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Editorial
- Marriage Between
Orommuma and Ethiopianism
Orommuma
("Oromo Nationalism") and Ethiopianism are the two most dominant
movements in the Horn of African empire of Ethiopia. Orommuma
advocates for the liberation of the Oromo people: culturally, socially,
politically and economically, from the Abyssinian colonization. The
Abyssinian ruling regimes have been oppressing the Oromo people for more
than 100 years since the conquest of the Oromo Land (Oromia) by Menelik II
in the late 19th century. During these colonial years under the
"Ethiopian framework", the Oromo people have experienced the
following: assimilation into the Abyssinian society at the expense of
losing their culture, language, self-esteem, and economic and political
power. In order to avert this socio-politico-economic oppression,
the Orommuma movement was born through the continued resistance of the
Oromo people against the Abyssinian system of domination.
Meanwhile,
Ethiopianism was born alongside the expansionist behavior of the
Abyssinian regimes; expanding the geographical area of the
"Ethiopia" with Abyssinian rulers at the top is at the center of
the Ethiopianism movement. The geographical "unity" of the
land must come before "peoples" living in the empire.
Distributing resources unfairly from the newly incorporated areas (such as
Oromia) to Abyssinians in power is also another goal of Ethiopianism.
Ethiopianism is about the history of the Orthodox-Christian dominated
Northern region of the empire, counting back to 3000 years to validate the
existence of the present archaic system of domination. Ethiopianism
is about assimilating all of the other peoples of the empire into the
Abyssinian culture, language and faith thereby treating them as
second-class citizens in their own land if they resist assimilation.
As presented
above, Orommuma and Ethiopianism have very few elements (if any) that
bring them together. The realization of Orommuma is the destruction
of Ethiopianism, and vice versa. In order to liberate the Oromo
people from a century-old colonization or create an independent Oromia,
the archaic system of Abyssinian domination must be dismantled.
Unless this system is destroyed, equality, peace, prosperity and
fraternity will not be realized in the Horn of Africa in general. On
the other hand, in order to keep Ethiopianism intact, Orommuma must be
killed, burnt and buried once and for all; resisting the Abyssinian system
of domination has consequences: human rights abuses, such as imprisonment,
torture, mass-dismissal from schools and killings. In short,
Orommuma and Ethiopianism are heading for a very devastating head-on
collision that will result in the destruction of the Horn of Africa's
aspiration for a better future.
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Cover Story - Announcement
of the First Edition of the First Oromo Webzine,
read to find out about the objectives of this Oromo Webzine, how to submit
articles for the next issues and more.
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Feature - Oromo
Personalities of the Month
1.
Obbo Daoud Ibsa Gudina ... Chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front
(OLF)
2.
Dr. Merera Gudina Jefi ... Chairman of the Oromo National Congress
(ONC)
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Human Rights Causes
- The Violent Crackdown on Oromo
Students by the Ethiopian Regime ...
complete coverage on the Ongoing Oromo Students Movement
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| Now, HOW CAN
THE TWO MOVEMENTS COMPROMISE IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT LASTING PEACE,
EQUALITY, PROSPERITY AND FRATERNITY TO THE HORN OF AFRICA?
To create a new Ethiopia, there must be a way to marry these two
movements, Orommuma and Ethiopianism. Ethiopianism must undergo a
"genetic" change in order to save "Ethiopia;" after
all, isn't "unity of Ethiopia" at the center of this movement?
"How can this "genetic" reform be achieved?" is a
question requiring an urgent answer. At the same time, Orommuma must
consider to work for a greater Ethiopia if sincere changes are being
undertaken to reform Ethiopianism. Changing the mentality of the
peoples of Ethiopia, in general, is key to achieving this marriage between
the Orommuma and Ethiopianism movements. It's important to emphasize
that sincere reforms must be taken before it's too late. Speaking of
reforms, one suggestion is to create a FLAG representing the central
symbols of the two movements (shown above). The ultimate goal of all
of these reforms is to form a new wave of movement that is determined to
bring peace, equality, democracy, fraternity and prosperity to the Horn of
African peoples. Again, UNITY IS STRENGTH, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF
A MOVEMENT MUST BE THE EQUALITY, DEMOCRACY, FRATERNITY, PEACE THAT IT CAN
BRING TO THE PEOPLE!
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