The OLF Is Demasking Amhara Elites by Removing Their External (Ethiopiawinet) and Internal (Amharanet) Masks to Reveal Their Prior Identity – Agawinet or Oromummà!
By Fayyis Oromin*
Thanks to the OLF in particular and the Oromo movement in general, Amhara elites have finally removed their external mask of “Ethiopiawinet” and begun to openly embrace their Amharanet identity—an identity they once concealed. The OLF strategically infiltrated the OPDO (originally formed by the TPLF to suppress the Oromo) and transformed it into a new instrument: the OPP. Through this political maneuver, the Oromo movement has reclaimed the symbolic label of “Ethiopiawinet” and stripped it from the Amhara elites, leaving them no option but to identify with Amharanet.
However, this step is not enough. The OLF must continue the demasking process. Amharanet, in fact, is itself an internal mask—a constructed identity adopted by some Agaw communities in Gojjam and Gondar, as well as certain Oromo groups in Shewa and Wollo since the rise of Yekuno Amlak in 1270. These groups, having lost their prior identities over the past 750 years, must be taught to rediscover and reclaim their true heritage. They should be re-Agawized and re-Oromized, learning the original languages—Agawigna and Oromic—for the purpose of full identity restoration. I am hopeful this transformation will happen in both the near and distant future.
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