advance the Oromo struggle forward
September 08, 2013 | By Kadiro A. Elemo*
The Oromo people, the single largest ethnic group in the Horn of Africa, with the third widely spoken language in Africa after Arabic and Hausa, were incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire in the second half of the 19th century by successive conquests undertaken by Abyssinian emperors. Prior to the conquests, the Oromo, a nation of the free, elected their leaders democratically according to the Gadaa system, one of the egalitarian systems they contributed to the world civilization. The British diplomat Walter Plowden remarked that ‘Gadaa is superior among republican systems’ and Gadaa government “as pure as a republic can exist.” Similarly, an Eritrean anthropologist, Asmarom Legesse, described Gadaa as “the most astonishing and instructive turns [in] the evolution of human society.” Bulatovich, who traveled through the Oromo land, described Oromo’s republican system as “the peaceful, free way of life, which could have become the ideal for philosophers and writers of the eighteenth century [Europe], if they had known of it.”
The Oromo people, the single largest ethnic group in the Horn of Africa, with the third widely spoken language in Africa after Arabic and Hausa, were incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire in the second half of the 19th century by successive conquests undertaken by Abyssinian emperors. Prior to the conquests, the Oromo, a nation of the free, elected their leaders democratically according to the Gadaa system, one of the egalitarian systems they contributed to the world civilization. The British diplomat Walter Plowden remarked that ‘Gadaa is superior among republican systems’ and Gadaa government “as pure as a republic can exist.” Similarly, an Eritrean anthropologist, Asmarom Legesse, described Gadaa as “the most astonishing and instructive turns [in] the evolution of human society.” Bulatovich, who traveled through the Oromo land, described Oromo’s republican system as “the peaceful, free way of life, which could have become the ideal for philosophers and writers of the eighteenth century [Europe], if they had known of it.”
Demonstration in Oslo, Norway against the Ethiopian killer regime: September 14, 2013
The Oromo Youth Movement in Norway, together with Oromo nationalists has finished its preparation to hold demonstration on Saturday September 14, 2013.
Displacement follows clashes on Kenya-Ethiopia border
Aid agencies say they have been unable to conduct a comprehensive assessment of humanitarian needs, essential for providing emergency assistance to populations in some of the district's more volatile areas.
Ethiopia: '160-year-old man' claims to remember 1895
September 06, 2016 | BBC (news from elsewhere)
An Ethiopian reporter claims to have discovered the world's oldest living man.
Retired farmer Dhaqabo Ebba claims to have clear memories of Italy's 1895 invasion of the country. In an interview with regional Oromiya TV, he provided so much detail on the changes of power in his local area that reporter Mohammed Ademo has become convinced that Dhaqabo must be at least 160 - 46 years older than the oldest ever recorded man.
An Ethiopian reporter claims to have discovered the world's oldest living man.
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Public Rally By Oromo Communit In UK For Human Right and Freedom, Protest Against the Ethiopian Killer Regime- September 13, 2013
PUBLIC RALLY FOR HUMAN RIHGT & FREEDOMThe Oromo Community in the UK organized a public protest (rally) to protest and expose crimes against humanity by the current regime in Ethiopia and seek justice for the victims. This protest aims to inform the
Oromo farmer from Ethiopia may be the oldest living person
September 04, 2013 | By Mohammed Ademo | OPride
At an estimated 160 years of age, Dhaqabo Ebba, a retired peasant and well-known community elder from the Oromia region in Ethiopia, could be the oldest living person ever.
In an interview conducted by the state-run TV Oromiya and published online on Aug. 12, 2013, Ebba — who has no birth certificate to prove his exact age — says he has lived through and witnessed a transfer of power among all of the five Gadaa Oromo political parties in four rotations.
In an interview conducted by the state-run TV Oromiya and published online on Aug. 12, 2013, Ebba — who has no birth certificate to prove his exact age — says he has lived through and witnessed a transfer of power among all of the five Gadaa Oromo political parties in four rotations.
"Wal-falmiin Televiziyoona Itiyoophiyaan Dhihaate Gowwoomsaa Dha"
Fulbaana 04, 2013 | Namoo Daandii Irraa | VOA
WASHINGTON, DC — Bakka-bu’oonni Mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa fi ka paartiilee mormituu, torban dabre kana, Televiiziyoona biyyattii irratti waliin dhihaatanii ennaa seera farra-shororkeessummaa irratti wal-falmii geggeessan mul’atee jira. Itiyoophiyaa keessatti wal-falmiin akkasii yeroo baay’ee hin mul’atu. Qeeqawwan Mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa irratti dhihaataa turan keessaa tokko carraan akkanaa Paartiilee mormitootaaf banamuu dhabuu akka tahe beekamaa dha. Kanaaf jecha wal-falmiin torban dabree kun ija namoota hedduu harkise.
WASHINGTON, DC — Bakka-bu’oonni Mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa fi ka paartiilee mormituu, torban dabre kana, Televiiziyoona biyyattii irratti waliin dhihaatanii ennaa seera farra-shororkeessummaa irratti wal-falmii geggeessan mul’atee jira. Itiyoophiyaa keessatti wal-falmiin akkasii yeroo baay’ee hin mul’atu. Qeeqawwan Mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa irratti dhihaataa turan keessaa tokko carraan akkanaa Paartiilee mormitootaaf banamuu dhabuu akka tahe beekamaa dha. Kanaaf jecha wal-falmiin torban dabree kun ija namoota hedduu harkise.
Oromiyaa Keessatti Oromoonni Filmii Afaan Oromoon Qopha’an Daw’atan Xiqqaa Dha
Fulbaana 04, 2013 | Jaallannee Gammadda Irraa | VOA
WASHINGTON, DC — Yunivarsitti saayinsii fi Teknikaa kan Adaamaa irraa barnoota Sooftweer Injinariing jedhamuun digrii duraan kan eebbaifame dargaggoo Baa’isaa Dirribaa Badhaane Filmii afaan Oromoo WAAKKII jedhamu qopheessee agarsisaa ture. Yeroo ammaa garuu Filmii kana agarsisuu dhaabuu isaa dubbata.
WASHINGTON, DC — Yunivarsitti saayinsii fi Teknikaa kan Adaamaa irraa barnoota Sooftweer Injinariing jedhamuun digrii duraan kan eebbaifame dargaggoo Baa’isaa Dirribaa Badhaane Filmii afaan Oromoo WAAKKII jedhamu qopheessee agarsisaa ture. Yeroo ammaa garuu Filmii kana agarsisuu dhaabuu isaa dubbata.
Haadha gootota hedduu; Ammas diinni kee haa gaddu!
Fulbaana 03 | Jiituu Lammii;
Unbarsiitii Finfinnee
Dubbiin bubbulee, miidhaan jajjabaatee- ija saba koorraa imimaan qooru dide. Har’a: qonnaan bulaa meeqatu qe’ee isaarraa buqqa’aa jira? Xaa’oo ykn. sanyii ‘filatamaa’ bitachuu dadhabee alagaa laga ce’ee dhufeetti lafa isaa kennee ofii du’atti harka kenna? Ilmaan Oromoo barnootaan akka hinfullaane immaammata akkamtu hojiirra oolaa jira? Warri akkuma ta’ettuu barnoota sadarkaa olaanaa xumuranis yoo ta’e meeqatu hojii dhabee warra maatii isaa qe’eerra buqqiseef ergamuuf jooraa oola? Innuu dhibee meeqatu abdii kutatee lubbuu ofii balleessa? Meeqatu roorroo kana hunda baqaaf jecha manaa bahee gammoojjii fi galana ormaa keessatti bineensi nyaata? Qeesonni Habashaa ‘bataskaana’ araddaa Oromoorra dhaaban keessa dhokatanii maal hojjachaa jiru? Kurnoon (buusiin) ilmaan Habashaa biyya hambaatii maqaa amantiin ‘bataskaana’ qe’ee Oromoo jirutti roobsaan Oromoorratti maal hojjata? Miidiyaaleen Afaan Amaaraatiin halkanii guyyaa lallabaa jiran guddina Oromoo fi Oromummaarratti maal godhaa jiru…?
Dubbiin bubbulee, miidhaan jajjabaatee- ija saba koorraa imimaan qooru dide. Har’a: qonnaan bulaa meeqatu qe’ee isaarraa buqqa’aa jira? Xaa’oo ykn. sanyii ‘filatamaa’ bitachuu dadhabee alagaa laga ce’ee dhufeetti lafa isaa kennee ofii du’atti harka kenna? Ilmaan Oromoo barnootaan akka hinfullaane immaammata akkamtu hojiirra oolaa jira? Warri akkuma ta’ettuu barnoota sadarkaa olaanaa xumuranis yoo ta’e meeqatu hojii dhabee warra maatii isaa qe’eerra buqqiseef ergamuuf jooraa oola? Innuu dhibee meeqatu abdii kutatee lubbuu ofii balleessa? Meeqatu roorroo kana hunda baqaaf jecha manaa bahee gammoojjii fi galana ormaa keessatti bineensi nyaata? Qeesonni Habashaa ‘bataskaana’ araddaa Oromoorra dhaaban keessa dhokatanii maal hojjachaa jiru? Kurnoon (buusiin) ilmaan Habashaa biyya hambaatii maqaa amantiin ‘bataskaana’ qe’ee Oromoo jirutti roobsaan Oromoorratti maal hojjata? Miidiyaaleen Afaan Amaaraatiin halkanii guyyaa lallabaa jiran guddina Oromoo fi Oromummaarratti maal godhaa jiru…?
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