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ወይ አድስ አባባ ወይ አራደ ወይ አገርም እንደ ሰዉ ይናፍቃል ወይ?

Of course አዲስ አበባ የሚናፈቅ ከተማ ነው። አውቃለሁ አድግቤታለሁና። Thanks DTT for let me go through my precious memory lane. አዲስ አበባን እንደሀገር ያስተዋወቅን headline ን ግን አልወደድኩትም። አዲስ አበባ ከተማ ነው። ሁሉን ተቀባይ ከተማ። ከምባታውና ሲዳማው ከደቡብ ፣ ጎንደሪው እና ትግሬው ከሰሜን ፣ ጉራጌው ከሸዋ ምንአለፋህ ማንም ኢትዮጵያዊ እሷ ጋ መድረስ ከቻለ ፊቷን አታዞርበትም። የዘመኑ የጎሳ ፖለቲከኞች ተፈታትናወታል። ግን አልቀየሮአትም። አልቻሉም ። አይችሉምም። ኢትዮጵያን አለአዲስ አበባ መግለጽ አይቻልምና።

Those are good times. Every singer who went to West stops singing l don't know why. They can still create albums and sell it. Something holds them back. Most diaspora the only thing benefit is work and money, that takes away their talent, diaspora have not developed one thing beneficial as Ethiopian or for Ethiopia or in West that makes us stand out, none. Education l think is brainwashing, the only thing is money and even the money they send is to exploit further Ethiopians through real estate, very few making a difference. Diasporans have been numbed from what and who we are as soon as we come to west. Or not creative. We are either education programmed, open restaurant, or work that is it. We don't have bigger dream. What l notice in the West, it makes us more divided: the fresh comer vs the longtime comer to the West. The educated vs the no degree. The good English speaker vs the non. The rich vs the average. The church goers vs the non. In fact there is elite acting like enemy, boasting they are better Orthodox follower, chasing away the average Ethiopia for some reason unable to come to church, or shy to come after long time. The elite, instead of encouraging, being shoulder to their dilemma, to help them come to church, they push them away, further reducing Orthodox followers . guess what, protestants embrace them and they get snatched! Our attitude completely change as well when we see we are better than others because of money, education, etc. There is something that turns diaspora to bad when living in diaspora, we lose sense of who we are.

Do not even mention the ethnic division widely growing. Way of life as divisive.

Sam Ebalalehu wrote: ↑

11 Jul 2022, 21:18

Of course አዲስ አበባ የሚናፈቅ ከተማ ነው። አውቃለሁ አድግቤታለሁና። Thanks DTT for let me go through my precious memory lane. አዲስ አበባን እንደሀገር ያስተዋወቅን headline ን ግን አልወደድኩትም። አዲስ አበባ ከተማ ነው። ሁሉን ተቀባይ ከተማ። ከምባታውና ሲዳማው ከደቡብ ፣ ጎንደሪው እና ትግሬው ከሰሜን ፣ ጉራጌው ከሸዋ ምንአለፋህ ማንም ኢትዮጵያዊ እሷ ጋ መድረስ ከቻለ ፊቷን አታዞርበትም። የዘመኑ የጎሳ ፖለቲከኞች ተፈታትናወታል። ግን አልቀየሮአትም። አልቻሉም ። አይችሉምም። ኢትዮጵያን አለአዲስ አበባ መግለጽ አይቻልምና።

Sam,

glad to have awakened your past memory of Addis.

I am not from Addis, in the sense that I didn't grow up there, I came from Balegar (countryside) and lived there for over a decade, I too love the city.

The city will remain a metropolitan and those who come from there will definetly defend it against any sort of a trespass.

If we did defend Ethiopia, then why not a city in Ethiopia? That begs an answer.

I too have a few memories, the Kebele Draft Beer clubs, Markato, Piassa, the unforgetable coffee bars and their distinct aroma coffees, which I don't forget easily.

Of course I was also called by a few a gemed-af, because my Amharic was/is poor and I spoke it only in accent.

Defending Addis requires developing a defense strategy, the current strategy of all sides is based on "all or none", which is not moving forward.

I live now in another country and my local language profecieny is very poor, worse than Amharic, but still no one called me a name for that on a single day of my presence here.

But because of that experience I will not get up and call on the residents to just pack and leave, the other side must also show a sign of compromise and learn a culture of tolerance for all, fitting for a metropolis like Addis.

Country in the Ethiopian context doesn't necessarily mean just that, your region, zones, weredas, provinces, hometowns and similar all conviently called country.

If you meet someone from Gonder, Bale, Wollega and elsewhere in Addis he/she readily tells you, my country (agare) is Gonder, Bale, Wollega etc.

People have many emotional attachments to their respective regions and hometowns, woredas, Kebeles etc.

Probably a country doesn't necessarily mean exactly ager in Amharic and vice versa.