yaballo wrote: ↑23 Feb 2020, 07:13
Defend;
Does the name 'Abush Zeleqe' sounds to you like a typical Borana-Oromo name? .. No! .. both his names [Abush + Zeleqe] are Amharic names though not necessarily names given to an ethnic Amhara person - which is a completely different matter. 
Clearly you have ZERO understanding of the Borana-Oromo people. So, you're forgiven - especially if you have some Oromo blood in you - even if it is a Shoan-Oromo blood aka Ras Gobana Dache's blood .. ooops 
Now & arguably, the Borana-Oromo is the ONLY Oromo sub-group that still retains its indigenous & proudly-African way of life, away from those most insidious & destructive alien influences such as habesha's [habesha names, falasha religion/orthodox, etc] & Arab's [islam, islamic names, etc]. That is: Borana-Oromos are the ONLY sub-group of the Oromo who still retain their indigenous Borana-Oromo names, except a tiny minority who've started giving their children muslim or christian &/or habesha names. Thus, it is very easy to tell a Borana-Oromo by just looking at his/her name unlike people from other Oromo sub-groups whose names are either muslim/Arabic &/or habesha/Amharic.
In a sense, Abush Zeleqe is a 100% Borana in terms of his cultural & language heritage but not by blood or ancestral heritage - not that his parents' heritage matters unless he makes it so - or others make it so. Hence his superb talent in presenting the Borana-Oromo culture & way of life through his modernised version of traditional Borana songs.
Abush also made fantstic contributions in presenting the songs of various tribes that also border on the Borana-Oromo such as Guji-Oromo, Konso, Burji, Gedeo, Somali, some Kenyan tribes, of course, Jimma-Oromo, Hararghe-Oromo, Shoa-Oromo songs too, as well as many Amharic songs. 
Oh, Abush is native of my hometown of Yabello/Yaballo. I went to the same school that he went to, but a bit earlier alongside his older brothers who were also a talented bunch in other areas. But that is another matter.
Jabaadhuu obboleessa keena. Nagaatti.
Dhilbe Yaballo,
You know what dhilbe means? If not, it means lazy, which fits perfectly to your types.
I didn’t question the originality and cultural authenticity of the Borana people. I had the opportunity to witness their way of life and how that is a superb heritage in our country. Their social/cultural heritage is truly magnificent and credit goes to them for that.
Even those superb and magnificent way of life needs to develop and make a progress in the future, can’t stagnate at where it was yesterday.
To make a progress there should be some requirements that needed to be met, among which openness, cooperation, inclusiveness, tolerance and ready to exchange and interact with the rest in their environment. They need to get strong to face the challenges of tomorrow, otherwise they will fail.
Before 150 years our forefathers had a vision of getting stronger and face the challenge of those days, among which defending themselves and their country against the evil force of colonialism. That was the biggest threat for their existence and preservation of their way of life. Ras Gobena Dache was among those visionary leaders, he is a hero, his contribution helped preserve Borana’s cultural heritages, among others. Not someone who deserved your dirty bad-mouthing and disparaging. If not for his contribution then chances are that you would have been kissing Italy’s behind as your masters today or in the last past 150 years. You are ungrateful.
Todays Borana people too need to have a strategy that will enable them to face the challenges of today’s world. Those requirements are some of the qualities I mentioned above. Abush Zeleke realized this essential quality of today’s world and said “we shouldn’t think just in terms of our clan or other kinds of blood relationship but be united and get strong and channel our resources towards combating the common challenges of the day, in unison”. How is his idea less worth than your lazy self?
Your lazy self sits around and talk about what might have happened before 150 years (mainly a presumption for that) and complain about the refurbishing of the national palace, which also represents and symbolizes the big achievements of yesterday, including the victory at Adawa. Preserving our own heritage is a crime in your lazy self, and people realize that and tell you that you are wrong.
Abush is saying it matters more to be ready for the challenges of the coming 150 years, while you are stacked at what might have happened before 150 years.
You keep around and echo your usual chorus of no one should come to my hute and talk to me.
Abush is telling you today’s requirement is to cooperate, tolerate, accommodate and compromise to face the challenge of the day and concur over our adversaries. If you like you can listen and follow him or sit around and sing about your same old chorus until you will perish. But you don’t represent the great Borana people, chill yourself down. The Borana people has got, like any other elsewhere, real interest of its own and know what that is. You are a loser on all fronts.
a song that was poured into our soul by none other than the Ethiopian oh also Oromo Tilahun Gessese. Go figure dummy. It is a full circle.
