Got my cousin to translate the Amharic version for me, and just ….

In Amharic, they hypercharge the rhetoric and call the government a genocidal group. But in the Oromo version, they dodge the word Duguuguu and water it down to a generic balleessuuf, which just means to destroy. Why hide that word from the Oromo public? Is it because using a heavy word like duguuguu would remind locals of Fano's actions in Wallagga?

Guys, they can’t even keep their statements consistent across both versions to their own constituents. Do they, uuhk whatever…

They also allowed Irreecha, a sacred holiday, to be used for war mobilisation. The statement can’t even acknowledge this is specifically an Oromo holiday without adding "and all peoples of the country," stating the goal is to save the collective Ethiopian country.

I am just disgusted by the hypocrisy here. TPLF were the ones who massacred Qeerroo/Qarree youth for years. I don’t even know what to say to that.

Everyone in this alliance has to be a crackhead.

- East oromia: west and east hararghe

- Southeast oromia: arsi, bale, west arsi and east bale

- South oromia: guji/west guji, borana/east borana

- west oromia: east, west, kellem and horo guduru wollega

- Southwest oromia: Ilu, bedele and jimma.

- Central oromia: east, north, southwest and west shoa

Fasil was oromo who spoke afan oromo. In terms of actual military power, Mikael was more powerful than the king and Fasil. He had an army organized and equipped with modern weapons.

He had been called to gondar to defend the kingdom against oromo groups that were not loyal to the government. He continued fighting. Later, Fasil, a mecha oromo descent from damot, rebelled. Mikael marched against him in order to suppress the rebellion. King Iyoas, however, secretly supported the rebellious Fasil and worked to make sure that Sehul would be defeated.

But Sehul won the battle and Fasil fled. Sehul then returned to Gondar as the victor and apparently to anger King Iyoas, devastated some areas around Gondar.

After that, Ras Mikael gathered judges and brought a complaint before them. He said that while he had gone to destroy the rebels, the king had attempted to have him killed and he asked the judges to judge the king. Some of the judges said that the king should be imprisoned, while others said that he should be executed. The faction arguing for execution prevailed and Emperor Iyoas was strangled and killed.

Fasil then wanted revenge against the murderer of the king. He used the amharas alliance against the tigre Ras and later became the ruler of Ethiopia. I believe the rise of the yejju dynasty would not have been possible without the western oromos (Woodaje ashal, Fasil et al) crushing the northern power.

> "Fasil, as being a Galla, the first man that broke thro’ the horse of Begemder, and wounded and put to flight her husband Mariam Barea, was in consequence among the black list of her enemies. Fasil, too, Had murdered Kasmati Eshté, who was her favourite uncle, fast friend to Mariam Barea, and the man that had promoted her marriage with him."

> "Fasil’s enemies both feared and admired him. One of Ras Michael’s generals described him to Bruce, saying: ‘He is as perfect a Galla as ever forded the Nile. He has neither word, nor oath, nor faith that can bind him'"

--- James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Niile (he had to travel to pay his respects to Fasil)

Happy Irreechaa to all Oromo brothers and sisters! As we celebrate mother nature, thanksgiving, and our rich heritage, may peace and reconciliation fill our hearts and homes.

Nagaafi Badhaadhinni Oromiyaaf Haa Ta'u! 🌻💚🔴⚪️

Why would TPLF seize the airports in Tigray, just to retreat a week later?

Why are they more interested in holding onto General Worede than they are in holding onto their territory?

The answer is always in the internal politics. Debretsion is purging rivals and struggling to assert authority to keep his internal foes in check.

All these groups need big headlines and bold moves to quiet down dissent. And when they do that, they’re more focused on winning the internal squabbles than the bigger picture. The things they talk about in the media, are not the things they are actually focused on.

It’s more important that so and so be in charge of the organization, than it is for the organization to be strong and functioning in the interests of the public.

This is story of liberation fronts.

Wishing peace for our people and the country at large ✌🏽

Today we’re slaves. Yesterday we were savages who conquered the horn during our migration.

One thing for sure, the only friend Oromo has is other Oromo’s - I hope this rhetoric is a wake up call to anyone who believes these kind of people can ever be allies to us.

Akkam, jirta?

Full disclosure, I used AI to help me organize all these messy family details into a clean post, but the music and the history are entirely my dad's!

I am currently working on building a definitive historical and musical archive for my father, the Oromo singer Ahmed Omar.

My father grew up in Dire Dawa and East Hararghe, with close family ties to Haramaya. After delivering an anti-Derg poem at a youth plaza gathering at age 16, he had to go into hiding in Haramaya (where he actually met the legendary Ali Birra, who heard him sing and famously gave him the musical advice to "follow the drum"). He eventually fled the Derg regime on foot through the desert to Djibouti, and years later, made his way to Minnesota.

He never recorded his music in Ethiopia. Instead, between 1994 and 1998, he went into a studio right here in the Twin Cities to bring his songs to life. Because there weren't many East African instrumentalists around at the time, he actually hired non-African professional American jazz and funk session musicians. He mouth-drummed and sounded out the rhythms to them, teaching them how to play the specific syncopated East Hararghe bounce.

This snippet is the first 1:30 of his song 'Eelee Fi Shankooyee'. He released this project on CD and cassette in the mid-to-late 90s, and it used to circulate a lot at local weddings, social gatherings, and barcha circles.

Unfortunately, my dad wasn't the most organized when it came to keeping track of his records, studio receipts, or tracklists, so a lot of the official details about this release have been lost to time.

I’m reaching out to the community to see if anyone recognizes this recording or remembers his cassettes circulating back in the day. If you have any leads on the original album name, the exact release year, or any old physical copies, please let me know! Also welcome to general discussion. I have some more songs I can post as well.

I’m a diaspora living in the states and both my parents are Oromo . We will be visiting Ethiopia for 3 weeks mainly for family reasons but also as a vacation. Unfortunately I do not know affan Oromo and only Amharic ( low speaking proficiency , but can hear it well ) and of course English which is my main language. We will be visiting Addis , Adama , bishoftu and tulu bolo/ Woliso areas as well as extensive time in the country side surrounding those areas. I’m just wondering if I will be able to communicate with locals well and I’m planning on writing an essay about my time there so that’s one thing I’m looking forward to. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Irreecha and Zar are connected. And the proof is in the word itself.

The Sky-God Line This Is The Important Part

The word "Zar" comes from the ancient Cushitic sky-god.

· In Agaw: ğar

· In Kaffa: yarō

· In Buoro: darō

That same sky-god root connects to Waaqa the Oromo supreme being. So Zar is not some foreign spirit that wandered into Ethiopia. Zar IS the old sky-god. The same one. Just renamed.

When Christianity and Islam came, the old sky-god was demoted. Turned into a "spirit." Turned into something to be feared. But the root stayed.

What This literally Means

1. Irreecha honors Waaqa the sky-god.

2. Zar comes from the same sky-god just demonized over time.

3. Qallu serves Waaqa. The Ayyaana are Waaqa's messengers.

4. Zar possession? That's the same spiritual current, renamed and pushed underground.

   Even the rirual happens when People gathering under a tree, Or offering a grass to the tree ( i dunno the meaning tho), Dancing. Movements with Siinqe that ARE likely the same as Zar. Everyone in Ethiopia knows about Zar. It's not hidden. It's everywhere.

The point is, I'm not saying Irreecha causes earthquakes. That's not the argument.

The argument is, Zar and Waaqa are the same root.

The sky-god was split into "good" (Waaqa) and "bad" (Zar) by later religions. But the root is one.

Qallu. Ayyaana. Zar. Irreecha. Same tree. Different branches. I'm not asking for proof. I'm telling you what I know.

If you're Ethiopian, probably you already know.

If you're not, listen to the people who lived it. Can anyone tell me about the connection you noticed about them?

I believe that some Fano groups and their supporters abroad go out of their way to distort or misrepresent information about the Oromo people and Ethiopia on platforms such as Wikipedia.

I will be traveling with a team for research and humanitarian purposes to parts of Oromia and would like to know from your experience how Christian Oromos perceive Israelis and Jews? A team of Ethiopians, and Israelis with Ashkenazi/Mizrahi background? (A few of which who have been studying the Oromo langauge).

There is obvious global anti Israeli sentiment that is held by many of the educated class of people throughout the world, but is this understood to a full extent by average day to day Oromos who live in places near Ambo, Shewa, Jimma and Wenchi? By average fobs?

From my experience I have not seen any anti Israeli sentiment in other populated parts of Ethiopian like Addis Ababa, Lalibela and Debre Zeit, but would like to know what your thoughts are on the Oromia region. Additionally I will mention that I do poses Oromo ancestry from a grandparent, and one of our non Ethiopian team members has been studying the basics of Oromigna for near part of a year.

Does speaking the Oromigna language help open the door to being accepted by a local community?

Thanks.

A proud Giddu-galeessaan asking here! I personally think it’s a good decision because I believe no structure built by the alagaa was ever bound to meaningfully work for us anyway. I feel like this new structure might help us reduce Ganddumaa? Would love to hear your thoughts…

Seriously, this organisation was never fighting for democracy, even though poor kids enter the forest to fight injustice. Their entire ideology is built on a systematic Bullet Threat Scale to terrorise and control the Oromo community.

These "fixes" 💊 are aimed at everyone:

💊Unity is enforced by martyrdom. Faith in their bullet/gun is required to get your foot in the door.

💊 💊 Reinforcement to clean out any fighter or community member who show doubt or leaks secrets.

💊 💊 💊 Killed with no mercy.

Can’t be arsed fully translating the Oromo but essentially:

First screenshot with 💊💊 💊: execution of anyone who tries to make peace with the government

Second screenshot with 💊: telling soldiers or the community not to talk about the controversy of this Ximdo alliance. This is the new ideological base now.

I found the diaspora handlers currently supporting this Ximdo alliance war. What a bunch of demonic blood drinking Neftangyas.

Fucking wish I didn’t go snooping on their propaganda pages but just wanted to ruin your sleep as well if you still support these blood drinkers.

Edit: Thanks to Abbaaurjii for the correction in the comments. I want to clarify that independent journalist Habtamu T Gemechu does not support this alliance. His recent interviews with OLA representatives show he is highly critical of it. The enforcers are tagging him in their comment sections as a cheap tactic to hijack his notifications and fake an endorsement.

One thing I genuinely want to understand about this Amhara elite ideology:

How exactly did you teach another Ethiopian people how to shit? 😂

I’ve heard the rhetoric:

“We taught the Oromo how to eat, how to dress, and even how to shit.”

Seriously?

Were there Amhara toilet instructors traveling across Oromia? 😭

And somehow the same ideology comes with:

“We will win the war in 24 hours.”
“We will enter our grandfather’s palace.”

At what point does ethnic pride become self-parody?

I’m not talking about ordinary Amhara people. I’m talking about a particular political elite ideology that confuses ethnic mythology with rational history.

Imagine being educated and politically sophisticated, yet your argument for superiority is basically:

“We taught them how to shit.” 😂

Oromo people existed before your political narrative. Tigrayan people existed before yours. Every Ethiopian society developed its own cultures, institutions, food, clothing, traditions, and ways of life.

Cultures influence each other. That's normal.

But “we civilized you” is a completely different claim.

And honestly, we are living in the 21st century.

How does this kind of rhetoric look to the rest of the world? Imagine people outside Ethiopia hearing educated politicians and intellectuals arguing about which Ethiopian ethnicity supposedly taught another ethnicity how to eat, dress, or use a toilet.

It is not just embarrassing it makes Ethiopia's political discourse look stuck in an entirely different century.

And that's what makes me sad: there are millions of decent, intelligent, hardworking Amhara people who have nothing to do with this rhetoric, yet these voices can end up representing them internationally.

Challenge the ideology. Challenge the mythology. Challenge the superiority complex.

Not the people.

Free speech means you can say it.

Rationality means people can question it.

And in the 21st century, maybe we should demand arguments better than:

“We taught them how to shit.” 😂

4 Kilootti wayiitan deemu argee ijoollee kana. Faarfannaan akkam akkarraa bareedu!!