OLF’s Mission: Deconstruct Amapia and Reconstruct Oropia!
Fayyis Oromia*
It seems that Oromo struggle has made an effective paradigm shift from the goal of an independent Oromia to vision of an integrative Oropia (Oromummà led Ethiopia). The journey of this transformation of Amapia (Amaranet dominated Ethiopia) to Oropia started about 50 years ago by forming the OLF. This vanguard organization could effectively redirect the trajectory of Oromo elites developmental strive. Starting from the era of Yekunoamlak, Oromo elites were competing to be the best Amara, thus caused many Oromos lose their identity and become Abesha. In such process, Oromos in Abyssinia became Amarigna and Tigrigna speakers. The OLF created the mindest of bilisummà/freedom causing Oromo elites to be proud of their Oromummà, instead of striving to own Abeshanet in general and Amaranet in particular. Now, most Oromo elites are free from slave mentality of wishing to be more Amara than the native Amaras. Only the ruling hybrid prosperitans led by Dr. Abiy are still revering Amaranet/Amarigna, instead of respecting Oromiffà/Oromummà. That is why they are yet trying to hinder the legitimate promotion of Afàn Oromo to primary working language of all federal institutions like the palace, parlament, cabinet, court, military and security. They know that such promotion is tantamount to effective transformation of Amapia to Oropia. I hope that genuine Oromo nationalists with OLF’s mindest of bilisummà shall prevail and complete the already started job of deconstructing Amapia and reconstructing Oropia in the near future.
The ongoing Irreechaa celebration and the replacement of Amara’s GYR (green-yellow-red) flag by Oromo’s BRW (black-red-white) flag in Finfinne roads and streets shows the reality on the ground that Ethiopia as Amapia is on death process, whereas Ethiopia as Oropia is growing slowly but surely. This process will continue and there is no more chance to hinder or revers it. The Fanno movement is also simply a temporary hiccup just to end up disadevantageously for the Amara region. Any individual or institution, who agitates Fanno the cat against Qeerro the lion is simply the worst enemy of the first. Qeerro movement is slowly getting victory even over the hybrid incumbent government, which tried to maintain the hitherto domination of Amaranet at cost of the legitimate leadership of Oromummà. The next step as good job of the Qeerro movement will be the expected promotion of Afàn Oromo to a primary working language of federal institutions replacing Amarigna.
Ethiopia to exist as a country has only two options: either continue being dominated by Amaranet/Amarigna or start to be led by Oromiffà/Oromummà. The hitherto Ethiopia belongs to the first option, thus can be called Amapia (Amaranet dominated Ethiopia). Oromo national struggle achieved a lot in the last 50 years of struggle led by the OLF. But, still we didn’t liberate Oromia in particular and Ethiopia in general from the existing system of Amaranet domination. Oromo Properitans led by Dr. Abiy are not as such suitable for this step of movement. They seem to rever Amarigna, instead of giving due respect to Oromiffa. That is why they are not yet ready to promote Afàn Oromo to its legitimate position of being primary working language of the federation. Amara elites in the ruling party are also smart enough and are doing every thing under the sun to maintain the ongoing domination of Amaranet in Finfinne palace and in the whole country. It is up to the genuine Oromo nationalists in OFC, OLF and even OPP to change this status quo towards the legitimate leadership of Oromiffà/Oromummà. To this purpose, Afaan Oromo should be promoted to primary working language of the federal institutions, replacing Amarigna. Then, slowly but surely, Ethiopia can be transformed from Amapia to Oropia. Till then, Amapia exists and neither Oromia nor Oropia is free from the system of Amaranet domination.
But, the ongoing tendenz in Oromo politics is crystal clear. There is huge paradigm shift from wanting only liberation of Oromia to possible transformation of the whole Ethiopia to Oropia. The hitherto Ethiopia, including Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia is dictatorially dominated by Amaranet/Amarigna. This is illegitimate for the fact that Oromo people speaking Afaan Oromo are at least about 40% of the population being followed by Agaw people about 20%. If there is Amara at all, only few identify themselves as such (about 10% of the population), because most of Amarigna speaking people know very well that their origin is either Agaw or Oromo. That is why it is now the right time for genuine Oromo nationalists to opt for Oropia.
The old Ethiopiawinet dominated by Amaranet is dying slowly, but surely. Oromo republicans should infiltrate and hijack the ruling Biltsiginna party of Abiy Ahmed in order to persuade him to abandon keeping the domination of Amaranet and to promote the legitimate leadership of Oromummà. For this purpose, they should influence him to promote Afàn Oromo be primary language of the country replacing Amarigna. Ethiopia with Afàn Oromo as primary language to be used in all institutions including the palace, parlament, government, justice, security, military etc will be de facto Oropia. Such move of transforming Ethiopia to Oropia seems to be the new objectiv of almost all Oromo politicians, instead of fighting to liberate only Oromia.
We all know that true Ethiopia = Cush = Oropia. Since about 3000 years ago, systematic anti-Cushitism is going on; the Western elites and their Abyssinian friends did build Ethiophobic Ethiopia (anti-Cushitic Ethiopia) with 3000 years “glorious history”. The main features of this movement are:
– denying the existance of all Cushitic civilzations and/or giving it to others; e.g both Egypt civilization and Axum civilization are attributed to the Semites.
– Cushitic leaders are given fake ancestry, so that they claimed to be from either Mohamed ancestory or from Solomon dynasty.
– Cushitic culture and languages are undermined in Cushitic countries like today’s Ethiopia.
– Cushitic religion (Hige-libona or Wàqefannà) is systematically weakened.
– the main Cushitic language, Afàn Oromo, is yet purposely denied the status of federal working language, just to undermine the Cushitic cultural heritage of Ethiopia
– Cushitic peoples are purposely classified into other categories; e.g all the Omotic and Ethiosemetic are actually Cushites.
– Habesha elites are fighting against the liberation forces of the Cushites being masked with Ethiopiawinet; their version of Ethiopiawinet is actually Ethiophobic.
– true Ethiopiawinet (Kushawinet) loves for example the Oromo and Oromummà, but Habesha elites preach Oromophobic Ethiopiawinet.
-…..etc
Because of this confusion regarding pseudo-Ethiopiawinet vs true Ethiopiawinet, the Oromo have to prefer calling the current Ethiopia as Oropia, just like re-naming Addis Abeba to Finfinne. We don’t accept the de-Cushiticized pseudo-Ethiopia, but we struggle for the renaissance of true Ethiopiawinet with all ist Cushitic elements on the grave of the now flourishing Habeshawinet as the main component of the daily preached Ethiophobic Ethiopiawinet! One of the Cushitic elements to be revived is the Agaw culture and language in the whole Agaw-Midir, not only in the small enclaves now speaking Agawinya. Look at the map of Agaw-Midir here: http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/0 ... -ethiopia/
Galatôma!
Read more: https://orompia.wordpress.com/2017/04/0 ... cushitism/