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FINFINNETRIBUNE | Vol. 01 | No. 01 | March 2013 | Bitootessa 2013 PRINT-ON-DEMAND NEWSLETTER PAGE 8 Seattle Waamicha Wal Ga'ii Ibsa Waloo Kan Araara fi Tokkoomsuu ABO Ibsa araara walhubannoo waliigalte Qabsaawootaa kan dheeraf ummata bal’aa Oromoo biratti hawwamaa ture, amma waliigaltee milkii fi injifannoo tahuu isaa ilaalchise ibsi kennama. Sagantaa guyyaa kana irratti bakka bu’oonni ABO Shanee Gumii, QC fi Gurmuu Qabsaawootaa argamanii ibsa bal’aa keennuuf waan qophaawanii jiraniif hawaasni Oromoo kan qubsumaan naannoolee Seattle, Portland, fi Vancouver jiraattan ykn qubattan hunddi itti baha walii galtee fi araara mooraa QBO keessatti tahe kana ilaalchisee ibsa kennamu irraa akka qooda fudhattan kabajaa lamummaa fi Oromummaattin isin afeera. Guyyaa: Guraandhala (February) 23, 2013 Bakki: The 2100 Building 24th Avenue South Seattle WA - 98144 Yeroon: 3:00WB – 8:00WB Koree Qopheesituu Ilaa fi Ilaamee Maaljechi “Walabummaa” fi “Bilisummaa” Garaagaraa? IBSAAGUUTAMATIIN* Gubirmans.com Qooqoti lamaan “walabummaa fi bilisummaan”guutummaa biyyaa keessatt rimsama tokko ifsuuf dhimma itt bahama ture. Kan too’annoo, olhaantummaa yk dhiibbaa qaama biraa jala hin jirre akka fedha ofiitt jiraatu jechuuf tajaajilu. Gandi tokko isaan keessa tokkoti caalaa dhimma baha ta’a. “Sillichaan qalqalloo qalqalloon silichaa” isa jedhan sana hin darbu. Oromoon Maccaa tokko yoo “walabicha Walabuu” ofiin jedhu yk qabsaawaan tokko “dirre bilisoomte” jedhu akka qooqoti kun saala fi akaakuun utuu adda hin baasin hundaaf dhimma itt bahamu agarsiisa. Qooqoti balchummaa, birmadummaa, luba baasa, ofiin bulummaa, gaddhiisaa jedhanis kanuma ifsu. Garuu Ofiin bulummaan diddaa haala jiruf sarmu dhiisuu yoo ta’u, gadhiisaan hidhaa keessaa gad dhiifamuu agarsiisa. Akka dambooba dhabuutt kan laalan jiru. Luba bahunis koolummaa irraa walaboomu agarsiis. Qooqoti kun afaan English keessattis “independence, freedom, liberation” jedhamani hala hundaaf maljecha walfakiif dhimma itt bahama. Fakkeenyaaf “independence of Oromiyaa, freedom of Oromiyaa, liberation of Oromiyaa” jechuun waanuma tokko. Akka biraattis yoo dhihatan, waliindeemaa saanii keessatt qayyabatamu. Kan kaaneef “walabummaa fi bilisummaaf” waan ta’eef isaan haa caqasnu. Kurnan lamaan darban keessa “walabummaan” biyyaa “bilisummaan” ummataaf kan jedhu golee ta’e keessaa darbatamnaan hedduun gaaffii malee baasaa baranee (fashionable) ta’innaa jedhanii dhimma itt bahuutt ka’an. Obsaan dhaabbannee dura kan nutti dhufe qorqoruun hafee tasummaan hurrisa darbu waliin didichuun barsiifata nuu ta’ee jira. Qooqoti dhiibbaa hala hawaasa keessaa, barreessotaa, malbulcheessota, malraagotaa kkf. dhawaatan akka danaan itt bahu fi maljecha jijjirrachuu fi haaraan umamu dandahu beekamaa dha. Beekaa gara dabarsuufis kan jijjiiran jiru. Haa ta’u malee rimsama haaraan yoo baheef fulduraaf m alee kan darbe irratt jijjiirama fiduu hin danda’ani, raga sobaa uumuu danda’uu. Kurnan lamaan dura barruulee fi (Gara Fuula 9tti)
FINFINNETRIBUNE | Vol. 01 | No. 01 | March 2013 | Bitootessa 2013 PRINT-ON-DEMAND NEWSLETTER PAGE 9 Maaljechi “Walabummaa” fi “Bilisumma” . . . (Cont'd from PAGE 8) jechooti turan qooqota lamaan waljijjiiruun waanuma tokkoof dhimma itt bahama jirate. “Biyyaa fi ummataaf” jechuun dhiheenya tolfame. Kan kana hubachiisuun barbaachisaa ta’e ofumaa miti. Seenaa qabsoo bilisummaa Oromiyaa furaa haaraa kanatt dhimma bahanii dabsuuf kan yaalan waan dhalataniifi. Addi Bilisummaa Oromoo (ABO) maqaa sochii malbulchaa diina ofirraa faccisuuf eegalameeti. Akeeki saa Rebublika Oromiyaa bilisa ofiin bultu demokratoftuu kan ummati see walabummaa fi walqixxummaan keessa jiraatu gad dhaabuuf. Daayi qabsaawota see bulcha halagaa jalaa baatee mootummaa ofii akka dhaabbatu gochuu dha. Sun erga ta’ee hariiroon ummatoota Afrikaa olla waliin qabaatan maal akka fakkaachuu dandahu himamee ture. Kanneen maaljecha haaratt dhimma bahuun bilisummaa malee walabummaan hin gaafatamne jechuu fedhan jiru. Sanaaf sagantaa dhaabichaa irra deebi’anii yoo ilaalan deebii ni argama. Yooma akki qooqoti dhimma itt bahame mamsiisaa dha jedhama ta’e hardha maaltu taliilessuu dhowwa laata? Waan darbe wal haaluun yk micciiranii dhiheessuun ni danda’ama. Garuu Oromiyaan bulcha diinaa jalaa baatee mootummaa walaba akka dhaabbatu fedha sabichaa taanaan eenyuu akka hin qabsoofneef kan dhowwuu hin jiru. Seenaa qabsoo walkaa jaarraa ummatichi halagaa jalaa bahee bilisummaan jiraachuuf gaggeeffate haquun yaalamaa jira taanaan qooqotatt fura jijjiiruun utuu hin ta’in ilaalcha amma qabaniin gadi bahuu dha. Seenaa kaayyoo jaalbiyyooti itt cichaa jiran jajallisuun rakkisaa akka ta’e yaa’a qabsoo keessatt argameera. Kan irratt xiyyeeffatame sanaan ABO diiguu taanaan eenyummaa ofii saaxilu malee milkiin hin ba’ani. Kan fedhe walabummaan biyyaaf, bilisummaa ummataaf dhimma itt bahun ni buhaarsaan taanaan mirga saati. Kan kana keessatt anja hin agare akkuma dudhaan dhimma itt bahamaa dhufeett itt fufuun TPLF: The Same System, . . . (Cont'd from PAGE 3) The content of that video was very disturbing. It showed people getting burnt in a house, being thrown into a deep gorge and being hung from the tree, and so many evil things. After the video was shown, Mr. Danyachew stood up from his chair and explained, “Look at them,” Danyachew spoke shamelessly and made it worse for us – the audience of that excellent propaganda, “this happened in Baddannoo. And, it was the work of OLF, they butcher people, hung people and burn people.” And he continued, “You know who they are doing this to?” he tried to label the OLF as brutal which would do such horrible things even to their own brothers and sisters. We were very young, but what we watched awaken us all of a sudden. We were irritated and could not wait until he got off the stage. Instead, he kept going on and on about it. What he did not know was that those young kids could analyze things way better than he could. After the long and boring explanation about the video, in soliciting for support from the audience, he gave a chance to few people to speak. One young brave boy, I still remember him, raised his hand and was given the chance to speak. The boy was nervous at the start, but picked it up as he spoke, “Ok, I have one simple question, who recorded this video? Whoever recorded this video must have done all the crimes committed. This looks like a movie to me; instead of recording it, how come they did not save those innocent people? And, I heard that OLF fights for freedom; why would they commit such crimes?” And, then he sat down, all the sudden everybody was clapping. Mr. Danyachew was furious, and he jumped up from his chair and shouted, “Shut up now,” and turned around and looked at teachers who were sitting right next to him, and furiously spoke, “There must be some remnants of OLF among you,” banging on the table right in front of him. Probably, he did not expect the 7th grader to challenge him. It took him a while until he later on collected himself and answered the question. Even though I don’t recall the exact answer, I remember him leaving that school scratching his head wondering who the hell taught those kids. That video was so fictitious that even people as young as middle school students knew how the producers of that video were the best writers of the same fictions. They create a story, set up characters, practice the lies very well, and narrate it like it is true. They want to create confusion and mistrust among different ethnic groups, religious sects and even among brothers and sisters. They have been doing this since the first day they secured power in that country, and used this system to defame leaders and to frighten supporters of the true cause. Now, leaders of the Muslim Community are the victims of mirga abbaati. Yoomiyyuu waan barbaadnu caalaa nuu ifsuu danda’a gara jennutt dhimma baana. Kan barreessu yk dubbatu akka barbaadett yoo dhimma itt bahu kan dubbisu yk dhaggeeffatu akka waliindeemaa saatt furachuu danda’a. Maaljechi qooqota kantaree hin hafu. Haala waliin guddataa fi badaa deemuus ni danda’a. Haala tasa as bahe tokko akka namaa golguuf qooqa jirutt yk haaraa uumanii dhimma itt bahuun waan ilmaan namaa godhaa dhufani. Jechi walabummaan biyyaaf, bilisummaan ummataaf jedhu garuu rimsama haaraa golguuf utuu hin ta’in ilaalcha malbulchaa addaa irratt hundaaweetu. Kan uumaniif yeroo sana dhimma baaseera ta’a. Bulee garuu qaxxisa maltuuf dhaabata ta’aa jira. Jechi malalalchiissaan bilisummaa fi malee walabummaaf dhaabbanne hinbeeknu jedhu sun fudhatame se’ameetu. Ittansee akkuma “ashannafa’ fi achanafan” dhaabota Habashaa lamaaf maqii ta’e wal haleelchisaa bahe kunis akka this fiction. The same technique, that has been used against the OLF, the ONLF and other opposition parties, is being used against Muslim leaders of today. The Muslim leaders are being accused of attempting to create an Islamic Government in Ethiopia like the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and causing violence in the country. On the contrary, we have witnessed one of the most organized and peaceful demonstrations ever led in Ethiopia. These leaders should have been actually recognized as leaders of peaceful social changes in that country. The shocking thing is how ETV personals shamefully lie to the people, who happen to know their leaders very well. Can they even think? Do they think that the viewers of ETV programs are stupid? ETV is truly a propaganda machine that accuses innocent and peace-loving people of crimes they did not commit. It uses any possible lie it can fabricate in order to brainwash, confuse and try hard to distance the people from true freedom fighters and peace-loving organizations. However, it has been unsuccessful, and it will never deter our generation from pursuing the freedom that millions are yearning for! * Hashim Adam is the former President of the International Oromo Youth Association/IOYA (2010-2011) and the former President of the Oromia Student Union at the University of Minnesota (2009-2010). hin taane eeggachuu dha. Akka qooqotaatt dudhaan Amaarri kaabaa” achanafa, kan kibbaa ashanafaatt” dhimma bahu turani. Qabsaawota gidduutt walabummaa fi bilisummaan maqii ta’uf deemu, garuu ummataaf adda addummaa hin qaban, kan malteen feetus kanuma. Jara dhimma fi ulfina sabaa dhaabbatanin walfakaatanii itt dhihaachuufi. Akeeki keenya tokkuma jechuuf deemu. Afaan keenya baldhaa dhaa barbaadnu caalaa ballifnee feenu maljecha qooqotaa akka amma dhihaatett dhiphisne dhimma itt bahuu ni dandeenya. Walitt dabaluu fi gargar cabsuunis qooqota haaraa uumnee ittiin caalaa of ifsuu kan nu dhowwu hin jiru. Garuu gana kaayyoo sabaa mijjeessuuf malteen tolfamu fudhatama hin qabu.“Bilisummaa fi walabummaa”abba tokkooti akka biraatt dhimma itt haabahan malee ummati abbaa itt ta’e kan beeku haalaa fi waan tokkichaa ifsu saniiti. Ayyaana akaakileen kan dubbannu sanaani. Gabaabaatt “balchummaa, bilisummaa, Many varieties of important crops occur naturally in Oromia. These diverse crop plants are very valuable natural resources. Oromo farmers have contributed to the world agriculture by cultivating and developing some of the world's crop plants, and in this way have discovered new domesticated varieties. The main cash crop is coffee. Coffee, a major cash earner for many countries, has its origin in the forests of Oromia and neighboring areas. Specifically, Kaffa and Limmu are considered centers of the origin for coffee. It is from here that coffee spread to other parts of the globe. Coffee was birmadummaa fi walabummaa” jechuun, kan too’annoo, olhaantummaa yk dhiibbaa qaama biraa jala hin jirre akka fedha ofiitt jiraatu rimsama jedhu ifsuuf walqixxee dhimma itt bahama. Tokko tokko akka ganda gandaatt caalaa dhimma itt bahamuu danda’a. Sun wanuma tokko jechuuf malee namaa, lafaa, qoolloo qilleensaa fi binoo waan jedhu hin qabu. Qooqa kamiinuu hanga wal hubannoon jirutt, waliigalteen akka haalaatt dhimma itt bahuf mijjeessuu kan nu dhorgu hin jiru. Kan jibbamu ummata afanfajeessuuf dhimma itt bahuu dha. Barreessitoota, kiloloota, qorattoota fi walaleessitoti keenya sanaaf hedduu gumachaa jiru, egereefis abdii guddaa irraa qabna. Afaan keenya caalaatt nagaa, araaraa fi misoomaaf garaa qulqulluu fi gamnoomaan haa guddifanu. Ulfinaa fi surraan dabaankufootaaf; walabummaa, walqixxummaa fi bilisummaan kan hafaniif; nagaa fi araarri Ayyaana abboolii fi ayyoliif haa tahu! * Ibsaa Guutama miseensa dhaloota saganta ABO isa jalqabaa baasan keessaa tokkoo one of the export items of the Gibe states. Wallagga and llubbabor regions of Oromia exported coffee to the Sudan through the inland port of Gambella on the Baro river, and border towns of Kurmuk, Gissan, etc. Hararge, because of its favorable location for communication with the outside markets through the Red Sea, has been producing one of the finest coffee for export. Coffee has remained the chief export item, representing more than 60% of the foreign earnings of successive Ethiopian colonial regimes. Source: "Oromia: an Introduction," by Gadaa Melbaa, Khartoum, Sudan, 1988. Photo - Ralf Bäcker A coffee ceremony is a ritualised form of roasting, making and drinking coffee in Oromia.
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