Land acknowledgement by Oromo, a must
Posted: 22 Oct 2024, 13:53
Oromo does not deny that it occupies lands of indigenous peoples and displaced hundreds of natives such as the Gafat, Damot, Ennarya, Kafa, Gonga, Amara, Argoba, Harari, etc. The storey of Oromo in Ethiopia is the storey of violent occupation of lands followed by displacements of populations to less resource-rich lands and the destruction of their languages, history and traditions.
Like the colonizers in US, Canada, Australia acknowledge the land they have occupied is the land of the indigenous people, Oromo should do the same to help come to terms with its crimes and give a little solace to the indigenous peoples of Ethiopia from whom it took so much.
The Ethiopian indigenous victims of the Oromo expansion have no desire to expel Oromo to the Ethio-Somali border of Borena, but our demand for Oromo acknowledgement of our stolen lands is just and firm.
Like the colonizers in US, Canada, Australia acknowledge the land they have occupied is the land of the indigenous people, Oromo should do the same to help come to terms with its crimes and give a little solace to the indigenous peoples of Ethiopia from whom it took so much.
The Ethiopian indigenous victims of the Oromo expansion have no desire to expel Oromo to the Ethio-Somali border of Borena, but our demand for Oromo acknowledgement of our stolen lands is just and firm.