A Transcendental Approach to the Need for Oromo Leadership – Part III

Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis

September 03, 2008

In two previous articles (´A Transcendental Approach to the Need for Oromo Leadership – Part I´ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72787 / ´A Transcendental Approach to the Need for Oromo Leadership – Part II´ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/72897), I focused on the Weaknesses of the Traditional Political Leadership, and I deployed an effort of Identification of the Oromo Nation in 2008. Then, I expanded on foe identification, demonstrating that throughout centuries the Amhara Abyssinians have been the undisputed enemy of the Oromo Nation at the local – regional level.

The Amhara anti-Oromo animosity reflects today a 2-millennium long opposition between the indigenous, African, Kushitic Ethiopians and the emigrant, Semitic, Yemenite Abyssinians. It should however be clearly understood that the Amharas are not the only enemy of the Oromos. Simply, the propinquity makes them more reviled.

For a subjugated nation, a faraway enemy can be more harmful and perilous; one can generally call the case ´colonialism´; however, this phenomenon is vast and nuanced. There can be direct and indirect colonialism. This is one point; the other point is that not all the colonial powers have been equally detrimental to the colonized peoples. It is essential to illuminate these two point before proceeding with the identification of the Oromos´ regional – global enemies.

Direct and Indirect Colonialism ...read more