Who are the Garri and Gabra Oromos?

Abishe Gerba April 4, 2014

Following the unfortunate clash between two Oromo tribes, last week I wrote a short note about the evil strategy of TPLF to spark conflict within Oromo nation to keep the entire southern Oromia in a constant state of turmoil in a bid to counter OLF insurgency. Thanks to Oromo elders, the Guji-Borana conflict is over and solution on the Negelle Borana town’s name case is pending. Perhaps, as we have heard, the name Negelle Borana is restored and those responsible for removing the word ‘Borana’ would be brought to justice.

Now, after reading more on the issue, I have realized that the matter is much complicated. Nevertheless, one important fact remains. The centre of TPLF’s strategy is to make the Oromo nation busy by dividing and exploiting the nation thereby obscuring the fundamental questions of Oromos and the struggle of OLF. The Guji and Borana Oromos are the victims of a strategy to force them to dwindle their support to OLF.

There are two Oromo tribes I have come to know closer- the Garri Oromo and the Gabra Oromo. Let me tell you a bit about them.

The Garri, as they call themselves in Oromo language and Ghari, as they call themselves in Somali language live in Oromia, Somale region, somalia and Kenya. They occupy border regions of these countries and states. So they don’t have common language. Most speak Afaan Oromo and some use Somali. Both in Oromia and Somalia regions, it appears have been asking for self-rule and they have been denied both Oromia and Somali region. 

Garri people are believed to be very close to Borana. In fact, they share about everything except those in Somali only know Somali language. Yet the Garri have not been easy with the Boranas on land, pasture and water issues. Borana Oromos believe the land Garri occupy is theirs while Garri have even developed their own map to create Garri Republic. Garris even do have liberation militia that is believed to be supported by the Liyu Police of Somali region and TPLF that clearly shows Wayane cares less for sustainable peace and stability. Garris are almost entirely Muslim. The Gabra Oromos are very similar to Guji or Borana Oromos. They have same language, same way of life, same culture and understanding of their environment. Gabra Oromos have almost the same problem as Garri. Gabra Oromos have been asking for their own Wereda or zone but have been denied. That has made them insecure about the geography they occupy as the Borana Oromos claim it.

Most Oromos in central, eastern and western Oromia have probably never heard Gabra or Garri Oromos. First time I heard about Gabra Oromo was when Abbush Zalaqqaa released a single Heellemmaa. Garri is even newer to me.

From online resources I have read and videos I have watched, almost no work have been done to create the spirit of Oromummaa in this two Oromo communities. Some Garri and Gabra don’t even know they are Oromos. In fact, the Garri know more about the mythical Abyssinia than Oromummaa.

Borana, alongside Barentuma, is the father of every Oromo. That is what I believe as an Oromo and genealogy proves it. However this does not go easy with other Oromo tribes of the region. The exclusive emphasis and reference made to the Borana Oromos as the sources of Oromummaa and the center of Oromo wisdom has made other Oromos in the region feel neglected and ignored.

So we know TPLF is arming the likes of Garri militia to deploy them against OLF insurgency or just to keep the conflict going. It is igniting conflict between brothers on minor issues such as names of locations. It is the source of all conflicts in that region. To make the situation worst, OPDO the puppet organization have almost forgotten about the Garri and Gabra.

Solutions on the entire issue of self-admjnistration should be analysed closer. Oromos in diaspora should know better about the Garris and Gabras just like any other Oromo tribe.

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Terrorising the Sidama Nation By Federal And Regional TPLF Agents Intensifies.

On April 3^rd, 2014, the regime in power newly began targeting Sidama nation and its students who have demanded their constitutional rights to be unconditionally implemented in their region. In Yesterday’s particular demonstration, the Sidama students have asked one of their long overdue demands for their language to be used in their high schools and primary secondary schools in and around Hawassa. In their claims in which the core quest remain demanding the regime to answer Sidama nation’s regional quest to self-administration. They’ve also emphasised that the names written in Amharic in their Schools to be replaced with their Sidaamu affo.  

Following their yesterday’s demands, at least two hundred Sidama students were arrested and remain in jails; unknown numbers were brutally beaten by regime’s federal vicious forces where severe injuries causing various degrees of fractures have been involved. Whilst some were beaten and wounded, one particular student has been shot dead whose body was taken away by the federal forces and its whereabouts remains.  

Meanwhile, the regime’s regional and federal cadres and Federal security forces continued their systematic terror of Sidama people in general, Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM) leadership and members in particular. As a part of their undemocratic and unlawful campaign against Sidama nation and its only political party, SLM, they have arrested two sons of one of the SLM leaderships’ who is staunch advocate of Sidama national rights and overt critical of the undemocratic and authoritarian nature of TPLF/EPRDF led regime. Therefore, it seems that the regime’s cadres target his children with aim of intimidating and silencing him. However, after 24 hours in jail, both son of SLM leadership were released after some rumours that an unknown groups of Sidama right defenders threatened to retaliate if they weren’t released.

In another development, SLM members who have attended the March 29^th 2014 SLM/Medrek conference in Hawassa are also being targeted in various districts of the Sidama region- most of whom are said to be arrested. The latest report from SLM’s office suggest that its at least 45 members were detained throughout the region and others were psychologically terrorised with regime’s agents. The entire leadership of SLM are being shadowed by the regime’s security agents 24/7 in entire region.  

The recent development suggest that the regime in power is in a state of complete chaos, therefore, doesn’t know how to handle the situation unfolding in all regions  which is becoming out of control. For instance, the grievances in entire regions of the Empire are growing to the extent where peoples’ are expressing their frustrations by stating the fact that life under such circumstances isn’t worth living; therefore majority feel compelled that the only way forward is devising an alternative way of defending own rights. This is palpable in all regions from south to west, east to north.   

This is the case in Oromia where the regime is displacing legitimate owners of land from Finfiinee and others areas of region’s vast land, in Ogaden Somali where genocide is taking place, in Amhara region where people are seriously concerned with border with Sudan therefore telling they had enough of brutality of the current regime, in Tigray itself where people are expressing their utter dismay for the fact that the regime’s apparatuses are abusing others Ethiopian peoples by their names whilst brutalising Tigreans, Gambela where the regime uprooted tens of thousands of civilian to sale their ancestral lands to transnational companies; in the entire south where 56 nations and nationalities are involuntarily kept under the prison known as southern nations and nationalities regional state where brutality is being openly exercised in various forms and shapes, in Benshangul where their lands are being given to international traders those who are destroying nature and natural environments and more others.

These all trends show how the regime in power is at the verge of final destruction. Weapon can intimidated peoples to a degree where reasonably able to silence all; however when majority had enough, all will be meaningless. The main issue here is that there must be utmost care so that its’ demise doesn’t cause major problem for nations and nationalities of the empire. The authorities of the current regime have built their personal empires with the bloods and sufferings of majorities of various regions of country for the past 22 years. If the right time comes (which is inevitably nearing), however, their personal wealth can be out of order within a day- if they don’t listen to the ongoing outcries of the peoples of all regions. The Sidama nation’s ongoing suffering therefore is beyond comprehension and part of the whole saga.  

Therefore, the federal regime’s Sidama terrorising agents must unconditionally leave Sidama region and Sidama students who are unlawfully arrested on April 03, 2014 for claiming their constitutional rights must be automatically released. Those who have killed one of the Sidama students and hid his body must return back his body to his family to be properly mourned and buried; those who have killed him must be brought to justice. The Sidama regional quest and ongoing Hawassa discontent must be unconditionally addressed and others regional issues must be dealt by the legitimate owners, the Sidamas!

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Haala Yeroo Ilaalchisee Ibsa Sochii Dargaggoota Biyyoolessaa Irraa Kenname

Haala Yeroo Ilaalchisee Ibsa Sochii Dargaggoota Biyyoolessaa Irraa kenname

(Qeerroo Bilisummaa)

Ebla 2,2014 Jimmaa

Bakka bu’oonni Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo godinoota adda addaa irraa walitti dhufuun Ebla 1 fi Ebla 2,2014 walgahii guyyaa lamaaf gaggeefatan irratti haala yeroo uummata Oromoo fi Qabsoo FDG bilisummaa Oromoo daran jabeessuu fi haala waliigala raafama siyaasa Impayeera biyyattii irratti marii bal’a gochuun ibsa armaan gadii dabarsee jira.

1.Dugugginsa Sanyii (Genocide), moototni Habashaa erga Oromoo afaan qawween cabsanii bulchuu eegalanii hanga har’a jarraa 21ffatti dabaree angootti dhufan rawwatanif Oromoon tolee jedhee jilbeeffatee bitamee, hin bule. Utuu falmatuu diina kufaa kiffisaa har’a as ga’ee; qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoos bu’awwaan dagatamuu fi eenyu iyyuu haalu hin dandeenye dhiigaa fi lafee isaa itti cabsee fidee har’a dhaloota haara nu Qeerroo Oromoo qaqqabsise jira. Haata’uu malee ilmaan mootota habashaa kaleessaa har’a illee qabsoo Oromoo dhaamsuuf Oromiyaa deebisanii qabachuufi sirnota abbooti isani sirna nafxanyaa kaleessa deebisuuf nurraa hin dhaabbanee hojii idilee isanii godhachuun hanga sadarkaa mana maxxansaa banachuun Oromoo arrabsuu, xiqqeessuu, tuffachuu fi Oromoon biyya hin qabu jechuu irra gahani jiru.Nafxanyaa har’a qawwee fi golgaa dimookiraasiin biyya lafa gowwomsaa jiru of jabeessuun umrii bittaa isaa dheereffachuuf yeroo kallatti hundaan tattafatan ifatti ba’een mu’acha jirra, sochii farrummaa Oromoo nafxanyota kaleessa fi har’a kana dhaabamsisuuf Oromoon bakka jiru hundaa dammaqee qalbiin qabsoo FDG keessatti qooda guddaa ba’uu qaba.

Guutummaa Ibsa Kanaa Dubbisuuf:- Haala Yeroo Ilaalchisee Ibsa Qeerroo Bilisummaa Irraa Kenname. Ebla 3 2014

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Amma yoomittii Meeshaa Wayyaanee Taanaa? Ifaatiin Wayyanee Nu Hin Gahuu?

Alemayehu Tilahun G | Ebla 4, 2014

Sababa “misooma waliinii” jedhuun godina addaa naannawaa finfinnee magaala finfinnee jala galchuuf akkuma karoorfametti yeroo ammaa pilaanii waliinii kana hojiirra oolchuuf sochiin guddaan godhamaa akka jiru odeeffannoon karaa mootummaa ballinaan nutti himamaa jira.

Akka maastar pilaanii harawaa baheetti bulchiifni magaalaa finfinnee lafa heektaara kuma 54 fi godinni addaa magaalota 6 fi aanaalee baadiyyaa 17 walumaa galatti lafa keektaara miliyoona 1.1 kan haammatu dha.

Kan nama gaddisiisu garuu dhimma kana ilaalchisee dhaabbilee fi namoonni Oromoo bakka buuna jedhan tole ykn bade jechuu dadhabuu isaaniiti. Kuni gaaffii guddaa dha. Ummatni naannoo kanaa uummata Oromoo godinaalee kamiyyuu caala rakkoo guddaan saaxilamaa kan jiruudha. Sababni isaa ammoo magaalaa guddoon biyyattii uummata kan gidduutti hundeeffamuu isaati.

Mootummoonni hundi miniliki irraa eegalee hanga ammaa kan jiran uummata kana buqqisuu malee ijaarsa guddina magaalaa kana keessaatti osoo hin hirmaachisiin lafa isaanii irraa fudhachuun akka uummanni irraa buqqa’ee badu godhamaa tureera ammas itti fufee jira.

Sababni Oromoon naannoo kanaa caasaa mootummaa federaalaa fii bulchiinsa magaalaa finfinnee keessaatti hirmaachuu dhabeef sirni mootummaa miniliki irraa eegalee hanga ammaatti kan jiru Afaanii fi aadaa saba kanaa jibbuu fii jibbisiisuun afaanii fi aadaa isaanii fudhachuu dhabuun uummatni kun akka aadaa fii afaan isaatti qaana’u/saalfatuu fi gadaantummaan itti dhagaahamuu itti yaadamee waan hojjetameefi.

Sirna amma jiru keessatti naannawaan kun yeroo jalqabaa godinaalee shawaa arfan jalatti caaseffamanii akka bulan godhamee ture. Yeroo dhihoo qabee ammoo maqaan godinaa addaa naannawwaa finfinnee jiedhu kennameefii jira. Garuu caasaan ammaa jirus ta’ee kan duri uummata kana buqqisuurraa hin ambifne.
Rakkoon uummata kana qunnamaa turee fi ammas jiru lafarraa buqqa’uu qofa osoo hin taane, sababa keemikaala industrii adda addaa keessaa baahu osoo kunuunsi naannoo hin godhamiiniif gadi gallakkifamaniin faala’iinsa bishaanii fii qilleensaatiin dhibeen sanyii balleessu (genetic problem) tiin saaxilamaa jiru.

Gama siyaasaatiin yoo ilaalle fedhiin habashootaa uummatni kun akka buqqa’u gochaa jiraniif, Oromoo fi Oromiyaa kan jedhu giddu gala biyyatti irraa fageessuun tokkumman Oromoo akka hin cimne gochuudha. Karoorri waggaa 25 dhufutti karoorfamaa jiru naannoo shawaa jedhamu hanga kilo meetira 150 mootummaa giddu galeessaa keessa galchuu dha. Kana jechuun maappiin Oromiyaa ammaa bakka saditti cituun dirqii ta’a. Kun ammo tokkummaa Oromoo akka cabsuu beekkamaadha. Bu’aan siyaasaa kanaan wal-qabatee irraa argatan, naannoon Oromiyaa jedhamu tarii sodaa naannoon kun gara biyya Oromiyaa jedhamutti ce’uu danda’a jedhamee shakkamullee abdii akka hin qabaanne gochuudha. Karaa biraatiin tuffii uummata kanaaf qabaniin buqqa’iinsii fi rakkoon saaxilamuun uummata kanaa habashootaaf homaa jechaa miti.

Kanaaf jecha Oromoonni hundi dhimmi kun nu hin ilaalu jennee ilaalla taanaan (hanga ammaatti callisnee ilaalaa jirra), rakkoon kun rakkoo uummata kanaa qofa akka hin taane beekuu qabna. Giddu galeessi biyyatti hanga km150 Oromiyaa irraa cite taanaan maqaan Oromiyaa jedhu akkamitti jiraachuu akka danda’a namni sammuu qabu yaaduu waan danda’uu dha.

Karaa biraatiin uummatni tokko lafa irratti dhalatee, horee, jiraate irraa sababa misoomaatiin buqqa’uu jechuun namni kamiyyuu akka dhala namaatti callisanee ilaaluun rakkoo maaliirraa akka maddu naaf gala hin jiru. Hardha lafa irraa buqqa’uunii fii weerrarri lafaa maqaa inveestaraan naannoo Gaambeellaa, Beeneshaangul, uummattoota kibbaa miidiyaa addunyaarratti darbaa jira. Kan qote bultoota naannoo finfinnee garuu akka waan hojii qulqulluu ta’eetti namni abbaa kanaa jedhu hin jiru. Kuni maaliif ta’e laata? Ammas kan anaan nadhibaa jiru callisuu habashootaa ykn mootummaa Itiyoophiyaa miti. Kan ajaa’iba natti ta’aa jiru kan Oromoota mirgaa Oromoof qabsoofana jedhanii sadarkaa adda addaatti wal-ijaaraa jiraniiti. Dhimmi kun dhimma Oromoo fi ajandaa Oromoo hin taane yoo ta’e ammo ifaan ifatti itti himamee uumatni kunis baree furmaata mataa isaatii qopheefachuu qaba. Akka qaama Oromoo fii Oromiyaatti dhimmi uummata giddu galeessaa kanaa Oromoota naannoo biroo biratti fudhatama hin arganne taanaan, faayidaan waliin jiraachuu maalinni? Uummatni kun karaa isa baasuun mirga dhalootan qabu addunyaatti iyyatee ofiisaatiin Oromiyaa irraas ta’ee finfinneen ala of bulchuun aadaa isaa fii afaan isaatiin dhimma bahuu akka danda’us baruu qabna. Uummatni kun osoo rakkoo irra jiruu lafa isaa kan saamaa jiru habashoota ykn mootummaa qofa miti. Oromoonni naannawaa biroo illee lafa uummata kanaaa saamaa jiru. Kanaaf uummatni kun fedhii mataa isaatii hin qabu kan jiraachuu qabu faayidaa namoota birootiifi moo maal jechaa dha? Dhimmi kun kan akka salphaatti ilaalamuu miti, boru hunda keenya akka Oromootti kan nu gaabbisiisu ta’uu irra deddeebinee osoo ilaallee gaariidha. Waggaa 100 oliif sabni kun ba’aa nafxanyootaa baatee jira. Ammas rakkoo bara minilikii caaluun saaxilame malee waanti bu’eef hin jiru. Adeemsa kanaan gara fuulduraattis yoo Oromoon akka waliigalaatti mirga isaa gonfate iyyuu uummatni giddu galeessaa kanaatiif waanti bu’u akka hin jirre muuxxannoo argame waan tokko nutti agarsiisaa jir!

Qaamni kamiyyuu maqaa Oromootiins ta’ee habashaa kan barbaadu uummata kanaaf akka darbu osoo hin taane lafa uummata kanaa saamuu akka ta’e hubannoon hedduun argamee jira. Giddu galli Oromoo fii Oromiyaa osoo horfamaa jiruu fi qaamni afuura baafatu bakk hin jirretti bilisummaa Oromoo fi mirga Oromoof qabsoofana jechaa of gowwomsuu Oromo saamsisuufi meeshaa alagaa ta’uu otoo dhiifnee gaarii natti fakkaata.
Galatooma.

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Medrek’s Meeting in Hawassa Successful Despite Harassment from Government

Medrek has successfully held a public meeting in Hawassa on March 29 (Megabit 20, 2006 EC), which was organized with the objective of public discussion of its “Political Manifesto” issued last year. This meeting was held by overcoming severe obstacles imposed by the ruling party/EPRDF Cadres and its government officials. The obstacles included: preventing/forbidding announcement of the meeting through public mass media; posting posters and distributing fliers about the meeting; announcing the date, time and place of the meeting using loudspeakers, etc. As a means of intimidation, they also detained 7 Medrek members, including Mr. Tilahun Endeshaw, the Vice Chairman of Ethiopian Social Democracy-Southern Coalition Unity Party (ESD-SCUP), in Hawassa, and  Mr. Bekele Gabiso in Bansa District in Sidama. Mr. Bekele Gabiso, who was arrested and put in jail since March 27, 2014 in Banssa District, has not been released to date. This flagrant violation of the rights of our political organization and its members was committed by EPRDF in spite of the fact that Medrek had obtained “permission” to hold the public meeting in Hawassa by overcoming the daunting delaying tactics of EPRDF officials, as a result of a relentless follow up of the matter for 16 days.

Furthermore, EPRDF cadres have also tried to forcefully prevent people from different Districts coming to Hawassa and participate in the meeting – they have detained all suspected meeting participants; they have impounded transport vehicles which the participants were using to come to the meeting, up until the meeting was over. They also have forced civil servants and university students by calling unplanned spontaneous compulsory meetings and examinations on the day and time of Medrek’s public meeting.

In spite of all the machinations to frustrate Medrek’s efforts to conduct discussion with the public, more than 2,500 residents of Hawassa and its surroundings participated in the meeting. Most importantly, the meeting participants expressed a very strong commitment to continuing the struggle for democracy, the rule of law and guarantee for the rights of all nations, nationalities and peoples in a prosperous Ethiopia. To this effect, Medrek was urged by the participants to redouble its political activities against the dictatorial EPRDF regime.

The Executive Committee members of Medrek briefed the meeting on the Political, Economic and Social aspects of Medrek’s manifesto.

The Hawassa public meeting was the continuation of the meeting that Medrek held in Mekele, Adama and Addis Ababa last year. It is pertinent to note that, in all these public meetings, our peoples have shown a strong resolve to stand by the side of Medrek as it launches the decisive struggle to bring about a democratic transition in Ethiopia. The events also attest to the capability of Medrek to provide a viable alternative to the dictatorial rule of EPRDF and the unrealistic agendas of some political groupings that swear in the name of our country. The inalienable linkage Medrek has to  the wishes and desires of our peoples, as expressed in all these meetings, should send a clear message to all who may be trying to undermine and question Medrek’s capacity to lead Ethiopia into democracy.

One blimp that needs mention was the failure of both Ethiopia-focused international and local Journalists to publicize the situation around Hawassa public meeting. This was unfortunate because the journalists were provided with all timely information about the Hawassa meeting and the difficulties Medrek has been facing. We only hope that they will be professionally bound to serve the public in subsequent events that Medrek would organize.

Finally, Medrek would like to thank all those who extended their cooperation for the success of the meeting and would also like to call upon Democratic Ethiopians in the country and abroad to provide an all rounded support which is a very necessary input for the continuation of similar meetings and the struggle for democracy, in general.

Note: This report was sent out by Ato Tilahun Endeshaw (Member, Executive Committee and Public Relation Committee of Medrek) and edited to improve readability by Beyene Petros (Chair, ESD-SCUP)

April 03, 2014

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Some Policy Considerations Regarding the Ethiopian Outmigration

By Seid Hassan and Minga Negash | April 4, 2014

Ethiopia claims that it has enjoyed double-digit real economic growth for about a decade and that it is a stable nation. But the massive outmigration of its people points to a different reality

IN OUR 19 December 2013 article entitled ‘Explaining the Ethiopian outmigration: incentives or constrains’ we alerted readers and policy makers in Ethiopia about the push, pull and mediating factors of outmigration in general and outlined the factors as they relate to Ethiopia. In this short article we aim to discuss further the incompatibility between macroeconomic growth and outmigration and close the piece by outlining potential mitigation strategies.

By the end of 2013 and early 2014 the world witnessed yet another shame of Ethiopians. Voices of men, women and children in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya, Southern Europe and Southern Africa are instantly being transmitted across the globe through the use of advanced information technology. Saudi Arabia alone deported at least 165,000 Ethiopians within the span of few weeks. Demonstrations were held in Kuwait and Israel against African immigrants. The European Union has erected various forms of fences against immigrants from Africa. AsEmnet Assefa of Addis Standard, a journalist in one of the local newspaper noted, “[o]ver the last few years, news of young Ethiopian men and women found dead inside jam-packed containers loaded on heavy duty trucks has become a routine media exercise both locally and in many parts of the continent.”

Abuses, abductions, disappearances and killings of Ethiopians in theMiddle East, North Africa, and Gulf States has become common. On Thursday 20 March 2014 the (U.S. based) National Public Radio (NPR) ran a heart-wrenching story of an Ethiopian young woman who took unbelievable levels of risk andinvestments to reach the shores of the United States. While outmigration is the history of mankind, as indicated in the holy books, for example, modern day migration, particularly migration into the Middle East, is documented to be associated withcalamities.

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BUQQIFAMA OROMOOTA SHAGGARII fi NAANNOO ISAA – Kutaa Afraffaa

Taammanaa Bitimaa irraa | Ebla 3, 2014

DURAANDURSA

Dubbiftoota barreeffama kanaa jaalatamoo fi kabajamoo, kutaalee sadan dabran akka argattanii dubbiftan nan abdaddha. Amma kutaa isa kana bakkuma isa dabre dhaabne sana irraayyi itti-fufnaa, yoo yeroo fi wanneen biroo isiniif hayyaman mee duukaa-bu’uuf yaalaa! Xumura kutaa sadaffaa gara dhumaa irratti, murteen yaa’iin Oromoota Kurnaan Gullallee seena-qabeessichi sun dabarse, isiniif dhiyaatee ture. Murteen sun walaloo-dhaan dabarfamuun isaa barreessumsa (ogubarruu) Oromoo keessatti, walaloon bakka olaanaa qabaachuu isaa nutti agarsiisa. Dabaleesoo: “Kurnan Gullallee murtee kana dabarsee, kutannoo daran jabaadhaan waraana Habashaa isa ibidda tufaa, margaa-muka, sa’aa-nama barbadeessaa deemu sana dura dhaabate. Booda dubbiin dubbii meeshaa-waraanaa isa kan ammayyaatii, akkuma uummanni keenya jedhu sana, “qawwee ibiddaatiin” gubatee moyamuu dandaye“, jedhamee ture.

Waraanni Minilik kan meeshaa-waraanaa isa ammyyaa biyyoota Oroppaa irraa argatee, loltoonni isaas leenjiftoota Faranjiitiin leenjifamaniin Oromoota Gullallee callaa otoo hin taane, Oromoota biroos cabsee Oromiyaa qabachuu dandaye. Erga Oromoon Gullallee moyamee, uummanni akka loltoota Amaaraa kana mana-manaan hiratee sooru taasifame. Jarri wanni isaan Biyya Amaaraa irraa qabatanii dhufan wanneen afur qofa ture: a) gaangotaa fi fardeen dureewwan waraanaa yaabbatan, isuma keessayyuu garri irra caalu kanneen Oromoota: Abbichuu, Jirruu, Jiddaa, Salaalee, Darraa, Galaan, Ada’a Liibanii fi Gimbichuu faa irraa boojiyani b) Galaa hamma Biyya Oromoo dhaqqabanitti isaaniif gawu c) Qawwee fi rasaasa Faranjoota irraa argatan sanaa fi d) bututtuu, waarroo fi dabaloo uffatan sani. Kanaa achi isaan qawween doorsisanii uummata dirree-waraanaatti humna meeshaa-waraanatiin cabsame sana akka ergamtuu fi wandaqaatti ergachuu dha ture gochi isaanii. Ilaamee, inni kun armaa gaditti baldhinaan ibsama.

SEENSA

Silaa Oromoon mana-manatti akka isaan hiratu taasifamee, kan fardeenii fi gaangota isaanitii okaa haamu Oromoo dha. Kan miidhaan daakee, tolchee isaan sooru dubartoota Oromooti. Kan miila isaanii dhiquu fi uffata isaanii miiccu ijoollee Oromooti. Midhaan nyaatan, bishaanii-aannan, dammaa-farsoon dhugan faas kanuma Oromooti. Jarri mindaa wayiituu hin qabanii, mindaan isaanii uummata Oromoo ture. Jarri kun uummata Oromoo Gullallee waan sodaataniif, waan hin amanneef guyyaa-guyyaa qawwee rarraafatanii oolu. Halkan-halkan immoo qawwee boraafatanii rafu. Akkuman kanaan dura jedhe: “yoo baalli shokoksellee, yoo shimbirroon bar-jattellee Oromoon na qabate jedhanii wareeruun ol-utaalu.” Halli kun gara waggaa sadii fudhate. Ganna-ganna naannoon Shaggar Jiddu-galeessaa naannoon amma: “Biheeraawii“, Istaadiyuma, “Abiyoot Addabaabyi“, Finfinnee, Dhaaba Sangaa (“Sangaa Taraa“) faa roobaan dhoqqaawa. Kanaaf, Oromoota Gullallee keessaa warreen gandeen kana keessa jiraatan, loon ofii ooffatanii gara baddaatti: Sululta, Meettaa Roobii fi Meettaa Hoolotaa faatti darabaa galu. Ji’a Waxabajjii keessa deemanii ji’a Fulbaanaa gara dhumaa, ennaa lafti qooru loon isaanii ooffatanii deebiyu.

Oggaa dhiironni Oromoo gara darabaatti godaanan sana loltoonni Amaaraa dubartoota Oromoo qawween doorsisanii gudeedu. Isa kana dubartoonni gandan-gandaan akkuma walbeekanitti walitti himani. Lafa-jala dhoksaan walmariyachuu jalqabani. Dubbiin ture: “abbootii warraa keenyatti ni himna moo ni dhoksina” kan jedhamu. “Yoo itti-himne dhiironni aaranii Sidaamtotaan lolu. Silaa qawwee hin qabanii warra qawwee fannifatee deemutoo nu jalaa isaan galaafata.” Karaa cabe haa yaasu malee, “ofis biyya keenyas salpphifnee hin jiraannu” jechuun, dhiirotatti himuuf waliigalani. Yommuu warri dhiiraa darabaa irraa galan: “nuti dhirsa lamaa-sadii qabna moo” jechuun dhiirota xiiqii fi booree garaa kaayani. Amma silaa yaa’iin Gullallee dhoowwamee, dhiironni dhoksaan walmariyachuutti ka’ani. Dubbiin “nutoo qawwee hin qabnuu maal goonee isaaniin lollaa” dha ture. Ni lollaa irratti waliigalanuun malaa fi tooftaa lolaa baafatani. Lafti fi gandeen Kurnan Gullallee irra qubate marti guyyaa mortaawe tokkotti, galgala waarii jala oggaa lafti dukkanaawe daamotii (ibsaa, guca) qabsiifatanii gadi-bawuun iyyu. Iyyi seena-qabeessichi kun*:

“Uu uu qabi, dhayi!
 Uu uu qabi, dhayi!
Uu uu qabi, dhayi!
Uu uu qabu, dhayi!”

Kan jedhamu ture. Biyyi Gullallee guutuun ibsaa akkasii fi iyya akkasiitiin ennaa yaa’u, loltoonni Minilik wareeranii mana-manaa bawuun baqachuu jalqabani. Oromoon Gullallee dukkana gaachana godhatee: shoota, eeboo, hablee, gajaraa (mancaa) fi qottoo fayiin diina akka awaannisaatti isarra qubatee, isa nyaachaa baye sana haleele. “Sidaamni Oromoo se’ee dukkana keessa walitti dhukaasuun walumaa galaafate.” Kaan otoo baqatuu laggeeni fi hallayyaatti nam’ee dhume. Oduuf jecha, namoonni xiqqoon ganda Minilik jiru san, Ankoobar-ttii deebiyani.

Minilikii fi abbootiin duulaa (generaalonni) isaa aarii-salphinaantiin gubatanillee, ennasuma hatattamaan waa gochuu hin dandeenye. Gara baatiiwwan sagalii sonaan itti-qopphaawanii nama kanaaf, jechuun uummata isaanitti ka’e gaccabsuuf muuxannoo qabuu fi dabrees kan Minilik amantaa guddaa irraa qabu filatanii, gara Biyya Oromoo isa Kurnan Gullalleetti, bara 1878 keessa ergani. Namni isaan filatan kun kann Dajjaach Mashashaa Seefuu jedhamu ilma obboleessa Minilik yoo tahu, inni kanaan dura nama Oromoota Darraa (Salaale Kaabaa) kan akkasitti warra Minilik ollachiisu san humna qawwee Oroppaatiin cabse sana. Uummanni Gullallees akka isaan dhufaa jiran waan dhagayeef, akka gaariitti itti-kurfaawee ture. Haatahu malee, Oromoon Gullallee kan qopphaawe karaa: malaa fi tooftaa lolaa, uummata cufa akka nama tokkootti hamilee fi labsiin kakaasuu fi ijaarsa barbaachisu maraan walgurmeessuu malee, meeshaa-waraanaa isa ammayyaa kan biraa hafee qawwee tokkoo fi xiyyiitii takkallee hin qabu. Ammas dubartiin Oromoo Kurnan Gullallee asxaa bilisummaa dubartii kan tahe sana Siiqqee ishii harkatti qabattee, mundhii ishaa sabbataan shab-godhattee gandeen keessa labdee biyya labsuutti kaate. Uummanni Oromoo Gullallee akkuma jirutti olka’ee, fardaa-namaan diina ammas deebiyee dachee Oromoo qabachuuf dhufe dura gore. Jarreen maqaa Kiristaanummaa isaanitiin,”Oromoon nu warra Kiristaanaa fixuufi” jechuun, meeshaa-waraanaa kan ammayyaa humnota Oroppaa irraa argatanii mataa irraa hamma miilaatti hidhatan san, Oromoon Gullallee meeshaa-waraanaa kan duudhaa: eeboo, wantaa (gaachana), shootala (“goraadee“), furrisa, furguggee (murxuxxee), gajaraa, ablee, qottoo fi shimala fayin, irra caalayyuu onnee Oromoo biyya ofiitii du’uu yookaan diina biyya-ofii ajjeesuu, jettu saniin dura dhaabate. Warri abbootii qawwee ibiddaa sun Oromoota Gullallee akka laayyootti mowuu hin dandeenyee, guyyaa guutuu irraa fudhate.

Dacheen abbootii Gadaaa fi haadholii Siiqqee diinaan barbadooftee Oromoon dhiiraa-dubartiin, jaarsaa-ijoolleen warra Minlikiin akkuma Oromoota Arsii fi Oromoota Barentuutti biyya ofiitiif jecha, akka okaatti haamamanii booda kan hafe harka-kennate. Minilik uumaan akkuma keenya namaa, garuu garaa-dhaan bineensaa sun kun itti-hanqatee gadoo (haaloo) hamaa baafachuu jedhee, Oromoota Finfinnee Shaggar jiddu-galeessaa isaantu kana dursee sade jechuun, akkuma jiranti buqqisee loltoota isaatiin oofsisee Arsii naannoo Asallaa qubachiise. Buqqifama isa kanatu Buqqifama Oromoo Gullallee isa tokkoffaa dha. Warri Minilik kun yoom kana duwwaatti dhaabatanii hafani, biyya Kurnan Gullallee guutuu keessa labanii namoota keessumaa gayeeyyii fi dargaggeeyyii akka bineensa daggalaatti adamsuutti ka’ani. Akkuma kanaan dura jedhame san: “Oromoon Gullallee wiirtuu Shaggar, naannoo Hora Fifinnee faa jiraatu, warra warraan faffaca’ee, gara obbolaa isaa gara naannoo Oromoota  birootti baqate. Kaan Meettaa, Galaan, Sooddo, Bacho, Ada’a Bargaa, Waliso, Kuttaayye faatti baqatee, boodas isaaniin moggaafamee hafe. Waggaa kudhan booda (1887-1888) oggaa Minilik Inxooxxoo irraa gadi-bu’ee, Shaggar magaalmataa impaayara isaa godhatu, Oromoon Gullallee inni naannoo amma “Araat-Kiiloo, Siddis-Kiiloo“, “Lidataa”, Markaatoo, Kasaanchis, Piyaassaa faa jiru, buqqifamee Arsii naannoo Asallaa qubachiifame.“**

Oromoon Kurnan Gullallee biyya isaa fi birmadummaa isaatiif jecha akkasitti dhumullee, akkasitti humna qawweetiin naannoo awwaallan haadholii fi abbootii isaa itti-argamu irraa buqqifamullee, kaan faffacayee naannolee Oromoo birootti baqatullee isa hafee hamileen isaa hin cabne. Gaaf tokko ka’ee biyya abbaa isaa akka deebifatus gonkumaa hin mamane. Ani Oromoo Gullallee ijoollummaa kiyya irraa kaaseen beekaa, kan ogguu na maalalu (dinquu) jabina hamilee fi safuu isaanii isa akka sibiilaa jabaatu sani. Hamilee fi safuu kanatu, jaalala biyyaa fi Oromummaa isaa kanatu Shaggar shaggaa biyyaa, garuu isa nafxanyoonni Habashaa boongoo (waasshaa) yeeyyiiwwanii fi majaa-leetti (waraabessa akkan hamaa) geeddaratan kana keessatti, hanga hardhaattuu isa hambise. Oromoon Gullallee akkuma Oromoota biroo isaan ani amma kanaa olitti, isiniif ibse kana dhalawwan ofiitti himaa guddifata. Isa kanatu kubee (“encyclopedia“) cimaa kan koloneeffatoonni Amaaraa gubanii balleessuu hin dandeenye tahuun asiin, ee bara Dhaloota Qubee kanaan isa gaye.*** Amma kanaa gadittan tuullaa beekumsa Oromoo isa afaanii-afaanitti, dhalootaa-dhalootatti dabraa as gaye keessaa hamma tokko, kanan walitti qabe keessaa isiniif dhiyeessa. Ani bara mootii-mootolii sanan walaloota uummata Oromoo kan Oromiyaa Waltajjii irraa, jechuun Tuulama guutuu fi Macca Bahaa irraa walitti qabeeyyu. Kana irraa bara 1983 keessa hacuuccaa fi roorroo, gabrummaa fi gabbaarummaa Oromoo Gullallee fi kanneen biroo kan ibsu waa ifa godheen ture. Amma isa keessaan waa isiniif dabarsa.****

QAAMADUBBII

Oromoon Gullallee gabrummaa fi biyya isaa irraa-buqqifama walaloolee sirbaa kanneen addaddaatiin ibsata. Keessumaa walaloolee naannee, geerrarsaa, seeyyii fi dhiichisaa keessatti harqoota gabrummaa Habashaa kan isarra jiruu fi abdiibilisummaa fi walabummaa biyya ofii addeeffata. Akkanatti gabrummaa fi gabbaarummaa Habashaa kan isarra jiruu fi dharraa birmadummaa fi bilisummaa kan ibsatu Oromoo Gullallee callaa miti. Akkan argee fi dhagayetti kun naannolee Oromiyaa maraa fi gosolii Oromoo hundumaa biratti waan beekamu. Otoo abdiin Oromoo keenyaa inni cimaan kun jiraachuu baatee, yoon silaa hundi keenya: Azbixee fi Gonnixee, Aadafris-ii fi Ashabbir, Difaabbaachaw-uu fi Gizaachaw, Laxxibaluu fi Ziqqibaluu, Aalgaanash-ii fi Yawhaalaash faa taaneeti turre. Ilmoo namaa ilmoo namaa wanneen taasisan keessaa inni tokko abdii dha. Abdiitu uummata Indiyaa kan waggaalee 100 koloneeffatoota Ingilizii jala ture, uummata Giriikii kan waggaalee 367 Osmaan Turkii jala ture, uummata Albaaniyaa kan waggaalee 431 Osmaan Turkii jala ture, uummata Sarbiyaa kan waggaalee 338 Osmaan Tarkii jala ture, uummatoota Arabaa mara kanneen waggaalee 400 gabroomfatoota Osmaan Turkii jala turan, uummatoota Ameerikaa Kibbaa kanneen waggaalee 300 koloneefatoota Ispaanyaa fi Portugaal jala turan, uummata Aljeeriyaa isa waggaalee 132  gabroomfatoota Faransaa jala ture, Afrikaa teenya guutuu tan Koloneeffatoota Oroppaa jala waggaalee dhibbaa ol turte, bilisummaa fi walabummaan kan isaan gaye abdii dhala namaa kana. Abdiin kun nu Oromootas, obboleewwan keenya Somaalotaa fi Sidaamotas, Walaayitoota fi Hadiyyootas, Gambeelotaa fi uummatoota Sulula Omoo faas harqoota gabrummaa Habashaa kana jalaa akka nu baasuu shakkiin tokkollee hin jiru.

Isa kanaa olitti jedhame kana Oromoonni Kurnan Gullallee kunoo, akka kanaa gadiitti himatu. Kanas akkuman ennaa sana Afaan Oromoo fi Afaan Ingiliziitiin walmaddii kaawuun, baase sanattan dhiyeessa. “Tamene Bitima: On Some Oromo Historical Poems; in, PAIDEUMA 29, 1983, pp. 317-325″:
“Inxooxxoo dhaabatanii,*****
Caffee gallaaluun hafee,
Finfinnee loon geessanii,
Hora obaasuun hafee,
Tulluu Daalattiirrattii,
Yaa’iin Gullallee hafee,
Gafarsatti dabranii,
Qoraan cabsuunis hafee,
Hurufa Boombiirrattii,
Jabbilee yaasuun hafee,
Bara jarri dhufanii
Loon teenyas indhumanii,
Idda mashashaan dhufee,
Birmadummaanis hafee!”

“No more standing on Intotto,
to look down at the pasture below.
No more taking cattle to finfinnee,
to water at the miniral spring.
No more gathering on Tulluu Daalattii,
where the Gullallee assembly
used to meet.
No more going beyond Gafarsa,
to chop firewood.
No more taking calves,
to the meadow of Hurufa Boombii.
The year the enemy came,
our cattle were consumed.
Since Mashasha came,
freedom has vanished!”

Mashaashaan walaloo kana keessatti kaafame eenyu akka tahe kanaa olitti ibsamee jira. Isatu ka’iisa fi fincila Oromoo Gullallee isa bara 1878 kana cabse. Inni sana dura akkuma irranatti tuqame waraana Oromoo Darraa (Salaalee Kaabaa), isa goota daran beekamaa Hasanuu Wadayiin gaggeeffame humna qawwii ibiddaatiin cabsuu dandaye. Hasanuu Waday seena-qabeessichi kun, uummata isaa biratti maqaa sangaa fardaa isaatiin irra beekama: Abbaa Kuraaraa. Erga waraanni Minilik isa moyee: “harka kiyya diinni hin qabatu, farda kiyya diinni hin yaabbatu“, jedhee farda isaa shan utaalee diina akka inni kashakkashu godhe sana, ajjeesee booda ofis ajjeessuun seenaa Oromoo kan gara isaatiin jiru dhiiga ofiitiin barreessee dabre. Walalooleen Oromoonni Gullallee lafarraa buqqifama nafxanyoonni Habashaa isaan irratti, adeemsisaa turanii fi ammallee itti-jiran ibsu danuu dha. Akka kutaan kun nutti hin dheeranneef, “haa-bultu dubbiin” jechuun asuma irratti dhaabnaa, mee cufti keessan nagaa fi badhaadhinaan naa bubbulaa!

Itti-fufa —!

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* Taammanaa Bitimaa: “SEENAA OROMOOTA FINFINNEE-SHAGGAR”; MANDIISUU, Hidhaa 6, lakk.1, Bitootessa 2004, fuulee 25 ilaalaa.

** Isuma kanaa olitti jedhame > (IKOJe), fuulee 25-26 ilaalaa.

*** Kubee (“encyclopedia“) <  kuusaa beekumsaa.

**** Walalooleen uummataa isaan jedhaman kun: “Tamene Bitima – On Some Oromo Historical Poems; in, PAIDEUMA 29, 1983, pp. 317-325″, keessatti bayani.

***** Walaloo kana akkuma jirutti jechuun isa Afaan Oromoos, isa Afaan Ingiliziis barreessitoonni tokko tokko madda isaa jallisuun yookaan otoo madda isaa sirumaa hin kennin, barreeffatoota isaanii keessatti dhimma ittiin bayanii jiru. Dhimma ittiin bayuun daran gaarii dha. Garuu, barreessitoonni keenyas seeraa fi duudhaa barreessitoonni addunyaa qaban keessaa bawuu matumaa hin dandayani. Dursee bara 1991 fi 1992 keessa oggaa gaazexoonni fi kitaabeewwan Afaaan Oromootiin bayan akkasitti nuuf maddan sana, tokko tokkoon isaanii walaloo bara 1983 keessa baye kana madda wayiituu malee, baasaa turani. Ani bara 2009 keessa Waashingitan Diisiin ture. Booda Oromoonni waggaalee hedduu dura na beekan, barroo obboo Tasafaayee Gabra’ab kan “Yagaazexanyaaw Maastaawashaa” jedhmu bituun naa kennani. Obbolaan kiyya sun kitaaba san bananii fuulee walaloon amma kaase kun, irratti baye natti agarsiisani. “Kun balleessaa cimaadhaa mana seeraatti dhiyeessuu dandaasa“, naan jedhani. Ani kitaaba bareedaa san, silaa ani qilleensa irra (samii keessa) rafuu hin dandayuu, balaliyaa-dhuma (xayyaaruma) keessattin dubbisee fixe. “Ani obboleessa kiyya nama Afrikaa mana seera Faranjii hin dhaabu jedheen” itti-dhiise. Obboo Tasfaayeen ee lammiin Oromiyaa, ilmi Bishooftuu teenyaa maaf akka madda isaa kennuu dide ani hin beeku. Garuu, kitaaba isaa san keessatti madda biroo, jechuun kan wanneen biroo warreen biroo irraa-fuudhe sirriitti kenna. Otoo dubbannuu: ijoolleen warra nafxanyaa obboleessa keenya kana: “maaf waan Oromoo dubbatta?” jechuun, duulaa hamaa irratti deemsisaa jiru. Yeroo, bakkaa fi haalatu isaanii hin taane malee, silaa isa yoona ni fannisuuyyu. Nuti dhalawwan Oromoo kanneen kitila hedduun lakkaawamnu, isa cinaa fi duuba dhaabannee eeboo jarreen tanaa irraa qoluu qabna! Inni lammii fi ilma Oromiyaatii, wanni isaan galchu tokkollee hin argamu!

Amma bara kana keessallee namoonni keenya tokko tokko madda walaloo kanaa keennuu irra, gara biraatti kakkaachuun madda dugda duubaa kennanii argamu! Raajii dha! Sammuu fi qubni barreessaa, safuu fi safeeffanni barreessaa yoo isaaniif hayyame, akkanumatti itti-fufuu dandayu. Garuu, isa jechoota duraan walaloo sana keessatti dhiyaate,  dabsuu otoo dhiisanii wayya. Inni kun Oromoonni durii akka itti-dubbatan waan nutti agarsiisuuf, seenaa Afaan Oromootii hedduu barbaachisaa taha.

Kutaalee dabran dubbisuuf mee as tuqaa:
- BUQQIFAMA OROMOOTA SHAGGARII fi NAANNOO ISAA –  Kutaa Sadaffaa
- BUQQIFAMA OROMOOTA SHAGGARII fi NAANNOO ISAA – Kutaa Lammaffaa
- BUQQIFAMA OROMOOTA SHAGGARII fi NAANNOO ISAA – Kutaa Tokkoffaa

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