Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
August 31, 2008
In a previous article, published a few days ago under the title ´The Search for Oromo Leadership´ (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72374), I advocated the rise in force of numerous thousands of Oromo leaders in the Struggle for Liberation and Independence of Oromia. It is now high time that I expand on this vital subject that is key to the future of Oromia.
I must beforehand state that I would not be able to suggest a similar article for all the oppressed nations of the world. There are nations that definitely need a leader to go ahead – with all the advantages and disadvantages that this entails.
And there are nations, relatively few in the world, that can produce thousands of leaders, without a main, central, imperial figure – with all the advantages and disadvantages that this entails. The Oromos belong to the latter category, and this involves a great deal of political activism and social voluntarism.
Because of the overwhelming integrity that average Oromos inherently have had (certainly not all at the same level or degree, but this matters little), the dynamics of extensive activism can be such that will definitely predefine the limits and the directions of existing or future leadership of the traditional Western form (political parties, liberation fronts, movements and associations evolving around one person or a small group of peremptorily risen gurus). read more
I must beforehand state that I would not be able to suggest a similar article for all the oppressed nations of the world. There are nations that definitely need a leader to go ahead – with all the advantages and disadvantages that this entails.
And there are nations, relatively few in the world, that can produce thousands of leaders, without a main, central, imperial figure – with all the advantages and disadvantages that this entails. The Oromos belong to the latter category, and this involves a great deal of political activism and social voluntarism.
Because of the overwhelming integrity that average Oromos inherently have had (certainly not all at the same level or degree, but this matters little), the dynamics of extensive activism can be such that will definitely predefine the limits and the directions of existing or future leadership of the traditional Western form (political parties, liberation fronts, movements and associations evolving around one person or a small group of peremptorily risen gurus). read more
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