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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.