Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Opinion: Oromo People Must Unite

Gadaa.com

By Abdulkadir Gumi*

Gadaa.com

Men, women, and children throughout Oromoland repeat the slogan of Oromo Nationalism: “Oromtich sabboona and Oromtitti Sabbontuu.” The wind of change blowing through the heart of all Oromo - old and young - is no ordinary wind. It is a raging hurricane against which the older cannot stand.

The greater millions of Oromo people in Africa and Diaspora have grown impatient of being hewers of wood and drawers of water, and they are rebelling against the false politics of empires and dictatorships that prevail and create some to be menial of others. In Oromia political movements, Oromo people have been divided into many political movements - some fighting on the slogan of “self-determination” and “Bilisumma” in Oromo words....read more

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