Oropia Is Our Gross Salary, Whereas Oromia Is Our Net Salary!
By Fayyis Oromia*
There is no question that Oropia (an Oromic-led Ethiopia) is almost twice the size of Oromia. For the Oromo to now claim ownership of Oropia is like receiving a gross salary without deductions. It seems that nearly all Oromo nationalists agree on the task of transforming Ethiopia from the historically Amharic-dominated “Amapia” into a future “Oropia.” With Oromo ownership of Oropia, the Oromo will become givers of the right to self-determination, no longer mere recipients, as has long appeared to be the case.
Nations far from Finfinne, like the Amhara of Bahir Dar and the Tigrayans of Mekelle, may separate from Oromia if they so choose, by demanding their right to self-determination up to independence. If all nations eventually depart, what remains will be Oromia—our net salary.
The common vision of the Oromo people, from the beginning, has been bilisummà (liberation). The three post-liberation visions of sovereignty, as imagined by different Oromo political groups, include: (1) an independent Oromia, (2) a federal union (a democratic Ethiopia with ethnic federalism), and (3) an integrative Oropia. The first vision served well for mobilizing the Oromo during the struggle for freedom, which we have largely achieved. The second is appropriate during this transitional phase toward democracy. The third, the most advantageous, will ideally serve the future.
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