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Kabajamtoota Lammii Oromoo

Bakkuma jirtanitti nagaan keenya kan Waaqa garaa gurraachaa tokkicha maqaa dhibbaa isin haaqaqqabu.Yeroo garaagaraatti barruulee ‘SIIFSIIN’ jedhamuufi kitaabota Afaan Oromoo hedduu maxxansiisaa jiraachuun keenya Oromoo biratti kan beekamedha. Ammas hojiin kun hojii akka abidda saafaa itti fufudha… Akkuma beekamu aartiin saba tokkoo sabicha bakka bu’e dubbata. Waan aartii kanaa keessaa ammoo barruu/barroon isa tokkodha. Dhimmi afaaniin dubbatamu gara barreeffamaatti yoo dhufe ammoo nuti dabarrus bakka keenya bu’ee dhaloota itti aanuuf ergaa hinbanne ta’ee jiraata. Afoolli Oromoo beekumsa hammaaramee hindhumne of keessaa qaba; waa’een Oromoos barreeffamee dhuma natti hinfakkaatu.

Kabajamtoota Lammii Oromoofi Leellistoota Aadaafi Afaan keenyaa…

‘Tuullaa beekumsaa sammuu keenya keessa taa’ee dhokatee taa’u mannaa, barruu fal’aana tokko hawaasa keenya bira nuuf geesse wayya’ kan jedhu yeroo hunda natti dhaga’ama. Dhugumattuu taanaan dhaloonni keenya keessumattuu dargaggoonni keenya guddataa jiran kitaabota dubbisuufi seenaa darbe beekanii kan har’a ammoo qeequufi hubachuu barbaadu.

Maarree waan barreessinee of harkaa qabnu tokko gara barreeffamaatti fiduutu nurraa eegama. Waan nu harka jirtu fuulli tokkittiin nama shantamman keenyarraa yoo walitti dhufte fuula 50 taati; kun ammoo barruu (kitaaba) tokkicha ni ta’a. Animmoo yoo isin maqaa keessan faana beekumsa isin harka jirtu kana naaf ergitan qindeessuusaafi bifa kitaabaa qabsiisuuf itti gaafatamummaa nan fudhadha. Haaluma kanaan barruun isin nuuf ergitan ulaagaa armaan gadii yoo nuuf guute nutti tola.
Barruun isin nuuf ergitan walaloo, asoosama gabaabaa, Afoola Oromoo (weedduu, eebba, Geerarsa, Mammaaksa, oduu durii, Hibboo Oromoo, baacoo Boromoo, tapha ijoollee, Faaruu Waaqaa, faaruu gootaa, faaruu Asmaarii….) ta’uu danda’a.
Hammi isin nuuf ergitan fuula hamma barbaaddan ta’uu danda’a. Nuti garuu akka barruuchaaf mijachuu danda’utti gulaaluu dandeenya…maqaa keessanis barruu keessan faana baafanna…yoo isin maqaan keessan akka hinbaane barbaaddan ta’es dhiisuu dandeenya.Kan nuti barbaannu inni guddichi beekumsi sammuu keessan keessaa isin duutanillee isin duukaa akka hinduune barbaaduu keebnyadha. Waggaa kumaatamaaf lafa kanarra hinjiraatamu mitiiree?
Barruun isin nuuf ergitan lammii Oromoo mara duratti fudhatama kan qabu jechuunis amantiifii siyaasaan garaagarummaa nugidduu buusuu kan hindandeenye ta’ee Oromoon tokko karaan inni ittiin aadaasaa, seenaasaa, dandeettii dubbisuusaa guddisuuf kan gumaacha kennu ta’uu qaba. Waan sammuu dhalootaa gara fuulduraatti tarkaanfii tokkollee achi butuufi dhaloota kana kalaqqiifi argannoo garaagaraaf kan qopheessu utuu ta’ee hedduu bareedaadha.
Hamma ammaatti namoota bebbeekamoo Oromoo ta’an (gootota Oromoo, Artistoota Oromoo, Hayyuu Oromoo-barreessitoota–proofeseroota…., Atileetota Oromoo, lafa seena qabeeyyii Oromiyaan qabdu gurgudoo, sooressoota Oromoo qabeenyaan badhaadho ta’aniifii uummata isaaniif karaa garaagaraan tajaajila kennan, Oromoota sadarkaa saayintisummaarra ga’an-argannoo garaagaraa sadarkaa addunyaatti kan galmeessisan, waan beektaniifi waan barreeffamaan jiran Afaan Oromoon yookaan Afaan Ingiliziin kan jiran yoo nuuf ergitan nuti gara Afaan Oromootti gulaallee qindeessuu dandeenya. Hubadhaa! Barruun maxxanu kun Oromoof waan ta’eef nuti gara afaan Oromootti deebisuun dirqama.
Barruu nuti qopheessinu kun kallattumaan lafa lammiin Oromoo jiru kamiyyuu (biyya keessaaf alaa) ga’uu akka danda’uuf daandii kan nu agarsiistan yoo jiraattan gammachuu guddaan isin simanna. Hubadhaa! guddinni barruuf afaan keenyaa kan madaalamu: kan barreessu, kan dubbisuu, kan qeequufi kan raabsu yoo jiraatedha.
Barnoonni meeshaa guddaa ittiin hiyyumaafi doofummaa barbadeessan ta’uusaa beeknee hojii guddaafi seena qabeessa hojjechuutu nurraa eegama. Kanaaf ammoo waan barreeffamee jiru kanneen akka ogbarruu baay’ee murteessaa ta’uusaa hubannee duula wallaalummaa barbaadeessuurratti tokkummaan haakaanuun dhaamsa keenya isa guddaadha.
Waggaa sadii dura kitaaba ‘DILBII’ jedhamu tokkicha qofa Yunivarsiitii Ambootti eebbisiisne; waggaa isaatti ammoo kitaaba torba Yunivarsiitichumatti eebbisiisne; amma waggaa kana keessa ammoo kitaabota 43 walfaana eebbisiifne. Waggaa isa itti aanutti ammoo yoo Waaqayyo jedhe 100:100 (Kitaabota dhibba, barreessitoota dhibbaan) dhaadannoo jedhu qabannee hojii keessa seennee jirra. Haaluma kanaan yoo xiqqaate bara itti aanu kana kitaabota afaan Oromoo lakkoofsaan 100,000 ta’aniifii barruulee (magazine) Afaan Oromoon barreeffaman kan ji’a lama lamaan maxxansuu jalqabne kooppii 120,000 lammii Oromoo hundaan ga’uuf kutannee hojii keessa seennee jirra.
Namni dhuunfaasaatti kitaabota Afaan Oromoo tokkicha qopheeffatee garuu mana maxxansaatiin hingeenye yoo jiraate mana maxxansaatiin ga’uun sabni keenya akka dubbisu gochuu nidandeenya. Fageenyi danqaa ta’uu hindanda’u. Fakkeenyaaf Kan Dargaggoo Gasharee Abdiisaa Gurmeessaa jedhamu tokkoo fakkeenya guddaadha. Utuma Denmark irraa dooktorummaasaa barataa jiruu Asoosama dheeraa ‘Himala Jireenyaa’ jedhamtu as gara biyyaatti erguun maxxnsiisuun dirqama lammiinsaa isarraa eegu ba’uun Oromoo bal’oo biraa galata guddaa argateera. Namni Leellisaa Aadaa jedhamus kitaaba seenaa qabeessa ‘KUDHAAMA SEENAA’ jedhamu barreessee as gara biyyaatti erguun lammiisaa gammachiisee jira; namni Hundsaa Waaqwayyaa jedhamus kitaaba afaan Oromoo ‘ABC’BU’UURA AFAAN OROMOOFI AFOOLA OROMOO’ jedhu maxxansee dhaloota lammiisaa ta’an biraan ga’ee dirqama isarraa eegamu raawwatee jira. Mee keessumattuu warreen biyya ambaa jiraattanii kitaaba seenaa gurguddoo of keessa qaban harkatti qabattanii jirtan jarreen ani irranatti maqaa isiniif dha’e sadan fakkeenya waan isiniif ta’aniif amma beekumsa keessan harka bal’isnee isinirraa eegaa jirra. Duula ogbarruu keessatti hundumti keenya waraqaafii waan ittiin barreessan qabannee yeroo hundaa itti jirra…
Kitaabonni Afaan Oromootiin barreeffamuu qaban dirqamatti kan asoosamaafi walaloo…ta’uu qabu miti. Kitaabota saayinsii ammayyaa barsiisan: gama qonnaan, daldalaan, hojii uumuun, kompiiteraafi kkf ta’uu danda’a. Guddinni biyya tokkoo kan mirkanaa’u yoo gama hundaan irratti hojjennedha.
Bara amma keessa jiraataa jirru kana bara haaromsa ogbarruu Oromoo (renaisance for Oromo Literature) ta’uu akka qabu wal nama hingaafachisu. Haaromsi kun warra amma jirru kanaan galma ga’a. Duula afaan, seenaa, aadaafi eenyummaa guddisuu keessatti qooda yoo fudhanne bu’aa gama hundaan argamu kana keessaa nuuf ijoollee keenyatu qooda qabaata….

Kabajamtoota Lammii Oromoofi Leellistoota Aadaafi Afaan keenyaa…

Hojiin kun hojii nama tokkoof lamaa miti. Hojii Oromoo addunyaa gubbaarra jiru maraati. Yoo harka walqabannee hojii wallaalummaafii doofummaa barbadeessuu kanarratti waliin qabsoofne, dhaloonni bor biyya keenya kana dhaloota ammaa kanarraa fuudhee gara fuulduraatti adeemsisu dhalachuuf jira. Dhaloota bor hojii nuharkaa fuudhan guddisuu caalaa hubannaan hinjiru. Qabeenyi biyya keenyaa dhaloota guddataa jiran kanadha. Dhaloota boriif biyyaaf lammii isaaniif yaadan kana…

Kabajamtoota Lammii Oromoofi Leellistoota Aadaafi Afaan keenyaa…

Yeroo ammaa kanatti aadaan dubbisuu biyya keenyaa isa durii caalaa fooyyee kan argate fakkaata. Qaanqeen kaafame kun giimii bu’ee guutuu addunyaatti finiinuutu irra jiraata. Kanaan walqabatee waan barreeffamu dhabamee osoo hintaane, nama of kennee ogummaa sammuusaa keessaa qabu kana dhalootaaf arjoomutu bal’inaan argamaa hinjiru fakkaata. Namni kamuu wal’aansoo jirenyaa kan dhuunfaasaatii keesssa akka jiru wallaalameef miti. Garuu utuma hirmaannaa eenyummaa ofii keessattis qooda fudhachuun waan barbaachiseef malee… Namni kamuu ogummaa irratti muuxannoo qabu sanarratti yoo barreesse dhalootaaf bu’aa guddaadha. Dhaloonni amma ka’aa jiru kun beekumsa gama hundumaaniitiin of jabeessuuf of ijaaruutu irraa eegama. Gama saayinisiif takinooloojiin dabalatee beekumsa addunyaawaa (universal knowlede) waan ta’e kanaan guddachuutu eegama. Dhaloota kana guddisuuf ammoo ga’een qareeyyii amma jirruu (elites) isa guddaadha. Har’aaf nutu jira; bor isaantu bakka bu’aam…

Kabajamtoota Lammii Oromoofi Leellistoota Aadaafi Afaan keenyaa…

Barreessitoota Oromoo ka’aa jiran kana guddisuuf gorsuuf akka mijatutti waldaanakka Addunyaatti beekamtii qabu tokko hundeeffamuutu irra jiraata. Innis Waldaa Barreessitoota Addunyaawaa (International Oromo Writers Association) kan jedhu dhaabbachuu qaba. Kaayyoonsaa guddaan ammoo guddina afaaniifii Aadaa Oromoo irratti kan hojjetu ta’uu qaba. Barreeffamni barreeffamu kun Afaan Oromoo qofaan osoo hintaane, Afaan Ingiliziinis barreeffamee guutummaa addunyaa qaqqabuu qaba. Kana keessatti waa’een Oromiyaa akka addunyaatti beekamtii guddaa qabaatu gochuutu eegama… Kabajamtoota Lammii Oromoofi Leellistoota Aadaafi Afaan keenyaa… Galma ga’insa guddinaafi dagaagina ogbarruu kanaaf Oromoon hundumtuu dirqama lammummaa qaba. Kunis qooda fudhannaafi gumaacha taasisuu gaafata. Dubbisanii qeequu, dubbisuufi dubbisiisuun, fuudhanii raabsuun akka namni dubbisu taasisuun gumaacha guddaadha. Ergaan takkaa duula barbadeessa wallaalummaa kanarratti waliin akka hojjennu abdiin qaba. Bara itti aanu kanatti hawaasni Oromoo biyya keessaas taatan kan biyya ambaa jiraattan beekumsa sammuu keessan keessaa lammii keessaniif akka karaa barruutiin arjoomtan abdiin qaba. Isin eegaa jirras.

Kabajamtoota Ilmaan Oromoo Biyya keessaaf alaa…

Waan hinmul’atiin jiru mul’achuu; waan ifa hinba’iin ammoo ifa ba’uu qaba. kun ammoo riqaa barreeffamaatiin mul’ata. Waan haqaafi murtii dhugaa marti gola barreeffamaa keessaan sabaaf ifa ba’a. Dhimmi karaa barroo hindabarre jira natti hinfakkaatu…

Ammas baay’ee jira waan mul’achuu malu
Sammuu namaa keessaa kan himalaa jiru
Madda wallaalummaa kan caccabsuuf jiru
Dhaloonni akka xiyyaa ammas ka’aa jiru
Dhalootni qubeedhaa himaammati haaraa
Barreessuurra jiru kan darbeef kan har’aa
Waa’ee isa darbees kalaqa sammuudha
Rafiitiin hinjiru dammaquun ammadha!
Iyyaa iyya dabarsaa maaloo waldammaqsaa
Waa’ee saba bal’aa dammaqaa barreessaa
Godaannisa darbe sana cabsaa hunkuteessaa
Humna hindhabiinaa cimsaa waljabeessaa!

Kabajamtoota Sabboontota Ilmaan Oromoo…

Karaa barreeffamaatiin waan hedduutu dubbatamuu danda’a. Meeshaa guddichi akka ‘Newukileera ammayyaa’tti ilaalamu waan barreeffama kana. Newukilaarrillee’ meeshaa ittiin lubbuu balleessan ta’a; barreeffamni garuu kan ittiin sba ijaaran, guddisan, cimsaniifii fedhaafi hawwa aggaamame bira ittiin ga’anidha. Egaa hojii waggaa guutuuf itti dadhabne kana Talavaziinii Oromiyaa (TVO) fi VOA nugargaaranii lammiilee Oromoo Addunyaa kanaan nuuf ga’an, isa dhufu ammoo gargaarsa Waaqaan Kitaaba 100, Barreessaan 100, Kooppiin kitaabaa, 100,000 fi barruulee (oromo Magazine) kooppii 120, 000 hojiirra oolchuuf dhaloonni qubee hojii oonnachiisaafii ajaa’ibsiisaa keessa seenee jira.

Mee Lammiin keenya guutummaa biyya lafaarra jiraattan marti gumaacha keessan kana gama dandeessaniin mul’isa.

Milkaa’ina hojii keenya baranaa keessaa Namoota isin akka addaatti naagalateeffattan keessaa muraasan kaasuu fedha
Dargaggoota Oromoo biyya keessaa utuma barnoota faana wal’aansoo qabanii waa’ee seenaafi afaan saba guddaa kanaa barreessuurratti argaman
Yunivarsiitii Amboo kan ofitti nuqabuun bakka nuuf kennanii akka kitaaba eebbisiifannu godhan.
TVO hojii dargaggoonni kun hojjetan walitti nuuf qabuun saba Oromoo biyya alaaf keessaatti akka beekamu godhan (Keessumattuu Dargaggeessa cimaa Gaazexeessaa Natsaanet Hayiluu of kennee hojii dargaggoota kanaa ifa gochuufi Akkasumas Hisqeel Argaaw TVO irraa gara Amboo dhufee hojii kana nuf hojjechuusaa)
Dargaggoo Gasharee Abdiisaafi Obbo Hundasaa Waaqwayyaa hojii nuti itti dadhabaa turre kana keessatti haala baay’een nujajjabeessuun cinatti lammii isaaniitiif utuu haala barnootaafi qabsoo jireenya dhuunfaa biyya ambaa keessa jiranii kitaaba tokko tokko barreessanii hawaasa isaanii biraan ga’uusaaniif.
Dr Asafaa Kuru kitaabota keenya bitachuuf fedha guddaa qabaatee akka iddoo inni jirutti isaaf erginuuf fedhaafii haamilee hundaan nufaana ta’uusaa
Dargaggoota Oromoo ‘Washington DC kitaaba keenya akka itti erginee saba Oromoo faana walbaruuf haamilee cimaan nucina dhaabachuu isaaniif,
VOA (Jaallannee Gammadaa, Namoo Daandii, Tuujubee, Soraa) waggaa waggaan hojii dargaggoonni Oromoo gama barreessuutiin taasisan kana qilleensarra oolchuun akka lammiin isaanii dhaga’u gochuusaaniif,
Mana Maxxansaa SUBII PLC hammam qarshii dhabnus barattoota kana walitti qabee liqii nuuf eeggachuun balbala maxxnsaa nuubanuusaaf,

Egaa lammiikoo kun jalqaba hojiiti malee xumura miti. Dargaggoota mul’ata qabeeyyii gama barreeffamaatiin waa’ee saba isaanii dubbachuu danda’an Oromiyaan hortee jirti. Gammaduutu nurra jiraata. Bara dukkanaafii wallaalummaa labsaa hinjiraannu. Yoo jabaannee hojjenne, Oromiyaa keenya Addunyaayyuu dabarsinee Plaanet’ biraarratti arguu dandeenya. Maal dhabne. Oromootu nama barate dhabee? Maaliif hinbarreessinu? Waan barbaanneyyuu haabarannuuti muummee barnoota keenyaa kamuu Oromoof gumaacha guddaa qaba. Yoo Waan qaban of harkaa darbatanmee….

Gaaffii
Waan maqaakee qabattee teessu kan ati dhalootaaf arjoomtee lafa kanarraallee godaantu maaltu siharka jira?
Ati ofumakeef qofa jiraattamoo Oromiyaa sibarsiiftee achiin sigeesse kanaaf gumaacha qabdaa?

Amma gaaffii baay’isuunkoo gaarii mitiiti lammiikoo dogoggorakoof na ofkalchaati duula Ogbarruu bara kana jalqabne kana keessatti qooda guddaa qabaadhaa..





Galatoomaa!!

Beekan Guluma Irana

PhD Candidate at Addis Ababa University

In Documentary Linguistics and Culture

Email: beekanguluma@gmail.com

misganuguluma@gmail.com

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Tel. 251 (0) 911074437

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Aanolee and calanqoo

Aanolee Remembrance Day and Calanqoo Remembrance Day

By Abraasaa Dirree | July 6, 2013
Despite George Santayana’s admonition that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, we, Oromos, are better forgetters than rememberers.
Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Ellie Wiesel once wrote: “without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” We, Oromos, must heed Ellie Wiesel’s words. We must memorialize the Aanolee and Calanqoo genocides. We must ensure that the Aanolee and Calanqoo victims and lessons are never forgotten. We must commemorate, each year, the thousands of innocent men, women and children massacred at the hands of the Abyssinians during the most heinous chapter in Oromo history – colonization. We must pay tribute to the courage of the Oromo people in that time of gravest peril.
But to honour the victims, it is not enough simply to remember. Truly remembering the Aanolee and Calanqoo genocides must also be an understanding and an undertaking.
On one hand, it is an understanding that we continue to live under occupation – oppressed, exploited, and dehumanized. Although the name “empire” has been removed from the constitution, Ethiopia remains an empire. And the relation of Oromiya to Ethiopia is still colonial. The current Ethiopian government and other Abyssinians forces are using the mantra of Ethiopian unity or one Ethiopia (Ethiopian empire in disguise) to protect ill-gotten gains and privileges enjoyed at the expense of our people.
We see it in in the number of Oromo political prisoners.
We see it the continued harassment of Oromo elders, intellectuals, artists, students and businesses.
We see it in the ethnic cleansing policy of the Ethiopian government. The Ethiopian government purposely arms minority groups and back-stops them through special police force in order to kill and drive Oromos away from their ancestral land.
We see it the land grabbing, without compensation, where Oromo farmers are being driven from their ancestral homes and land they rely on to grow food to eat. The goal is to uproot the thriving Oromo communities and make them landless slave labourers in their own homeland with untold misery and suffering.
We see it in the systematic economic marginalization of Oromos.
We see it in the high level of unemployment among Oromo youth.
We see it in the wanton destruction of Oromiya’s environment – burning forests and destroying the flora and fauna.
We see it in the reckless exploitations of Oromiya’s natural resources with no regards whatsoever for the sustainability and environmental concerns.
We see it in the low quality education deliberately devised for Oromiya region.
We see it in the absence of Oromo students in higher education.
We see it in the continued negative re-branding of Oromos – systematic demonization of anything and everything about Oromo – while they continue to further whitewash their historical wrongs and get mired in mass self-hypnosis to glorify their myths as history.
We see it in everything that has been done to deprive Oromos of any element of power (be it at regional, judicial, municipal, or local levels). Even within the surrogate organizations such as the OPDO, the power base resides with non-Oromo members. Of course, within Oromiya, the coercive machinery of the state is virtually manned by non Oromos.
On the other hand, it is an undertaking of a solemn responsibility to fight for our freedom. Here, the decisive factor to bear in mind is that national liberation movements such as ours are historically and socially progressive forces fighting to end the colonial bondage. So, history is on our side and that is why the Ethiopian colonial policy of suppression and exploitation of Oromos is doomed to defeat, slowly, but surely.
Finally, I would like to call upon all the diaspora Oromo communities, starting 2014, to make Aanolee and Calanqoo Memorial Days realty. Moreover, we need our historians to provide us with vivid accounts/facts about the Aanolee and Calanqoo genocides and tell it the way it should be told so that we can establish fixed date(s) for the annual commemoration and teach the current and future generations to ensure that those memories are never lost. We must use it as source of passion and creative fire to light the Orommummaa flame in each and every Oromo soul in order to re-dedicate and re-strengthen our resolve to free ourselves from the colonial yoke, once and for all.
Oromiya shall be free!
Abraasaa Dirree
July 5, 2013
Abraasaa Dirree can be reached at abraasaa.dirree@gmail.com