Theorizing Oromummaa (Presentation Video and Paper By Asafa Jalata (Prof.)

August 10, 2015 | Paper presented at the 29th Oromo Studies Association (OSA) Annual Conference

Theorizing Oromummaa

By  Asafa Jalata (Ph.D.)*


The main purpose of this paper is to theorize Oromummaa by conceptualizing it on different levels and offering theoretical insights and critical analysis of the Oromo national movement in relations to the struggles of other colonized and oppressed peoples.[1] Theorizing and conceptualizing Oromummaa specifically in relation to the ideological problem[2] of the Oromo nation movement and that of the others require recognizing the need to transform thinking and scholarship in Oromo politics and studies in order to critically and thoroughly assess the prospects for Oromo politico-cultural transformation and liberation. Theoretically, critically, and practically comprehending Oromummaa as Oromo nationalism, national culture, and identity is essential because the Oromo nation is the fulcrum for bringing about a fundamental transformation in the Ethiopian Empire and the Horn of Africa in order to establish sustainable peace, development, security, and an egalitarian multinational democracy.

Waan ajaa'ibaa magaalaa Finfinnee keessatti ta'aa jiru

Hagayya 10, 2015 ; Jiiraataa Magaalaa Finfinnee irraa

Magaalaa Finfinnee keessatti uumanni Zayitaa fi sukkaara dhabee gidirfamaa jira. Akkuma beekamu mootummaan Ithiyoophiyaa Zayitaa fi sukkaara erga harka daldaltootaa jalaa baasee harka isaa jala galchee waa bubuleera. Haata'u malee nuti uummannii magaalaa kana keessa jiraannu, sa'aa barbaannetti Zayita fi sukkaara bitachuu dhabnee rakkachaa jirra. Yoo jira jedhames ji'atti takkaa dhufa. Isumayyuu ganamaan dhaqnee yoo hiriirree dhaabachuu baanne osoo hin argatiin dhume nuun jedhu.

Hojiin Miidiyaalee Oromoo Harka Tokkoon Ijaaraa Harka Kaaniin Diiguu Akka Hin Taane! (Miidiyaalee Oromoo Hundaaf)

Hagayya 10, 2015 | Malkaa Caffee Irraa*

Carraa guddinni ‘technology’ yeroo ammaa argamsiise irraa Miidiyaaleen Oromoo muraasni kan dhimma Oromoo tajaajiluu irratti hundeeffaman horatamuun waan nama gammachiisaa ti. Isaan kun hundi akka tokkotti firii Qabsoon Bilisummaa Oromoo argamsiise tahuunis hin falamsiisu. Kan ummatni Oromoo isaan irraa eeguu fi kan isaan himatanis galma gahiinsa QBO milkeessuutti waan gumaachu hojjechuu dha. Dhimma kana irratti jabinaa fi hanqina jiru qalbii guutuudhaan hordofanii jabinni jiru akka daran guddachaa deemuu fi hanqinni mul’atu akka guutamaa fi wayyaawaa deemuuf yaada kennuudhaan haa tahu akka danda’ame hundatti qooda gama ofii bahachuun dirqama sab-boontota Oromoo maraa ti. Miidiyaalee keenya nuutu guddifata amantii jedhu irratti hundaawuudhaanin yaada kiyya kan dhimma kana ilaalu akka armaan gadiitti gabaabsee dhiheessa.

Garaagarummaa AFD fi PAFD

Hagayya 10, 2015 | Abdii Boruutiin

Gara dhimma mata-duree kanaatti otuu hin seenin dura, jechootni lamaan AFD fi PAFD Afaan Ingiliziitiin (AFD = Alliance for Freedom and Democracy; (PAFD = People’s Alliance for Freedom and Democracy) yommuu ta’an, barreeffama kiyya keessatti ittifayyadamuudhaaf akka natti tolu garuu Afaan Oromootiin akkanattin ibsa:

AFD= TBD (Tumsa Bilisummaa fi Diimookraasii)
PAFD = TUBD (Tumsa Uummataa kan Bilisummaa fi Diimookraasii)

Asirratti wantin hubachiisuu barbaadu, warri tumsa kana ijaaran, yoo jechoota lamaan kana Afaan Oromootiin karaa biraatiin kan hiikan ykn ibsan ta’e, dogoggora asitti godhameef dursee dhiifama gaafachuun fedha. Itti aansuudhaan, warra ykn jaarmayoota tumsa haaraa kana ijaaraniin baga gammaddan, baga milkooftan jechaa; tumsi haaraan kuni ammoo kan humna cimaa uumee, injifannoo fidu akka ta’u hawwii kiyya ibsuun barbaada.

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Diaspora Oromo Sababa Jedhuun Gochaa Wayyaanee Ilaachisee Qophii Addaa Sagalee Qeerroo Irra

                   

Oromo TV:Breaking news: OLF opens a branch office in Minnesota

Ibsa Ijjannoo Koree Dandamachiiftuu Dhaaba ABO Jijjiramaa Afrikaa Kibbaa

Hagayya 04, 2015 | Koree Dandamachiiftuu ABO-Jijjiramaa

ABOn Jijjiramaa B/G/Kamaal Galchuutiin hogganamu Augest/Hagayya 2/2015 ibsa ijjannoo baasee jira. Ibsi ijjannoo kunis kaayyoo kaleessa akaakayyootaa fi abbootii teenya irraa dhaaluudhaan jaallan qaqqaaliin irratti wareegaman, barattoonni qaroo ijaa saba Oromoo ta’an, dhiiraa fi dubartiin Oromoo akkasumas qaamni hawaasa Saba kanaa woliigalatti lubbuu jijjiirraa hin qabne aarsaa itti kafalan, itti hidhaman, qabeenya isaanii itti saamaman, biyyaa itti ari’aman fi Ilmaan Oromoo hayyuu fi gootowwan kumaatamaan lakkaayaman mana hidhaa waayyaannee adda addaa keessatti gidiraa biyya lafaa argaa jiran, gochi bineensummaa irratti raawwatamaa jiran, torture itti ta’aa jiran maqaa Dhaabaa fi Alaabaa teenyaa ta’uu ilmi Oromoo dhiiraa fi dubartiin xiqqaa fi guddaan waan beekudha.

ABO-Jijjiramaa B/J Kamaal Galchuun Hogganamuu Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa (KWO) Jedhee of Moggaasun Ibsa Ijannoo baase

Hagayya 04, 2014 | Ibsa Ijannoo Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa (KWO)

Ummannni Oromoo gabrrummaa jalatti erga kufee kaasee gaaf tokkollee tole jedhee gabroomfattoota Habashaa jalatti bulee hinbeeku. Ummanni keenna erga gabroomffattoonni balbala isaa gahanii kaasee humnna qabu hundaan lola ufirraa ittisuu (War of resistance) dabalatee gootummaadhaan diinota isaa falmaa ture.

Qabsoo Ummata Oromoo haalli seenaa tokko tokko jidduu seenanii yoo bifa biraa qabsiisanillee (lola xaaliyaanii, sochii Mangistuu Nuway, Warraaqsa bara 1974 fi dhufaatii Wayyaanee kan bara 1991) qabsoon teenna waggoota dheeraa kanniin keessatti kufaa ka’aa yoona geettee jirti. Qabsoon Saba keennaa tun, akka ammayaatti kan eegalamte bara 1973 hundeefama Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo (ABO) tiin akka ta’e namiifuu ifa galaadha. Qabsoon bara dheeraaf hoggansa dhaaba siyaasaa dhabdee kufaa, ka’aa achi geette yeroo jalqabaatif ilmaan Oromoo gootummaadhaan ka’anii dhimma Saba ufiitiif akkasumas dhimma biyya ufiitif (Oromiyaaf) falmmudhaaf sagantaa siyaasaa qopheeffatanii waanjoo gabrrummaa kuffisuudhaf sochiin taasisan, sochii seenaa qabeesssa jennee amanna.

Losers and Galtuus officially surrendered to an enemy: The shameful side Of Oromo diaspora

August 04, 2014 | Source: From Liiban Jaldeechaa's Face Book*

They are coming home- in large numbers. Ex-OLF members who spent years in TPLF detention cells, who during their painful time found their ways to Kenya, Somali, Djibouti, Sudan, Yemen ... and finally settled in Western countries on the basis of their fear for their lives. These guys are now marching home in large number, it is almost like exodus. It appears that their FEAR of TPLF had disappeared. Who would have thought one day these OLF guys call TPLF a democratic government, just like president Obama did last week? One might speculate these have happened for three reasons:

1. TPLF is changed, become democratic and accommodate political differences.
2. The diaspora elements, due to relentless effort by TPLF to lure them to come back home, have changed their minds and finally fallen to the trap of TPLF.
3. Life in the Western world has changed them, and forced them to look back home.