Promoting Afaan Oromo to Primary Working Language of the Federation is Tantamount to Revival of the Wonderful Cushitic Ethiopia!
I think it is the matter of time that Afaan Oromo will be the primary working language of Ethiopia (Great Oromia). Growth and promotion of Cushitic languages in the country will change the content of Ethiopia and Ethiopiawinet from the hitherto Habeshawinet to henceforth Kushawinet. It feels really good to see that finally Dr. Abiy and his prosperitan supporters are realising that revival of Agaw cultural and national identity is crucial for the reformation of Ethiopia from dictatorial false identity to its original true and wonderful Cushitic nature. It is important to promote and support Agaw nationalists so that they can control both Amhara and Tigrai regions, where most of the population are originally Agaw, who were converted to Amharigna and Tigrigna speakers. These people of the two regions, who lost their identity need to come back to their proiori identity, i.e to either Agaw or Oromo origin. For this purpose, no need of losing time. Now, Oromiffa (spoken by almost 40% of Ethiopians) and Agawigna (language of about 20% of Ethiopian people) should be promoted to working languages of the federation. With such move, good ground for revival of the wonderful Cushitic Ethiopia will be prepared.
The currently flourishing Amhara nationalism is one of the best success the OLF achieved. The OLF repeatedly persuaded and told Amhara elites to take off their Ethiopiawinet mask and come out as Amhara. They tried to resist this for the Last 50 years and they used to hide behind Ethiopiawinet. Now, the OLF hijacked the trade mark (Ethiopiawinet) so that the Amhara elites can no more hide behind such Ethiopiaeinet of Oromo version, in which Oromumma will be the main part (about 40%). It is good that they started to sing Amharanet, but their deadly mistake is that they curse and denounce Oromumma. This move against Oromo identity surely will cost them a lot. In the future, they surely will flee even from Amharanet and start to reclaim their priori identity (Agawnet or Oromumma). It is histotical fact that Agaw of Gojjam, Lalibella and Gondar as well as Oromo of Gojjam, Gondar, Shoa and Wallo were forced to be assimilated in to Amharsnet starting from 1270 of Solomon dynasty.
It is clear that Abyssinians (Amhara and Tegaru) are self denying Cushites (Afar, Beja, Agaw, Saho and Oromo, aka the ABASO), who lost their true identity during the 3000 years of Abeshanization process. They are Cushites with double mask: external mask being Ethiopiawinet and the internal one as either Amharanet or Tegarunet. Actually there is no ethnic Amhara or ethnic Tegaru in a true sense, but there are only Amharinya speaking and Tigrinya speaking Afars, Bejas, Agaws, Sahos and Oromos.
Thanks to the liberation struggle of the Oromo and other Cushitic nations, Tegarus took off their external mask till 1991 and Amharas are now in a process to do it. That is why Amhara nationalism is getting momentum at the cost of Ethiopian nationalism. Yet, at its beginning phase is the maneuver of casting off their internal mask in order to get back to their true self (Afar, Beja, Agaw, Saho and Oromo). This nice beginning is observed recently, so that Agaw nationalism in Abyssinia is flourishing. Reviving and thriving Agawnet is the best way of demasking Abyssinians by removing their both external and internal masks (Ethiopiawinet and Abeshawinet).
Abyssinians in Ethiopiawinet identity are simply like wolves in sheep skin, who are masked just to eat the sheep. They smartly usurped this name Ethiopia and camouflaged themselves in order to occupy and exploit the true Ethiopians (the Cushites) including the Oromo. Oromo elites and leaders should have tried to differentiate pseudo-Ethiopians from the true-Ethiopians and expose the wolves, instead of just teaching Oromo people to hate Ethiopia in general. That is why Oromo nationalists need to help our lost Cushites discard their false identities (Amharanet, Tegarunet and Ethiopiawinet) in order to reclaim their true self (Afar, Beja, Agaw, Saho and Oromo).
Just looking at the politics of the country, to be pragmatic in seeking solution for our problems, the common identity for all the Cushites can be both Ethiopian in a true sense or Oromian, because of the fact that the Oromo are Cush and Cush is Oromo, of course Oromo being the main stem of all other Cushitic nations. Thus, better is to use both Ethiopia and Oromia interchangeably as two possible names of our common home. That means, Oromia = formerly Ethiopia as defined is a union in which the following five points (FADOB-score) will be implemented: F = Freedom from the system of domination; A = Afan Oromo as working language of federal government; D = Democracy as rule of game in the union; O = ‘Oromia’ instead of ‘Ethiopia’ as name of the union; and B = Black-Red-White as Cushitic flag of the Union. This Upper Nile country called ‘Oromia’ by the native owners of the land is used to be named as ‘Abyssinia’ by the Portuguese; ‘Cush’ by the Jews; ‘Alhabesh’ by the Arabs; ‘Punt’ by the Egyptians; and ‘Ethiopia’ by the Greeks.
In short, it is high time for Oromo nationalists to support their Cushitic sibling, the Agaw, revive and thrive both culturally and politically. They have to be in control of the northern part of Ethiopia. Agaw revival is in best interest of the Oromo. If not done by Dr. Abiy and his prosperity party, this nice project needs to be accomplished by Oromo republicans in OLA, OFC and the OLF. May Waaqa help all the Cushites!
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