The Alternative To an Independent Golden Oromia Can Be an Integrative Great Oromia (Fayyis Oromia) The Alternative To an Independent Golden Oromia Can Be an Integrative Great Oromia Fayyis Oromia More than enough has been written about the ultimate goal of the Oromo national liberation movement. Still the necessary discussion on this issue is going on and the discord between the Oromo nationalists regarding the known two objectives is also obvious. Here I want to discuss in short on the ideas which are not new as such, but for the sake of continuity. Firstly, let’s ask ourselves: what is the common objecitive of the Oromo national liberation struggle? No question that we all may automatically reply that the objective of the Oromo people is to achieve bilisummaa/freedom from the alien rule and to excercise self-determination on the national future destiny. This being the common ground, yet we do observe in the public that there are two specific post-freedom goals persued by the individuals and the groups in the Oromo community: an independent Golden Oromia and an integrative Great Oromia, this second option being usually told as an Ethiopian democratization. To comprehend what I mean by the two concepts, I would like the readers to look at the following two articles (the one I wrote to elaborate the concept of Great Oromia:gadaa/oduu/20124/2013/06/06/the-common-home-great-oromia-as-a-win-win-solution-for-the-conflict-between-the-pro-independence-oromo-and-the-pro-unity-amhara/ and the other which I wrote originally as a response to the Ethiopianist autor, who tried to persuade us to accept Ethiopian identity by denouncing our Oromummaa: gadaa/oduu/20052/2013/05/31/why-not-greater-oromia-instead-of-ethiopia-a-response-to-dr-fikre-tolassas-open-letter/ ). By Golden Oromia, I just mean the conventional Oromia (the map given by the OLF), which was also named as Core Oromia and “Little” Oromia in my previous opinions. Despite the intentions implicitly put in the above linked articles, the concept of Great Oromia is rejected by all the three political movements in the empire: the Ethiopiainsts, the Federalists and the Oromianists. The Ethiopiainsts vehemnetly opposed the name change for they thought it is a “systematic way of deleting the glorious name of Ethiopia”. The Federalists are not happy about the move for they are very cautious not to be suspected as the future autoritarians to impose Oromummaa on the other nations. The Golden Oromianists are very suspicious for they thought the suggestion is a subtle way of saving the empire from the indispensable disintegration. Those who want to achieve an integrative Great Oromia actually tend to use the name Ethiopia as a trademark just as the Abyssinians used to instrumentalize the name until now. The colonizers just named our Finfinne as Addisaba and our Oromia as Ethiopia. The Amharas are hiding their Amharanet behind Ethiopiawinet for more than 80 years, while the Tigreans are doing the same masking of Tigrawinet behind Ethiopiawinet since 1991. Now the dilemma for the Great Oromianists is whether trading with the name Ethiopia like the Abyssinians are doing or whether boldly re-naming the whole country as Oromia, whatever risk it may entail. I do recommend using both: towards the international community and when approaching the other nations in the empire, it is possible to make business using the name Ethiopia, whereas the concept of Great Oromia is more palatable for the Oromo nationals. So it is necessary to weigh the advantage and disadvantage (calculate the benefit and cost) of using the name Ethiopia as a trademark. After all, the common goal of the Oromo nation is bilisummaa to get a chance for referendum on: Golden Oromia vs Great Oromia. The name Ethiopia is positively connotated for the colonizers, who enjoyed the privilage of power and profit within this political community in relation to the name, whereas it is negatively associated with all the variables of oppression for the colonized people, who suffered under the empire’s system of domination and who thus fought against the empire. That is why the arguement of some Oromo nationalists, who usually say “what matters is the content, not the name”, doesn’t hold water. If the content is what matters, then the Abyssinianists should have easily accepted the re-naming of Ethiopia as Oromia just for the sake of promoting unity and keeping the territorial integirity they are craving for. I think the Oromo nationals should move further and rename not only the country, but also the whole of it’s institutions. For instance, we just should call ‘Oromian Airlines’, instead of Ethiopian Airlines; ‘Oromian coffee’, instead of Ethiopian coffee; ‘Oromian international sport team’, instead of Ethiopian sport team…etc. This re-naming is actually based on the fact that all the institutions are based in Finfinne, Oromia. So, Oromo nationals should feel free and use this new re-namings just as we did use the name Finfinne, despite the official name of Addisaba. We don’t have to wait for any permission or recognition from the Abyssinian autorities or from anybody else. When we will be able to re-name the whole country as Oromia without waiting for any permission or recognition, just as we did to Finfinne, then we can clearly differentiate the past assimilative Ethiopia of the Amhara elites and the present apartheid Ethiopia of the Tigrean rulers from the future possibilities of an independent Golden Oromia of the pro-independence Oromo or an integrative Great Oromia of the pro-union Oromo, which can be achieved based on the free will of the future free Oromo nation and free other nations in and around Oromia. The matter of the fact that Oromo Federalists tend to instrumentalize the name Ethiopia, instead of boldly accepting the demand of claiming Great Oromia should not confuse us here. The demand actually should come from the pro-unity Abyssinians or the other nations and the pro-independence Oromians need to make the same offer, so that both the demand from he Abyssinians and the offer from the Oromians can match. To clarify the babylonic confusion regarding the name and the use of Ethiopia, we have to repeatedly look at the following seven definitions: 1) for the ancient Greeks, the country called Ethiopia was where those with “burnt face” lived, i.e. the land of blacks, which included the whole of Africa; 2) for the Biblical Jews, it is the land of Cush located south of Egypt; 3) for the international community now, it is the currently existing state in the Horn of Africa; 4) to the people like Prof. Megalommatis, Ethiopia is equivalent to the non-Abyssinian part of the Cushland; 5) for the Abyssinian elites, Ethiopia simply means Abyssinia including its system of domination; 6) for the nostalgic and conservative politicians of the empire, Ethiopia is the same as being Amhara; and, 7) for the currently ruling class of the Tigreans, Ethiopia is the mask for Woyane. According to the first definition, the whole blacks can claim to be called Ethiopians, thus the religion called Ethiopianism was the black movement commenced in both North America and South Africa. Taking the second and fourth definitions in to consideration, the name Ethiopia is more appropriate for the Oromo than the Abyssinians, who claim to be from Semetic origin. The third definition was, which Jawar Mohammed regarded as an identity ‘imposed on the Oromo’. The last three definions are the contaminations which made this name, Ethiopia, to be seen as not appropriate, if we want to use it as a common identity for all the nations in that empire. That is why the name is rejected by part of the Oromo nationalists. When we talk about the future possible Great Oromia, it actually means the re-naming of Ethiopia as Oromia based on the future free will of the free nations in the country. Till that decission of nations, the Oromo nationals can call the country Great Oromia, whereas at the same time others call it Ethiopia. That a certain country does have two or more names at a time is not new. For instance, the Germans call their country Deutschland, whereas the Americans call it Germany and the French people name it Allemagne…etc. Be it the Oromo nationalists struggle for either Golden Oromia or Great Oromia, we need an indispensable force to get rid of the currently ruling oppressive regime. To get such effective force, there is no other better alternative to the imperative unity of purpose among the Oromo nationalists as well as an important alliance with the forces of the other oppressed nations. In order to get such alliance, those who struggle for an integrative Great Oromia will have more chance for their goal is the same as forging the ‘new federal democratic Ethiopia’, which is the wish of most oppressed nations in the empire. If we really opt for this version of the liberation process, in which both unity and integrity of the Great Oromia (“Ethiopia”) will be kept intact, we will definitely have basic decisions on five areas as shown below. It is the fact on the ground that despite this goal of Great Oromia, the currently ongoing campaign of Ethiopiawinet (Ethiopian nationalism) to dilute Oromummaa (Oromo nationalism) is a futile exercise. If keeping the territorial integrity of the union will be chosen by the Oromo people, then we need to move on and struggle to realize the following five important virtues: 1) Freedom from the hegemonist Woyane and from any sort of national domination so that we can decide per referendum on Golden Oromia vs Great Oromia; 2) if we opt for the second, then Great Oromia (land of the braves) to be the name of the future true federation, replacing Ethiopia (land of the burnt face); 3) Democracy, including the national self-determination, to be the future rule of the political game in the federation/union; 4) Afaan Oromo to be the primary working language of the federal government in Great Oromia; 5) Odaa to be the central part of the flag for the union. Only the fulfillment of these five parameters can be the possible guarantee for the future long-lasting multinational federation. If the other nations, including the Abyssinians, fail to put this demand forward and/or the Oromians fail to give this offer, the further push for an independent republic of the Golden Oromia is inevitable. It is up to the pro-unity forces to choose and demand an integrative Great Oromia in order to avoid the disintegration of the union, which will be caused by an eventual independent Golden Oromia. If all other nations agree on this concept of Great Oromia (“New Ethiopia”), all freedom fighters in the empire can cooperate on basic principles of freedom from the Woyane and democracy after the Woyane. For this purpose, let’s leave the past pre-Woyane events to the professional historians and the future post-Woyane eventualities to the public verdict, so that we can concentrate now on how to get rid of the present oppressive regime. After getting rid of the fascist and racist regime, the Oromo nation surely do have two good alternatives from which we can choose: decolonization of the Golden Oromia and democratization of the Great Oromia (“democratization of Ethiopia”). For the Oromo people, there is no disadvantage in both options, as long as the decission will be made per Oromo public verdict. It is just as a choice between the 1st class cars like Chevrolet and Mercedes, if one does have enough many to buy one of the luxury cars. That is why denouncing Great Oromianists as “the betraying Ethiopianists” is logically and morally wrong. Last, but not least, be it that we will opt for either Golden Oromia or Great Oromia, now all the Oromo nationals should agree on Oromia and Oromummaa. Ethiopiawinet in a sense of Habeshanet (Abyssinian nationalism), which is opposing Oromummaa, should be vehemently rejected. That is why we need to wholeheartedly support the current ‘Oromo first movement’. This movement is actually a common project for both the pro-independence Golden Oromianists and the pro-union Great Oromianists. By the way, the main carrier of the project are the pro-union Oromo nationalists, whereas those who are most proud of the movement are the pro-independence nationalists. That is why this project has classically and successfully shown how the two groups of the Oromo nationalists don’t actually have an irreconcilable conflict as they usually tried to portray their image. I personally never believed in such irreconcilability of the conflict and I always tried to show the common denominator of the two groups, i.e bilisummaa and self-determination of the Oromo nation per referendum. Now I just would like to conclude my short opinion with my usual prayer: may Rabbi/Waaqa help us promote this common movement of Oromummaa against the Abyssinianism masked with Ethiopiawinet. Galatooma! August 23, 2013Leave a reply The whistle and the hijab – an AFL first theage.au/afl/afl-news/the-whistle-and-the-hijab–an-afl-first-20130807-2rh3y.html August 22, 2013Leave a reply OROMO WOMEN NATIONAL UNION FOR LIBERATION (OWN-UL)/ የኦሮሞ ሴቶች ብሄራዊ አንድነት ለነፃነት OROMO WOMEN NATIONAL UNION FOR LIBERATION (OWN-UL) Introduction Due to the harsh and increasing oppression of the Ethiopian government; the social, political and economical problems has reached an unprecedented level in the country. As a prime target and ongoing victim of genocide, the Oromo people have to double its effort in stepping up its struggle. Taking in to account the aforementioned facts; we the Oromo Women from all corners of Oromiya, have decided to stand together and deliver our responsibility in addressing the pressing human right issues of our people under the name and logo indicated above. Whereas, the government act of unjustified imprisonment under terrorism law, exiling and killing of citizens demanding human right issues are intolerable; Whereas, it has become important to document and expose the successive Ethiopian government horrendous crime against Oromo women; Whereas, societal problems of unemployment and cost of living are unbearable and increasingly severe by the day Whereas, the Oromo are left with no other option but to step up its struggle to achieve the right to self determination for the Oromiya and other nations in the country, Whereas, it is necessary to work in an organized manner to build on the ongoing contribution of Women in the Oromo struggle for self determination and freedom and to learn from other nations who achieved their goal; Whereas, it is crucial to air the voice of the Oromo and other oppressed nations suffering under the brutal EPRDF government, to the international communities through medias; Whereas, it has become an urgent matter to put the facts straight and counter the false propaganda of the government about the Oromo which has recently been intensified to crush the struggle of our people, Whereas, it has become necessary to stand with “National Youth Movement for Freedom And Democracy, QEERROO” and to organize the share of women in this effort Whereas, the ongoing environmental destruction, displacement, imprisonment, exiling, killing and genocide against the Oromo and other oppressed nations in the country has necessitated an organized counter offensive against the oppressor. Accordingly, to play our role in the ongoing struggle, we hereby declare the establishment of our union. By enhancing the performance of this organization and partnering with other like minded groups, we vow to struggle for our cause and declare our readiness to pay any sacrifice it may take. We will realize our struggle and our right!!! Victory for the Oromo!!! Oromo Women National Union for Liberation July11, 2013 Oromo Women National Union for Liberation Email: hawine342@gmail OROMO WOMEN NATIONAL UNION FOR LIBERATION (OWN-UL) Seensa Dhiibbaan mootummaan wayyaanee Impaayera Itoophiyaa keessatti gaggeessaa jiru, haala yeroo kamuu olitti hammaachaa dhufuu fi rakkoowwan hawaasummaa, siyaasaa fi dinagdee biyya kana keessatti daran hadhaawaa dhufuun beekkamaa dha. Sababaa kana irraan gaaffiiwwan mirgaaf waggaa dheeraa qabsaawaa kan turan sabawwan cunqurfamoo mara irraa addatti ammo duguuggaan sanyii irratti tooftaan bara baraan gaggeeffamaa kan jiru uummata Oromoo irraa qabsoo finiinsuttu eegama. Haala kana hubachuudhaan nuti shamarran Oromoo golee Oromiyaa mara keessaa harka wal qabachuun dirqama QBO nu irra jiru bahuuf maqaa fi loogoo armaan oliin hiriiruun gaaffii mirgaa finiinsuu fi dirqama haala yeroo kamuu olitti bahuuf ijaaramuu keenya labsina. Haallen dirqama kanaaf haamileen ka’uuf kan nu kakaasani fi dirqisiisan keessaa gariin: Gaaffiileen mirgaa biyya Itoophiyaa jedhamuun waamamtu kana keessatti gaafataman hundaaf deebiin hidhaa, ajjeechaa, qe’ee irraa arii’amuu fi himannaan shororkeessumaa daangaa darbe haala yeroo kamuu olitti ilmaan Oromoo irratti jireenyi hammaachaa waan dhufeef; Addatti ammoo Shamarran Oromoo cunqursaa fokkisaa jarraa tokko fi walakkaaf irratti sababa dubartii tahaniif addatti bifa natii hin qabneen bara baraan tarkaanfii suukanneessaa mootummaan Itophiyaa irratti fudhatuu galmeen qabuu fi addunyaa fi Oromoo irratti saxiluun barbaachisaa waan taheef; Rakkoolee hawaasummaa, hojii dhabdummaan, qaala’insi jireenyaa rakkoo siyaasaa hundee godhate daran ulfaataa waan taheef; Mirgi hiree murteeffannaa uummata Oromoo fi sabawwan cunqurfamoo biyyattii keessaa akka kabajamu daran qabsoo finiinsuu malee filmaatni biraa waan hin jirreef; Qabsoo Walabummaa fi bilsummaa Oromoo keessatti hirmaannaan shamarran Oromoo qooda qabaachaa turee fi itti jiru daran jabeessuunii fi fakkeenya biyyoottan shamarran abbaa irrummaa of irraa darbuun hiree murteeffannaa kabajsiisanitti hubachuun bifa jarmayaan socho’uun barbaachisaa waan taheef; Sagaleen uummata Oromoo fi sabawwan cunqurfamoo mootummaa abbaa irree wayyaanee jalatti ukkaamsamuun jiru miidiyaalee addunyaa hammachuun akka ifa bahu irratti qabsaawuun yeroo kamuu caalaa ifaa waan dhufeef; Qabsoo ummtootaa fi mirga Oromoo gufachiisuuf humnootni munyuqan miidiyaa alaa fi mootummaa irraatti olola afaan faajjiin ummata keenya keessa oofuun waan lallabaa jiraniif ammoo keessi jireenya ummata cunqurfamoo hundi kan isaan lallaban irraa fallaa waan ta’ee jiruuf ifatti ummataaf barnoota fi odeeffannoo dhugaa kennuun ijaaramuun mirga isaaf akka fallamatu gochuuf; Gaaffii mirgaa fi dimokraasiif Sochiin Dargaggoota Biyyoolessaa kan Bilisummaa fi Dimokiraasii (Qeerroon Bilisummaa) itti jiru cinaa dhaabbachuun shamarran qooda qabsoo jabinaan akka bahan irratti hojjechuuf; Saaminsa, duguuggii sanyii, faalama qilleensaa fi cirama bosonaa, qe’ee irraa buqqa’insa, hidhaa, ajjeechaa fi hammeenya uummata Oromoo fi ummata cunqurfamaa kamuu irratti hojjetamu dura dhaabbachuuf; Qabsoo waliigalaa keessatti qooda ol aanaa kennuuf ijaarmuu keenya irra deebiin labsina. Jarmayaa keenya kana jabeeffatuun humnoota QBO fi warraaqsa haqaa galiin gahuuf socho’an hunda waliin tahuun wareegama kamuu baasuuf qophii tahuu keenyas beeksifna. Qabsoo Keenyaan Mirga Keenya ni Mirkaneessina!! Injifannoo Ummata oromoof!! Oromo Women National Union for Liberation July11, 2013 Oromo Women National Union for Liberation Email: hawine342@gmail የኦሮሞ ሴቶች ብሄራዊ አንድነት ለነፃነት Oromo Women National Union for Liberation መግቢያ የወያኔ መንግስት በኢትዮጵያ ግዛት ውስጥ በማህበራዊ፣ በፖለቲካ እና በኢኮኖሚ ላይ እያደረሰ ያለው አስከፊ ጫና እየተባባሰ መምጣቱ ይታወቃል፡፡ በዚህም የተነሳ ለረጅም አመታት ለመብታቸው ሲፋለሙ በነበሩ የተጨቆኑ ማህበረሰቦች በተለይም በየአመቱ አዳዲስ ስልትን በመጠቀም በኦሮሞ ላይ እየተደረገ ያለውን የዘር ማጥፋት ዘመቻ ለማስቆም ከኦሮሞ ህዝብ ትግል ይጠበቃል፡፡ በመሆኑን እኛ በመላው ኦሮሚያ ውስጥ የምንገኝ ሴቶች ይህን ሁኔታ በመረዳት እጅ ለእጅ ተያይዘን የሚጠበቅብንን የትግል ግዴታ ለመወጣት ከላይ በተገለፀው ስም እና አርማ ተሰልፈን መብታችንን ለማስከበር እና ኃላፊነታችንን ከመቼውም ጊዜ በላቀ መልኩ ለመወጣት መደራጀታችንን እናውጃለን፡፡ ይህን ግዴታ እንድንወጣ ካነሳሱን ሁኔታዎች መካከል የተወሰኑትን ለመግለፅ ያህል፡- ኢትዮጵያ ተብላ በምትጠራው አገር ውስጥ ለሚጠየቁ የመብት ጥያቄዎች ሁሉ መልሱ እስራት፣ ግድያ፣ ከመኖሪያ መፈናቀል እና መስመሩን በዘለለ መልኩ በሽብርተኝነት መከሰስ በመሆኑና ይህም ከመቼውም ጊዜ እየተባባሰ በመምጣቱ፣ በኦሮሞ ሴቶች ከአንድ ክፍለ ዘመን በላይ ሴቶች በመሆናቸው ብቻ ሲደርስባቸው የነበረ ርህራሄ የሌለው ሰቆቃ በየአመቱ በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት የሚወሰደውን አሰቃቂ እርምጃ ተከታትሎ በማወቅ ለኦሮሞ እና ለአለም ህዝብ ማጋለጡ አስፈላጊ በመሆኑ፣ የማህበራዊ ችግሮች፣ ስራ አጥነት፣ የኑሮ ውድነቱ የፖለቲካ ችግርን መሰረት በማድረግ በመባባሱ፣ የኦሮሞን ህዝብ እና ሌሎች የተጨቆኑ ብሄረሰቦች የራስን እድል በራስ የመወሰን መብትን በአገሪቷ ውስጥ ለማስከበር ትግልን ከማቀጣጠል ውጭ ሌላ አማራጭ ስለሌለ፣ በኦሮሞ ነፃነት እና ሉአላዊነት ትግል ላይ ሴቶች የነበራቸው እና እያደረጉ ያለውን ተሰትፎ ይበልጥ ለማጠናከርና በሌላ አገራት አመባገነን ስርአትን በማውረድ የራስን እድል በራስ የመወሰን መብትን ማስከበር የቻሉትን እንደ ምሳሌ በመረዳት ወይም በመገንዘብ በድርጅት ስር ታቅፎ መንቀሳቀሱ አስፈላጊ ስለሆነ፣ የተጨቆኑ ብሄረሰቦች እና የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ድምፅ በአምባገነኑ የወያኔ መንግስት እየታፈነ መሆኑን በአለም ሚዲያዎች በገሀድ እንዲወጣ መታገል አስፈላጊ ስለሆነ፣ የህዝቡን ትግል እና የኦሮሞን መብት ለማደናቀፍ የሚጥሩ ሀይሎች በውጭ እና በመንግስት ሚዲያ በህዝቡ ውስጥ የሚነዙት የውሸት ፕሮፖጋንዳ ሀሰት መሆኑን ህዝቡን ማስተማር እና ትክክለኛ መረጃ በመስጠት ለመብቱ እንዲፋለም ማድረግ፣ ለመብት እና ለዲሞክራሲ ጥያቄ ከሚንቀሳቀሱ ብሄራዊ ወጣቶች/ቄሮ/ ጎን በመቆም ሴቶች በትግሉ የሚጠበቅባቸውን ድርሻ ጠንክረው እንዲወጡ ለማድረግ፣ ብዝበዛ፣ የዘር ጭፍጨፋ፣ የአየር ብክለትና የደን መመንጠር፣ ከመኖሪያ መፈናቀል፣ እስራት፣ ግድያ፣ በተጨቆኑ ብሄረሰቦች እና በኦሮሞ ህዝብ ላይ እየተደረገ ካለው ማንኛውም አስከፊ ጭቆና ፊት በመቆም ለመጋፈጥ፤ በአጠቃላይ የትግል እንቅስቃሴ ውስጥ ትልቅ ድርሻን ለመውሰድ መደራጀታችንን በድጋሜ እናውጃለን፡፡ ይህም ድርጅታችንን በማጠናከር ከኦሮሞ የነፃነት ትግል ሀይሎች እና እውነትን ለማሳካት አብዮቱን ከሚያንቀሳቅሱት ጋር በጋራ በመሆን ማንኛውንም መስዋእትነት ለመክፈል ዝግጁ መሆናችንን እናሳውቃለን፡፡ በትግላችን መብታችንን እናረጋግጣለን !! ድል ለኦሮሞ ህዝብ !! የኦሮሞ ሴቶች ብሄራዊ አንድነት ለነፃነት ሀምሌ/2005 ዓ.ም Oromo Women National Union for Liberation Email: hawine342@gmail August 22, 20131 Reply Nafiisaa Abbulhaakim / Jireenya Shifaraa: Keenya Dhaale August 22, 2013Leave a reply Hello Every One! | Advocacy for Oromia advocacy4oromia.org/action/hello-every-one/ August 19, 2013Leave a reply Older posts View Full Site Now Available! 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