The following is an excerpt from a letter, written on September 10, 1965, by Ob. Mamo Mazamir of the Macha-Tulama Self-Help Association to the leaders of the Oromo Struggle for Freedom in Bale (1963-70). The commemoration of the semi-centennial anniversary of the Oromo Struggle for Freedom led by Gen. Waqo Gutu will be held in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the St. Thomas University on Saturday, October 20, 2013.
“The history of mankind shows that a people who rise in the struggle for freedom and independence, in defiance of death, is always victorious … The life and death struggle of the oppressed masses in the Ethiopian Empire against the hegemony of the Amhara … is a sacred liberation struggle of millions of oppressed and humiliated people … That struggle will surely intensity in the course of time, as the oppressed people’s organizational means and consciousness become deeply rooted. As you learnt in our discussions, the Macha and Tulama democratic movements, which was created to raise the consciousness of the Oromo people, is the present concrete situation working day and night to put in hand coordination activities that are within our reach. In fact, the militant members are working now on the means of organizing a nationwide people’s movement, which is based on realizing the aspirations of the Oromo people as a whole. Please keep up your heroic armed struggle, defending every inch of the Oromo Nation to the last drop of your blood. the decisive war of resistance you are conducting in Bale will … be victorious. We shall continue doing everything we can to keep in touch with you.”
- Source: “Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse” (1998)
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