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[sesame]

Yep, sixty years ago, Eritreans were participating in olympic cycling tournaments!

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[Fiyameta]

Great history!

If it weren't for the historical injustices committed against the people of Eritrea, we could have achieved far more success that would be the envy of the world.

The aid-fed minions were mere spectators when we were participating in international tournaments back in the 60s. They will remain that way until they start eating by the sweat of their burnt faces.

[Fed_Up]

Yep, sixty years ago, Eritreans were participating in olympic cycling tournaments!

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That was the year Eritreans brought the lone African cup trophy to mama ዝርጥጥ ምስጋናቢስ Ethiopia. 120 million and still counting, yet the elusive trophy remains out of reach.

ነጭ ነጯን

[Naga Tuma]

Yep, sixty years ago, Eritreans were participating in olympic cycling tournaments!

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That was the year Eritreans brought the lone African cup trophy to mama ዝርጥጥ ምስጋናቢስ Ethiopia. 120 million and still counting, yet the elusive trophy remains out of reach.

ነጭ ነጯን

ለፍታ መክታ
ለፍታ መልሳ
ለፍታ ልካ
ለፍታ ተቀብላ
ተመስገን ብላ
ምስጋናቢስ ብለካ (?)
እቅጭ እቅጯን
የመለኮት ከርታታ
ኣሳዛኝ በርካታ

[Abere]

To be honest, what the hell is he going to contribute to Eritrea province anything economically significant!? Italy forced several Ascari to learn cycling so as to run errands quickly among their master. An Ascari had not to be late to scramble eggs for an Italian master or do some cloth washing, room cleaning, thus the means of the cheapest means of transport Italians forced them to learn was riding bike. As if some one from Eritrea landed on the moon, Ascari are surprised by how fast he was ridding a bike. Riding bike passed down as colonial legacy to his blood.

I wish Eritrean rode fast and flee poverty. Living in total quagmire of poverty but noisy someone rode a bike his arse off does not cover the filth of destitution and poverty in the street of Asmara - the once good city during His Majesty Emperor Hailesselassie.

[Naga Tuma]

Abere:

Back in 1988, after a lecture in a required Ethiopian history course, I couldn’t help saying to my dorm mate and friends: እዉነታቸዉን ነዉ የሚታገሉት።

To this day, I remember it word for word. I also remember the look that one of my friends from Gondar gave me after hearing it. I think he meant that what I said wasn’t politically correct. I was surprised because I didn’t and don’t think that what I said wasn’t untrue.

Until that lecture, I had thought of Eritrea as one of the provinces of Ethiopia. During that lecture, I learned for the first time that they were left under Italy’s colonization after Adwa.

If it were one of the provinces of Ethiopia, it goes without saying that Ethiopia had the responsibility to remove Italy’s colonization from Eritrea. Why it failed to do so is another story that is not clear enough to me to this day.

Referring to it as one of Ethiopia’s provinces after failing to free it from colonialism like other provinces of Ethiopia are self-contradictory. No?

If yes, a reproach between the two countries should be based on a goodwill of the two countries. No?

Moreover, calling them by that A word is victimizing the victim. No?

[Fed_Up]

Said so the Starvin Marvin. ፈስ

[sesame]

Abere,

I know you are not a smart person from the inane statements you make. Today, millions of Eritreans are feeling immensely good that the first African to conquer whas has so far been a white man's sport is an Eritrean. Biniam Girmay has just reaffirmed what Eritreans alresdy know from their history of the past 80 years of struggles and triumphs that if you strive there are no obstacles that you ca not overcome.. Eritreans have just broken the back of the Agames and are now set to fulfill their promises to their martyrs. And the only thing Agames and enemies Eritrea can do is just whimper.

[Abere]

Naga Tuma,

___Everyone reads the Bible but everyone does not have same interpretation and orientations. That is why we see thousand of Denominations. There are sheep and wolve. I am afraid your dorm mate was Shabia mole, hired by Arabs and the West.

___I took Ethiopian history 101, which was a required general education course too. I loved it and gave me a very good grasp of the history of Ethiopia covering its ancient and modern era. Eritrea is in fact the 14th province of Ethiopia. There was a lecturer whose origin was Eritrea province. Lots of students from other sections were sneaking into attend his lecture in a hall. He was a fully charged Ethiopian - fully blooded Ethiopian. He could not get enough talking about the patriotism of Ras Alula Aba-Nega. Many Eritrean fought Italy all the time wearing the Green-Yellow-Red Ethiopian flag. Their dream fighting Italy was to reclaim their Ethiopianess. Alas, those low land nomadic Black Arabs ( jebrti - historically, Arab slaves) got where they got them. Even when Italy occupied Eritrea, Eritreans were economically, socially and culturally intrinsically integrated with Ethiopia. Eritreans lives as Ethiopians, Eritrea was a borderless, that gave the province a life to breath, although Italy claimed it is her territory. The reason why Eritrea failed now and this failure manifested in its decades of instability, is because those ( Woyane, USA, Arabs) gave independence to Eritrea in reality plucked Eritrea's life out of Ethiopia. Eritrea is literally a still born baby -that is what Woyane, USA and Arabs born or delivered.

Abere:

Back in 1988, after a lecture in a required Ethiopian history course, I couldn’t help saying to my dorm mate and friends: እዉነታቸዉን ነዉ የሚታገሉት።

To this day, I remember it word for word. I also remember the look that one of my friends from Gondar gave me after hearing it. I think he meant that what I said wasn’t politically correct. I was surprised because I didn’t and don’t think that what I said wasn’t untrue.

Until that lecture, I had thought of Eritrea as one of the provinces of Ethiopia. During that lecture, I learned for the first time that they were left under Italy’s colonization after Adwa.

If it were one of the provinces of Ethiopia, it goes without saying that Ethiopia had the responsibility to remove Italy’s colonization from Eritrea. Why it failed to do so is another story that is not clear enough to me to this day.

Referring to it as one of Ethiopia’s provinces after failing to free it from colonialism like other provinces of Ethiopia are self-contradictory. No?

If yes, a reproach between the two countries should be based on a goodwill of the two countries. No?

Moreover, calling them by that A word is victimizing the victim. No?

[Naga Tuma]

Abere:

I concede that the interpretation of the lecture I heard was and continues to be my personal interpretation. In my interpretation, it is a tragedy that wasn’t Ethiopia’s doing. Neither was it Eritrea’s doing. It was imposed on both by those that wanted to colonize all.

I was a young person who wasn’t a fan of history when I took the course. That part is the only thing from the course that has stuck with me ever since.

ተማሪ ሆኜ ሁለት ኮርሶች ላይ ቦዝኛለሁ። ኣንዱ ላይ በቅብጠት። የኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ለምህንድስና ለምን ኣስፈለገ ብዬ።

ሌላዉ ላይ በትካዜ። ያለካልኩሌተር የማይሞከር ኮርስ ዉስጥ ተቀምጬ በትካዜ ኣሳልፌኣለሁ።

My friend from Gondar wasn’t a supporter of the EPLF. I was in the room with him. So, let me give you my interpretation of his reaction and set the record straight.

መንግስቱ እንዳይሰማህ ዓይነት ለእኔ ማሰብ ሆኖ ነዉ የታየኝ።

I agree with you that there were Eritreans who not only identified themselves as Ethiopians but also lived by Ethiopian cultural values even better than many of us Ethiopians.

ኢትዮጵያዊነቴ በጥልቅ የገባኝ ኤርትራ ዉስጥ ከኖርኩኝ በኋላ ነዉ ብሎ ነበር፣ ኣንድ ያስተዋለ ሰዉ።

ኮሎኔል ጎሹ ወልዴም ተመሳሳይ ሀሳብ መናገሩን ኣስታዉሳለሁ።

[Abere]

Naga Tuma,

___ You nailed it "ኮሎኔል ጎሹ ወልዴም 'ኢትዮጵያዊነቴ በጥልቅ የገባኝ ኤርትራ ዉስጥ ከኖርኩኝ በኋላ ነዉ' ብሎ ነበር፣ ኣንድ ያስተዋለ ሰዉ። "
That is why engineers are smart. I can I say you could have exceedingly performed in that undergrad history course had your youthhood not gotten in your way. Coincidence of this sort is an avoidable, at the same time a necessary memorable aspect every young person's should have.

___In any case, there is no question, Eritrea which Ethiopians (before Italian occupied) was referred as to Bahir-Midir. The capital city of this province (Asmara,አዝመራ ( related to good harvest, just like Empress Taitu's coincidence of flower to Addis Ababa ) was founded by Ras Alula Aba-Nega. Sadly, zealots and activists do not like history to come to light, rather they manufacture lies and that lie spreads fast to sound even truth.

Abere:

I concede that the interpretation of the lecture I heard was and continues to be my personal interpretation. In my interpretation, it is a tragedy that wasn’t Ethiopia’s doing. Neither was it Eritrea’s doing. It was imposed on both by those that wanted to colonize all.

I was a young person who wasn’t a fan of history when I took the course. That part is the only thing from the course that has stuck with me ever since.

ተማሪ ሆኜ ሁለት ኮርሶች ላይ ቦዝኛለሁ። ኣንዱ ላይ በቅብጠት። የኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ለምህንድስና ለምን ኣስፈለገ ብዬ።

ሌላዉ ላይ በትካዜ። ያለካልኩሌተር የማይሞከር ኮርስ ዉስጥ ተቀምጬ በትካዜ ኣሳልፌኣለሁ።

My friend from Gondar wasn’t a supporter of the EPLF. I was in the room with him. So, let me give you my interpretation of his reaction and set the record straight.

መንግስቱ እንዳይሰማህ ዓይነት ለእኔ ማሰብ ሆኖ ነዉ የታየኝ።

I agree with you that there were Eritreans who not only identified themselves as Ethiopians but also lived by Ethiopian cultural values even better than many of us Ethiopians.

ኢትዮጵያዊነቴ በጥልቅ የገባኝ ኤርትራ ዉስጥ ከኖርኩኝ በኋላ ነዉ ብሎ ነበር፣ ኣንድ ያስተዋለ ሰዉ።

ኮሎኔል ጎሹ ወልዴም ተመሳሳይ ሀሳብ መናገሩን ኣስታዉሳለሁ።

[Digital Weyane]

የዓድዋ ተወላጁ ትግራዋይ ዎንድማችን Abere ሰይጣናዊ ቅናት ቀንቶ በበታችነት ስሜቱ ተገፋፍቶ የሚፅፋቸውን ኮሜንቶች በሙሉ የትግራይ ህዝብን እንደማይወክሉ ይታወቅልን።

[Naga Tuma]

Abere:

Just getting back to this thread.

If I were smart, I would pay better attention to my freshman Ethiopian history course then instead of trying to make up for it much later on.

If I remember correctly, the observation I heard and mentioned was by someone else.

A somewhat related idea from Col. Goshu Wolde that I referred is his speech in front of U.S. Congressional Committee around 1991.

[Abdisa]

የዓድዋ ተወላጁ ትግራዋይ ዎንድማችን Abere ሰይጣናዊ ቅናት ቀንቶ በበታችነት ስሜቱ ተገፋፍቶ የሚፅፋቸውን ኮሜንቶች በሙሉ የትግራይ ህዝብን እንደማይወክሉ ይታወቅልን።

[Naga Tuma]

sesame, sesame:

ስለስፖርት ጫወታ ካነሳህ እስቲ እንጨዋወት።

መጀመርያ ስቶኮልም ስይንድሮም ተጠግቶህ ከሆነ ራቅ ኣድርገዉ።

ራቅ ስታደርገዉ የመጀመርያዉን የዋይት ማን ስፖርት አደዋ ሜዳ ላይ ተጫዉተዉ ያሸነፈዉ ኣፍርካዊ ዳግማዊ እንደነበሩ ታስታዉሳለህ።

ሙሉ ስላልነበረ ኣይቆጠርም የምትል ከሆነ የሁሉም ብሔሮች እኩልነት ራዕያቸዉ ከዋይት ማን ራዕይ በላይ ሆኖ ሊግ ኦፍ ኔሽንስ ሜዳ ላይ ተሰምቶ ኣማላጅ የላኩትን ንጉሰ ነገሥት ታስታዉሳለህ።

ሁለቱን ስታስታዉስ የቢኒ ግርማይን ዉጤት ኣንድ ብለህ ከመጀመር ሌላ ድንቅ ተጨመረ ትላለህ። ኣይዴለም?

[Digital Weyane]

ኡኛ ተጋሩ የፈረንጆቹ ጌቶቻችንን ምድር እንዳናረክሰው በመፍራት ጫማችንን አውልቀን ነው ማራቶን የምንሮጠው። ኤርትራውያን ትህትናን ከኛ መማር አለባቸው።

[sesame]

This is the 1987 Eritrean cycling team. Even back then, Eritreans were champions!

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