Mereja Forum

[OPFist]

The Current Three Enemies of Oromummaa are Assimilative Amharas, Hegemonist Tegarus and Enslaved Oromos!

Oromummaa as a leading and main Element of Ethiopiawinet (at least 40%) is growing slowly, but surely. Oromo Republicans in the OFC and OLF are the main promoters of this Oromo identity and nationalism. The three current foes trying to hinder this promotion of Oromumma in order to maintain the ongoing domination of Amharanet are the highly weakened assimilative Amhara elites, the recently defeated Tegaru Hegemonists and the currently ruling Oromo elites with servitude mentality, who are the enslaved part of our society. Asimilative Amhara elites did all they can in the last 150 years to destroy Oromumma and feed us Amharanet/Amharigna. Tegaru Hegemonists had good chance to get rid of Amharanet domination and allow Oromumma to get its legitimate leading position, but they chose otherwise. An enslaved Oromo elites led by Dr. Abiy are also revering Amharanet instead of respecting Oromummaa, thus keeping the hitherto domination of Amharanet instead of promoting Oromummaa to its legitimate primary position. Typical of elites with slave mentality. They are proud by further promoting Amharigna/Amharanet at the cost of Oromumma. That is why Dr. Abiy’s Ethiopia is the same to Menelik’s Ethiopia, i.e Great Amharia. Surely, Oromo Republicans will take over power in Finfinne palace in near future and promote Oromummaa to its legitimate leading and primary position, so that the future Ethiopia will be equivalent to Great Oromia.
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[Abaymado]

Bastaaard [deleted] agame, fool yourselves.

[OPFist]

Being influenced by high cry of the Neo-naftagnas, Abiy Ahmed made a big mistake and imrisoned Oromo freedom fighters. With this Action, he lost at least 90% of Oromo support. Now, he survises only by help of the Neo-naftagnas and that of about 10% Oromo elites, who chose revering Amharanet, instead of  respecting Oromummaa. The struggle is again between Abiy’s Prosperitan bloc and Jawar’s Republican camp. It is clear that Jawar is becoming de facto integrative leader of Oromo opposition groups (OFC, OLF & ONP). The current support of all Oromo leaders and Oromo people for Jawar shows that he is now in a position to take the leadership. Ob. Daud, General Kamal, Dr. Marara and Ob. Abbaa Nagaa should come together, merge their organizations in to one ORP (Oromian Republican Party) and give up the leadership to the new generation led by Jawar. This young leader on other hand has to bring the rest of OLA (Oromo Liberation Army) back home and strengthen the opposition against the anti- Oromummaa Prosperitans – EPP in the coming election. I decided to write this letter, which is directed to you, our genuine nationalist leaders, after following the hitherto effort of different Oromo nationalists to help you come together and forge unity of purpose and after exhausting my own attempts in trying to help Oromo forces come together to build stronger united force for liberation of Oromo people from the oppression by Abiy’s anti-Oromummaa Prosperitans. I know you are also doing your best to fulfill this demand of Oromo people according to your ability and possibility. I just would like to say thank you for your efforts. But, our current situation is making almost all Oromo in every walk of life more restless. We, as a nation, seem to be in a challenging situation now. That is why I wanted to write this open letter. I hope you get this message and give few minutes from your precious time to read.

[OPFist]

I personally encourage you to forge the necessary merger of all factions to have only one Oromo opposition organization to compete with the EPP of Abiy, then you can build an essential coalition with liberation forces of other oppressed nations in Ethiopia, and even further, you can be in a position to foster beneficial alliance with democratic and freedom forces dominated by Habesha elites in order to be very competitive in the next election. I hope a sort of discord, schism and division, which can be similar to what we had till now will not happen again. You people are not chimpanzee politicians, who always are direct and say spade is spade, but you are sophisticated human thinkers who can differentiate three terms of Oromo’s objective, that means you can differentiate the tactical goal (Oromia’s autonomy in Ethiopian context) from the core-aim (Oromian independence in the form of Gadaa republic) and from the strategical objective (union of free peoples in the Horn). Correct timing based on the political situations around us is very important to know the appropriate measure to be taken and when it can be important to emphasize one of the three terms of the only one Oromo’s goal accordingly.

[OPFist]

Last, but not least, I hope that you will come out victoriously by solving the “difference you had regarding objective, attitude and method,” by deciding to re-unify the factions. Your victory of re-unification will be a base for the actually needed unity of Oromoness for freedom and sovereignty. It will help us the grassroots also to overcome the hitherto discords and schisms sowed among us by our foes and misguided friends. Together, we will win, separated we will fall deeper. Come together and lead us in the opposition way, being smart enough to cooperate and coordinate the Oromo national move towards our freedom. You, as leaders, and we, as followers, are at historical crossroad either to be united and be victorious or to be further divided and repeat the same history, which has led us to subjugation. Our fate is on our hands. we need to be dynamic freedom fighters, not passive victims. Lead us and let us fight for our rights. Come out with one Oromo Republican Party (ORP) led by Jawar to challenge the EPP of Abiy and to sustain our sovereignty. Then, surely, Aby’s anti-Oromummaa bloc can be tackled by Jawar’s Republican camp. Besides all your efforts, let Waaqa bless you and may He help the nation you are now leading!

[OPFist]

Specially important is how they are trying to exploit the “difference in ‘post-freedom objective’ among groups of our national liberation forces.” It is interesting to observe how they always repeatedly talk and write that Oromo nationalists “do have two irreconcilable goals: Ethiopian democratization vs. Oromian decolonization.” This manipulation by our known foes is not the main disturbing part. More worrisome is when we do hear and read some individuals from you, the leaders, talking the same way and trying to fight your fellow Oromo nationals in other factions/groups of our liberation forces, instead of concentrating on our current enemy – the Neo-naftagnas.

[habesha_union]

Ethiopian National Identity / Ethiopian Nationalism / Civic Nationalism:

Ethiopian nationalism (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያዊነት Ītyop'iyawīnet), also referred to as Ethiopianism, Ethiopianness, Pan-Ethiopian nationalism, and Ethiopian national identity, asserts that the people of Ethiopia/Ethiopians are a nation and promotes the multi-ethnic cultural unity of the people whereas it defines ethnic groups as sub-divisions of Ethiopian identity, and asserts that all ethnic groups should have equality rights and the Ethiopian people as a whole regardless of ethnicity constitute sovereignty as one polity. Ethiopian nationalism is a type of civic nationalism in that it is multi-ethnic in nature and promotes diversity.[1] The view espoused by Ethiopian nationalists is that Ethiopian civic nationalism is in contrast to and in opposition against ethno-nationalist supremacism fueled by ethnic federalist policies introduced by the EPRDF in which Ethiopian nationalists claim that regional subdivisions of the state were segregated according to ethnicity brought about by the partitioning and dissolution of traditionally multi-ethnic regions causing the internal displacement of people through internal population transfers. However, there has been opposition to multi-ethnic Ethiopian nationalism from ethnic nationalist and separatists groups as seen in the surge of ethnic tensions between various Ethiopian ethnic groups and political parties most notably among the most populous ethnic groups in the country such as the Amhara, Oromo, Somali, and Tigray peoples, most of whom who have separatist movements among their ranks,[2] and conflict between Ethiopia and various ethnic groups that make up Eritrean national identity with Eritrean Provincial Separatists vying for and later accomplishing the independence of Eritrea (who had already formed their own region specific Eritrean Nationalism and national identity of the people of Eritrea (Eritreans) which has keen similarities to that of Ethiopian nationalism because of its multi-ethnic nature) in the aftermath of the Amhara Political-Predominance Era that occurred towards the end of monarchic rule in the Ethiopian Empire. However, ethnic tensions surged between the Amhara, Oromo, Somali, and Tigray peoples, each of whom had formed separatist movements dedicated to leaving Ethiopia or forming ethnicity-specific enclaves within the Ethiopian state.[2]
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Nature of Amhara ethnicity:
Journalist Mackonen Michael noted in 2008 that there is a view that the Amhara identity is composed of multiple ethnicities. Others, meanwhile, "reject this concept and argue that Amhara exists as a distinctive ethnic group with a specific located boundary".[61] According to Gideon P. E. Cohen, writing in 2000, there is some debate about "whether the Amhara can legitimately be regarded as an ethnic group...given their distribution throughout Ethiopia, and the incorporative capacity of the group that has led to the inclusion of individuals from a wide range of ethnic or linguistic backgrounds".[62] Solomon Gashaw writes that: "There is no intra-Amhara ethnic consciousness, except among northern settlers in southern Ethiopia". He notes that most Amharic-speaking people identify by their place of birth. He asks, "what is Amhara domination?", answering: "It is a linguistic and cultural domination by a multi-ethnic group who speak Amharic".[63] Siegfried Pausewang concluded in 2005 that: "The term Amhara relates in contemporary Ethiopia to two different and distinct social groups. The ethnic group of the Amhara, mostly a peasant population, is different from a mixed group of urban people coming from different ethnic background, who have adopted Amharic as a common language and identify themselves as Ethiopians".[64]

Up until the last quarter of the 20th century, "Amhara" was only used (in the form amariñña) to refer to Amharic, the language, or the medieval province located in Wollo (modern Amhara Region). Still, most people labeled by outsiders as "Amhara", refer to themselves simply as "Ethiopian", or to their province (e.g. Gojjamé from the province Gojjam). According to Ethiopian ethnographer Donald Levine, writing in 2003, "Amharic-speaking Shewans consider themselves closer to non-Amharic-speaking Shewans than to Amharic-speakers from distant regions like Gondar."[65] Amharic-speakers tend to be a "supra-ethnic group" composed of "fused stock".[66] Takkele Taddese describes the Amhara as follows:

The Amhara can thus be said to exist in the sense of being a fused stock, a supra-ethnically conscious ethnic Ethiopian serving as the pot in which all the other ethnic groups are supposed to melt. The language, Amharic, serves as the center of this melting process although it is difficult to conceive of a language without the existence of a corresponding distinct ethnic group speaking it as a mother tongue. The Amhara does not exist, however, in the sense of being a distinct ethnic group promoting its own interests and advancing the Herrenvolk philosophy and ideology as has been presented by the elite politicians. The basic principle of those who affirm the existence of the Amhara as a distinct ethnic group, therefore, is that the Amhara should be dislodged from the position of supremacy and each ethnic group should be freed from Amhara domination to have equal status with everybody else. This sense of Amhara existence can be viewed as a myth.[66]
The rise of Amhara Ethnic Consciousness & Nationalism in the late 21st Century

Flag of the Amhara Region, Amhara people (although unpopular), and Amhara nationalism
Zola Moges notes the emergence of Amhara nationalism and ethnic consciousness with origins in the early 1990s but taking clearer shape with the establishment of the National Movement of Amhara in 2018. Moges writes that a "younger generation has adopted its 'Amharaness'; but most ordinary people are yet to fully embrace it, not least because of the lack of any effectively articulated ideological foundation or priorities and the absence of any 'tailor-made' solutions to the challenges facing them".[67]

Neftenya:
A neftenya (Amharic: ነፍተኛ, lit. "rifle-bearer"), was a settler, a colonial agent who operated in the framework of the process of territorial expansion and creation of modern Ethiopia by the late 19th century.[2] In its literal meaning, neftenya refers to military occupiers who settled in Ethiopia's peripheral regions, including parts of today's non-Shewan portions of Oromia Region, non-Shewan portions of Amhara Region, the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Gambela Region, Benishangul-Gumuz Region and Tigray from the late 19th century onwards by the Kingdom of Shewa.[3] The Shewan conquerors that were described as Neftenya, were originally a multi-ethnic group of aristocratic rulers of the Kingdom of Shewa mostly made up of Shewan Amhara and Shewan Oromo people who were high ranking members of Menelik II's Royal Court and their soldiers. Later on the term started to be applied to Amhara civilians as an ethnic slur (even though the Shewan Neftenya leadership was multi-ethnic in nature and the very existence of a distinct and ethnically conscious Amhara ethnic group in that time period has been contested as an anachronism[4]). It has also been used to refer to Amhara people who support Amhara nationalism and domestic self-determination of the Amhara people. By extension, in the late 21st century, anyone or any institution that supports pan-ethnic Ethiopian national identity and Ethiopian (civic) nationalism (like Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Prosperity Party) are now seen as neftenya.[5][3]

By extension, the 21st century anyone who opposes any form of ethnic nationalism (excluding Amhara nationalism), separatism, ethnic federalism, and ethnicity-based political parties, but supports civic nationalism and multicultural and multi-ethnic Ethiopian national identity in its place is seen as a neftenya[5] due to the view that Ethiopian national identity was imposed on peripheral regions by the dominant political structures that formed the Ethiopian Empire.
One such example is Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (of mixed Oromo and Amhara ethnic origin but legally recognized as Oromo by the government's ethnicity classification system), has been labelled [3] as a neftenya for leading the merger of his Oromo Democratic Party with the Amhara Democratic Party, Argoba People's Democratic Organization, Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front, Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party, Gambela People's Democratic Movement, Afar National Democratic Party, Hareri National League, and the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement ethnicity-based political parties into the new multi-ethnic Prosperity Party, thus moving these predecessor parties away from their ethnic nationalist and pro-ethnic federalism past into a party that promotes Ethiopian national identity, and non-ethnicity based federalism.[11][3][12]

[Abere]

@habesha_union
I think what you posted is inaccurate. First, Amhara is a distinct ethnic group that existed for thousands of years in Ethiopia. The fact that Amhara has been demographically the largest population in the country and lived all over the country does not mean it is not a distinct ethnic entity. The name Bete-Amhara, in the present day Wolo province is historically very conspicuous. It would rather be difficult for many others to find their historical distinct name than Amhara.

The second, inaccurate account is to consider neftenya as an ethnic slur. ነፍጠኛ is not a slur it is an honorable name and description of Amhara people. Amhara people are very proud of this name and love tp praise their roots for being ነፍጠኛ. They sung on it and praise their ancestors. Every Amhara aspires his or her child to follow that honorable tradition of ነፍጠኝነት. I think the writer of this Wikipedia piece must have been a victim of self inflicted inferiority complex.

[TGAA]

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[OPFist]

Thanks to Waaqa for the fact that some of our mini-lions came together. They are on a process to re-unify. We, the supporters of unity, are eagerly awaiting for this to happen and then pave a way for the possible further inclusive unification, so that we will have the desired strong adult lion. Such strong adult lion will be, not only feared by our enemies, but also it will be respected in diplomatic field by power players of the world, which tend to despise the weak and respect the powerful. The whole essence of world politics is power, so we, as a nation, need to have one powerful organization; of course, my preference is to build one powerful national republican party.