Demystifying Abysinia, the fake nation: Anti - Oromo stance of Ethiopian Airlines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19293543
Demystifying Abysinia, the fake nation
Breaking the Abyssinian mask, a historical mask under the cover of which Abyssinia has colonized nations and nationalities in Ethiopia, and still continued to oppress, is not an easy job. This blog is intended to communicate to the rest of the world the unfortunate and untold political, economical, social and cultural repressions that the colonized nations and nationalities in Ethiopia are subjected to.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
The Abuse of Music by Abyssinian Azmari: the case of Tedy Afro
There are people who
thrive on the fame of the dead. Indeed there are people who thrive on the
noxious fumes of dead zombies. One such person is Tedy Afro who continued
living on the dead spirit of Abyssinian worst dictators. This article is in
response to Teddy Afro’s latest Album, the album which Tedy wrongly labeled
Tikur Sew. My intention is not to
educate Tedy or any other Habesha musician. The objective of this article is to
indicate how Tedy abused music and also how he wronged the late Emperor Menelik
II by mislabelling the Caucasian Emperor as a black man.
Purpose of music
Purpose of music
Humanity employed music
for several purposes, positive as well as negative. Music has been part of
human experience in every culture and society since time immemorial. From the
earliest cultures of humankind until now music has been used to express a wide
range of human emotions; love, joy, celebration, sadness, anger and fear. Music
has been used to inspire patriotism, incite wars and promote peace. Music played
an exceedingly great role in communicating ideas to the masses with minimum
resistance and it played great roles in bringing different cultures together.
In this respect, music is rightly called the universal language. Ancient and
modern society also employed the healing ability of music to treat patients. Music
can also heal a racially, religiously, and culturally divided society.
Abuse
of music
This great purpose of
music has been continuously abused by past and present Azmari Habash. Azmari
musicians fail to realize that a tool as powerful as music needs to come with guidance
and instructions. For a society to use the healing ability of music, they must
first understand the purpose of music for human consumption. To serve its
positive purpose, music is supposed to be a pure and neutral spiritual force
that should serve all humanity for positive end. Regardless of their philosophy
of life or worldview, gifted musician should be careful in making their work
free of prejudices and hates. Most Habash musicians lack this quality of using
music for positive end and have been abusing the universal purpose of music.
Abyssinian music, from ancient time to present, have been composed mainly to glorify kings, emperors, empress, war lords
(like Tewodros), and those who share the bloodlines of the kings, while at the
same time they despised common citizens and subjects of these emperors and dictators. Thus they employed music to perpetuate hate message towards other ethnic groups which are outside their own narrow circle. It is out of such an unparalleled abuse of music that Habasha musicians composed music to honor
brutal dictators like Mengistu Haile Mariam, who butchered hundreds thousands of youth during
his 17 years reign.
Abyssinian’s negative music
Though Ethiopia is blessed with rich culture
and music, past Abyssinian regimes have limited nations and nationalities from
developing their culture and music.
Amharic music dominated the country for over a century. Prohibition of the nations and nationalities from developing their couture was not the only
problem. Even those Amharic music and musicians have been openly expressing
their hatred to other cultures in Ethiopia. Amaric music itself had been
dominated by Azmaris. The Azmari of Habash, i.e., Habasha traditional musicians,
through their music praised Emperors and the killing squad of these brutal
Emperors. These Azmaris praised one race and despised others. It can be argued
that they totally missed the important role that music serves. Many of the
Artists that Ethiopia has witnessed have been serving the regime in which they
lived. Modern Ethiopian musician are
educated in the Azmari culture and share the same nostalgia of the past
Emperors. Ethiopian music says almost nothing about the general society. No
music has been composed for the common people. Ethiopian music is dominated by odes for kings
and Emperors. During Menelik, Habasha Azmari praised Menelik and his mercenary soldiers
who mutilated millions of Oromos, and Sothern Nation and Nationalities
throughout the empire. During
Hailesilassie, the feudal land lords who lived on the sweats of Oromo subjects
received appreciation from Azmari. This trend of Azmari praising those who live
on the blood of common people continued into the Dergue Era and TPLF too. During
Dergue period, those who killed innocent civilians in the so called Qey Shibibir were celebrated by Azmari(
musicians) of Ethiopia as heroes.
Azmari
Teddy Afro-Reincarnating the dead
With the above
background on Abyssinian negative music, I would like to say few points about
Tedy Afro. Tedy Afro, for the past few
years, has been deliberately resurrecting some dead zombies, and he is making
money and fame out of such dirty and unethical work. The two great Zombies that
he resurrected so far are Emperor Menelik and King Hailesilassie. Anytime some
one resurrect the dead, a lot of questions crop up; from political to
ethical. Is there any moral guide that
stops musicians from reanimating worst dictators and mercenaries? What is the political significance of
reincarnating a barbaric mass killer like Menelik for Ethiopian people at this
time? As a matter of fact, Tedy started his career from the very beginning by
glorifying King Hailessilassie. This is the same king who watched in silence as
millions of Ethiopians perish during the 1973 famine.
Dr.Tilahun Gessessei wrote lyrics about the agonizing pains of those Ethiopians and he wept as he played the song. Tedy Garmamo praised the king who saved millions of dollars in foreign bank while those Ethiopians suffered and perished. What a difference!
Dr.Tilahun Gessessei wrote lyrics about the agonizing pains of those Ethiopians and he wept as he played the song. Tedy Garmamo praised the king who saved millions of dollars in foreign bank while those Ethiopians suffered and perished. What a difference!
The musical piece Tedy
composed for the late monarch seems to have rallied the majority of feudal
elements who during the reign of king Hailessilassie lived on the bloods and
sweats of the Ethiopian poor. Now that Tedy wrote lyrics and composed music for
the great zombie of all time (Menelik), he qualify to be recognized as an
entrepreneur who lives on the fame of dead monarchies. He is making himself
name and money off the dead dictators. By doing so he successfully milked those
Abyssinians who always dreamt the second coming of Hailesilassie and Menelik,
but immensely disrespected millions Ethiopians who suffered in the hand of
these dictators.
I asked myself what
objective the young artist might have on his mind when he composed the Tikur
Sew lyrics for Menelik. We know that Menelik
is not Tikur. That is to say he is not Tikur by choice, by his
own preference. Menelik is not a ‘black man’ because he rejected his blackness.
You don’t need any other witness other than Menelik himself to prove that he
wasn’t black. Shame on you Tedy; you
tried your best to twist history just in the same way many Debteras did in the
past Ethiopian history. Unfortunately, what you tried to reverse is
irreversible. Historians have documented
it very well. You cannot make Menelik to be proud of his blackness. Menelik
dismissed it in public. He told the whole world that he is Caucasian, not black.
'I am not a Negro at
all; I am a Caucasian' , Emperor Menelik told the West Indian pan-Africanist
Benito Sylvian who had come to Addis Ababa to solicit the Emperor's leadership
in a society for the 'Amelioration of the Negro race.'
Haile Sellassie confirmed that view in a declaration to Chief H. O. Davis, a well-known Nigerian nationalist, stating that the Ethiopians did not regard themselves as Africans, but as 'a mixed Hamito-Semitic people.(See John H. Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay (1984), p. 306.)
Haile Sellassie confirmed that view in a declaration to Chief H. O. Davis, a well-known Nigerian nationalist, stating that the Ethiopians did not regard themselves as Africans, but as 'a mixed Hamito-Semitic people.(See John H. Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay (1984), p. 306.)
With regard to the
great purpose that music plays to bring people together and minimize tension
among ethnic lines, Tedy’s recent Album played the exact opposite. Oromo youth
around the world have taken to facebook and other Medias to boycott the album
which glorifies a mercenary who butchered our forefathers and mothers. This
album is more dividing than healing Ethiopian people. In particular it is an
insult to Oromo nation and Southern Nations and Nationalities. It is a complete
disregard to the lives of those who were massacred by the invading army of
Menelik. It is an insult to the entire
Oromo nation and South Nations who survived the genocide Abyssinian Army
perpetrated against us. It is an outrageous
act of praising a criminal who inhumanly butchered millions of children, women
and innocent men.
It would have been only human for
Teddy to sing about the suffering of those who were sold to slavery. It is
right if Teddy condemn the misery to which Menelik and other slave traders
subjected millions of children, women and young people from all corners of
Ethiopia. What about the human dignity
of those millions of Ethiopians who were sold to Arab slave traders? How about Oromo mothers whose breasts were
cut off by Menelik and his army? How about the millions of Oromo men whose
right hands were cut off after they surrendered to Meniliks army? How is that a
son of Ethiopia, who lives in 21 century praise a butcher and slave traders
like Menelik II?
That is what
Abyssinians did to us, to the Nations in the Southern Ethiopia. Given the
nature of Abyssinians, current or past, it is not surprising to see in market a
musical piece that glorify criminals. What is so surprising is how we the
victims react to such Abyssinian National Projects. Why do we buy albums that glorify
the massacre of our forefathers and foremothers, our sisters and our brothers?
Why would we sing to the beat of our tormentors? Why is that we fiancé
Abyssinian projects which are intended to humiliate and destroy us? Abyssinians
like Tedy have been taking Big Marches of the Dead in commemorating the dead
who killed our ancestors. They are celebrating the victory of evil over good.
They are celebrating the death of millions of innocent children and women in
the hands of mercenaries like Menelik. Then, why is that the Oromo nation and
Sothern Nation failed to take March of the Living to commemorate our ancestors
who perished in the hands of Menelik and his army?
Debtera Tedy, here is a brief account of the
two dead zombies which you tried to reincarnated as benevolent leaders.
Hailesilassie
When the facts of history
are written King Haile Selassie will go down as a great coward who ran away
from his country to save his skin and left the millions of our countrymen to
struggle through a terrible war that he brought upon Ethiopians because of his
political ignorance. While he was
licking Europeans shoes in exile, Ethiopians were fighting Mussolini at
home. Brave Ethiopians defeated the
Italian invading army. Unfortunately the mighty British installed Hailesilassie
back to power. Ethiopian patriots
thought the Emperor would recognize their bravery and promote them. What that
dwarf king did however was the exact opposite. He executed many of them and
promoted those bandas like himself
who run away to foreign land during the period of occupation.
Running away from his
country when his country needed him most was not the only shame of king
Hailesilassie. He utterly denied his
blackness. When Haile Selassie fled to London, Garvey tried to contact him but
was snubbed, and it was reported that “the emperor did not desire any contact
with 'Negroes’ “. (The New World of Negro Americans by Harold Robert Isaacs
p.153)
During the great
Ethiopian famine, in which millions of our nationals in Wallo starved to death,
the Emperor and his cabinets were saving millions of dollars in the Swiss Bank
and lived in excess in Addis Ababa. Today, despite such shames, many Habasha
musicians honor the late tyrant Emperor as a benevolent ruler of his subjects.
Top among such Asmari who glorify this great dictator is Tedy Afro.
Menelik
Another of Ethiopians
brutal tyrant and mass butcher is Emperor Menelik who receives endless
glorification form past and present Habasha Asmaris. Menlik is notoriously
known in Abyssinia and around the world for mutilation of breast and hands of
innocent Oromo nationals at Chalanko and Hanole in Oromia. Europeans called him
the greatest slave trade entrepreneur ever known in Africa. He personally sold
Ethiopians of black skin to Arab slave traders. In addition he generated income
by taxing other slave traders in Ethiopia who sold millions of non-Abyssinian Ethiopians
to Arab slave merchants.
Clarence writes,
“Meneliks reign, first as king of SHOWA, and later as an emperor marks the watershed
in the history of servile labour and slave traffic in Ethiopia.”
(Clarence, page 115). Clarence-Smith
observed commercial slavery was intensifies under the government of Menilik,
particularly in the newly incorporated Southern peripheries (outside Abyssinia
proper). After he was crowned emperor in 1889, Menilik signed several treaties
with European nations to end slave traffic in Ethiopia. These include the Anti-slave provisions in
the Ethio-Italy treaty of Wuchale and the 1889-1890 General Act of Brussels
Conference on slavery. In the next
decades Menelik promulgated several acts to abolish slavery; just the same way
TPLF included several citizens’ right in the current Ethiopian constitution.
Yet he (Menilik) continued with slave trade precisely for two reasons.
First the reach booty, in the from of slaves,
he used extract from the newly colonized Oromo, South Nation and Somali land
was irresistible (Clarence, page 116). He used the plunder from non-Abyssinian
Southern captives (Oromo, South Nations, and Somali) to sustain royal finance. Clarence
wrote that between 1878 and 1882 Menelik paid a punitive yearly tribute of
200,000 thalers(dollars) to Emperor Yohannes.
Menelik sustained such financial commitment by taxing commercial slave
traders. In the late 1880 custom duties on slaves, at thalers(dollars) as they
entered Shawa and again as they left Shawa, was estimated to raise more than
10,000 thalers( dollars) per year.
The second reason for
Meneliks reticence to end slavery was his financial commitment to European arms
dealers. Menilik relied on income form slave trade to purchase arms from
European traders such as Soleillet, Chefnaux, Bremond, and Labatat( Clarence
Page 116).
Teddy and many
Abyssinians glorify the human tragedy that the Southerners were subjected to
after occupation. During the raid, conquest and occupation of Oromo land,
thousands of free Oromo men, women, and children were seized and enslaved by
Menilik and his commanders. Clarence
describes the process of enslavement as follows. “ Menelik’s expeditions into the Southern
Ethiopia set a ferocious pattern. As Shawan forces razed entire districts, they
usually kill male defenders and enslave their wives and children. Menelik gained half the plunders and the
captives; his generals and soldiers divided the rest according to rank.”(Clarence,
page 117). This is the king which Tedy Afro glorifies and wrote epic poems to
immortalize him. The children and women, the millions, who were deprived of
their lives, their liberty, their dignity, and sold into slavery have no place
for Teddy and other Abyssinian racists.
After the Oromo land
was completely subdued, Emperor Menilik continued his territorial expansion to
produce more captives. Clarence notes, “
In Walamo in 1894, Ethiopian forces seized 15,000-20,000 prisoners, of whom the
Emperor took 1800 as slaves. Raids on the new colonial land( non-Abyssinian )
land persisted even after 1900.
Teddy Afro and many
Habasha musicians who glorify Menlik II, Mengistu Hailemariam and King
Hailesilassie are not ignorant of the wrongs that these brutal rulers have
subjected the Oromo people and the South Nations and Nationalities. They know
more than we know. They know more than the victims, how Habesha leaders subdued
and converted the non-Abyssinian Ethiopians into their subjects.
The killing of millions of children, women and innocent civilians in the formation of Empire Ethiopia is a heroic action that most Abyssinians are proud of. That is why all Habasha Azmari never mention the brutality of kings and emperors. That is why they never mention in their poetry or music about the suffering of ordinary people. That is why Habasha musician don’t know how to write poems that uphold justice, rule of law, and human rights. That is why Habasha musicians are not able to compose music about equality of human kind, freedom to life, freedom to expression, and equality of nations and nationalities. The music of a Habasha man and women is all about the unity of Ethiopia and those Emperors who rules that Empire, regardless of how brutal these rulers were/are and how the territorial integrity of Ethiopia tramped on the natural right of nations and nationalities.
The killing of millions of children, women and innocent civilians in the formation of Empire Ethiopia is a heroic action that most Abyssinians are proud of. That is why all Habasha Azmari never mention the brutality of kings and emperors. That is why they never mention in their poetry or music about the suffering of ordinary people. That is why Habasha musician don’t know how to write poems that uphold justice, rule of law, and human rights. That is why Habasha musicians are not able to compose music about equality of human kind, freedom to life, freedom to expression, and equality of nations and nationalities. The music of a Habasha man and women is all about the unity of Ethiopia and those Emperors who rules that Empire, regardless of how brutal these rulers were/are and how the territorial integrity of Ethiopia tramped on the natural right of nations and nationalities.
Such abuse and misuse
of music leaves negative impact on society. Its trail paves ways for destruction
of future generation. Due to lack of knowledge Azmarian negative music of
Habash has driven society down a path it was never meant to travel. I can argue
that they contributed immensely to build mistrust among good Ethiopians than
love and unity. Tedy‘s recent work is the worst divisive music ever.
2. The Economics of the
Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century, 1989
By
W. G. Clarence-Smith
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Renewed attack on the Oromo Liberation Front from the Abyssinian camp
As the world ushered in the year 2012, certain Abyssinian and their subsidiaries declared doomsday for the Oromo national struggle for freedom. Though Abyssinian are not alone to think the world is doomed to end, their prophecy that celebrated end of Oromo national struggle for freedom is unique in that it is driven by FEAR OF FREEDOM, unlike the global doomsday prophecy which are mainly religious.
The 2012 global doomsday prophecy
The year 2012 began with doomsday prophesies. There are warnings of Apocalypse by 2012. Major cities in the world will be crushed, by natural disasters. In an enormous global Apocalypse, the world civilization will end. Scenarios suggested for the end of the world include the arrival of the next solar maximum, Earth's collision with a black hole, passing asteroid, the shifting Earth’s magnetic poles … and many others.
One source of this confusion is the ancient Mayan calendar which has been studied in depth but not easily understood. According to the long count of Mayan calendar, the Gregorian date December 21(or possibly 23rd) 2012 corresponds to the ending of the 5125 cyclical period since the zero date (3114 BCE). In other words, the 5125 count since the old zero date will be reset again to a new zero date on Dec, 21, 2012.
The New age theorists suggest that the 2012 date marks major global transition towards a more harmonized world. New Age interpretation of this transition is that this date marks the start of time in which Earth and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era.
Regardless of differences among various groups on what the year 2012 entails, one thing they all have in common is the recognizance that this upcoming date is making a strong impression on a growing number of people, and that much of this impression is based on a belief that the world as we know it is about to undergo some sort of profound change.
Abyssinians doomsday prophesy
On January 01/2012, Ethiopians around the world wake-up to news of doomsday prophesy made by one Abyssinian deptera scholar and his disciples: the end of struggle for freedom in the Oromo camp. Along with this deptera prophet was a former TPLF general who made false statement- amendment of the OLF political program. He declared to the world that the Oromo nation has agreed to abandon their pursuit for freedom. Debtera scholars in the Abyssinian camp compared the traitor general to the Biblical dove which brought an olive branch to the Noah Arc, marking the end of the storm. There has been euphoria in the oppressors’ camp, euphoria generated by blissful ideological victory over the OLF. Dozens of radio and television interviews have been made with ‘heroes’ and ‘heroes’ to capture their ‘important’ role in the long standing struggle to save Ethiopia from the forces of evil. Ode has been written and recited. Blogs in the nafxanya camp were filled by ululation and glorification of those who abandoned the freedom fighters camp and joined the oppressors’ camp. The former OPDO general, who liberated himself from TPLF and joined OLF, but sadly defected to former Abyssinian masters was decorated as the latest Abyssinian servant. All along, genuine Oromo sons and daughters who stood for the self determination of Oromo people were cursed as fundamentalists and terrorists, paradoxically by the same unity crowed which TPLF label as terrorists.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Emperor Menelik: the greatest slave entrepreneur of Ethiopia
How an Ethiopian slave became a South African teacher
Sandra Rowoldt ShellUniversity of Cape TownWhen Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never suspected the extraordinary story of how she had come from Ethiopia to the South African city of Port Elizabeth.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Anti - Oromo stance of Ethiopian Airlines
“when he stands on a street side and begs, he will refrain from his talk of the rights of the Oromo, and others will see him and also stop talking about Oromo rights"
Ms. Firehiwot Worqu , Ethiopian Air Lines Management, Executive officer.
Agent of suppression? |
After reading a letter of complain by Ethiopian Airlines employee On Gada.com and Oromia Affairs blogs, I was forced to write this article as an urgent call on Ethiopian Ailines international clients to be aware of the inhuman and unethical practice of this African carrier. If you are green, organic, and a person to who human suffering and injustice matters, Ethiopian Air Lines is not your choice
The story is about an ex-employee of Ethiopian Airlines. An Ethiopian and Oromo by ethnicity. Mr. Dirribi writes how Ethiopian Air Line management, against its own internal rules , procedures and the rights of citizens in that country, denied him severance pays and other benefits after he was released from detention.
Monday, June 20, 2011
From psychological jargon to silence
In several past years, we've seen so many self appointed individuals and groups mightily whistling a heated dialogue where personal attacks and rumors brewed without no form of maturity.
As a result, discussion lost it's meaning and became a stumbling block against progress, converting the time of learning into confusion. Such a political culture created leadership vacuum that depressed the diaspora Oromo political activity, while further fracturing the Oromo Liberation Front into various shades. This political environment also produced few midget minded tugs who currently serve the enemy as a hammer and nail against the Oromo people .
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Farewell Ode to Tilahun Gessesse
The purpose of this article is to express my condolence to the families and friends of the beloved artist and to rectify also the disabuse of scribes of the Abyssinian corner and for the sake of setting straight his story.
My Knowledge of Daandanaa Ayyaano Guddata, (aka Tilahun Gessesse Negussie)
The first time I met Daandanaa Ayyaano Guddata was in Tiqimt 1956 (about 1963). The place was Bella Haile-Sellassie, the Imperial Body Guards (Ye Kibri Zebenya Hospital, at Guchii (Sagon)) Division in Finfinnee/Shagaar. He was in full IBG military uniform standing at the gate.
I saw Daandanaa (Tilahun) again after he allowed us into the hospital standing with Captain Sahile Dagago of Illu Abbabor and chatting in Afaan Oromo. Of course, I heard about him before too that he was a singer from Ammayya. My visual knowledge of Daandanaa/Tilahun at first glance did not give me sufficient knowledge about him except an impression with his physical appearance - a handsome guy with good physical stature.
Towards a Better Knowledge and Understanding of his story...
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The grand son of Mekonen guddina claims 5 milleniums of Abyssinian history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syw-Z6aH5tc
Propagating Abyssinian myth: The grand son of Mekonen Guddina claims 5 millniums of Abyssinian history, in one of Abysinians lattest move to corrupt history.
In her introdution speech, Mary Jane Deep, Chief of Africa and Middle Eastern division of the the library of congress says, the library of the congress is blessed and honored by the visit of the Ethiopian Royal Higness, Prince Ermias H/selassie, the grand son of Mekonen Gudeta. Sad, just sad. The so called Royal family of Ethiopia must be prosecuted for crime against humanity than given such a honor. She also mentioned the title of H/selasie when he was crowned in 1930, as king of Kings, Lord of Lords, the conquering lion of Juda..... It is sad that this Abyssinians Depteras are still corrupting history and confuse the world.
Propagating Abyssinian myth: The grand son of Mekonen Guddina claims 5 millniums of Abyssinian history, in one of Abysinians lattest move to corrupt history.
In her introdution speech, Mary Jane Deep, Chief of Africa and Middle Eastern division of the the library of congress says, the library of the congress is blessed and honored by the visit of the Ethiopian Royal Higness, Prince Ermias H/selassie, the grand son of Mekonen Gudeta. Sad, just sad. The so called Royal family of Ethiopia must be prosecuted for crime against humanity than given such a honor. She also mentioned the title of H/selasie when he was crowned in 1930, as king of Kings, Lord of Lords, the conquering lion of Juda..... It is sad that this Abyssinians Depteras are still corrupting history and confuse the world.
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Epitome of Ethiopian superstition
Buda Belat
Abebe Haregewoin, MD, Ph. D.
A very pretty teen age girl was brought to the emergency room at Fenote Selam Hospital in the middle of the night in a state of apparent uncontrolled shrieking alternating with strange gesticulations, shivering and writhing. Her hapless father with his eyes filled with terror was holding his daughter’s waist and trying to restrain her restless hands and fists from self inflicted injury. The poor man looked totally exhausted from his struggle from this sylph of a girl, who seemed to have endless and uncontrollable power of an angry lioness. There was also a rope tied to her waist and gripped by her father’s gnarled peasant fists, apparently to prevent her from running away and do herself grievous harm. It was apparent from the red and bleeding welts on her face and exposed chest that she has been scratching and beating her face and chest uncontrollably. A couple of scratches on the father’s cheeks and nose revealed that he has also been a victim of her tireless nails and fists.
Friday, January 28, 2011
The Queen of Carthage Vrs Ethiopian first Lady
The latest " Queen of Carthage", the disposed first lady Leila Trabelsi, has many things in common with her counter part in Addis Ababa, Qedamwit Emebet( First Lady) Azeb Mesfin. Before forced to flee from the nation that she looted for over 20 years, Leila and her extended family had strong hold on businesses, contraction, and foreign investments. The first ladyof Ethiopia, her extended family and the TPLF have in similar ways controlled Ethiopia's wealth for the past 20 years. Leila was a hate figure in Tunisia for grasping corruption, so is Azeb and her mafia family.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Anti Oromo Canons of Orthodox church of Ethiopia
The recent article, written by one Abyssinian DEBTERA and posted on Abugida website, explain the true nature of DEBTERA scholars. ( http://www.abugidainfo.com/amharic/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bantu13.pdf).
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Burtukan’s Journey: From Dawn to dusk
Pre- election 2005
The vaguely known naïve lawyer came to the light of publicity when she released one Tigray mafia on bail. She released a hardliner Tigrean mafia named Siye Abraha on bail from detention and as a result made herself a deadly enemy of another Tigrean mafia which ruled the country. That gave her immediate popularity in the empire, particularly among power hungry Abyssinians whose spirit of ruling the country was irreversibly crushed during the socialist revolution in Ethiopia.
That was when ruminants of the feudal children, who at the time mobilized themselves under the name CUD, saw opportunity in the young naïve Oromo lawyer, to come back to throne. Father Naftenyas used Oromos for their political goals since the time of Menelik. It is unforgettable that Menelik himself used prominent Oromo leaders and horse mensuch as Gobana and Habtegiorgis Dinagde to crush the Oromo nation to effectively colonize them. After helping Menelik crush all Oromo forces and Sothern nations, Gobana was systematically eliminated. At this time in history again, the CUD leaders needed a mobilizing leader from among the Oromo, or at least with an Oromo blood, a leader that not only rally Abyssinians, but also certain section of the ’defiant’ Oromo mass.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
What is myth about Ethiopia!
Every nation has myths, superstitions, legends and tales. The national history of most countries in the world however is different from myths and superstitions. The case of Ethiopia seems different. In history classes, from high school to university, the education system teaches mythology. History book were derived from myth . An Habash history Professor at Addis Ababa university teaches myths. No body seems to save the country from these myths. Let me share some of these Ethiopian myths, which are taken as reality in most Habesha Ethiopian minds.
1). Connection to the Legendary queen of Sheba
Queen Sheba is a mystic figure. The Hebrew biblical account indicates there had been a trade relationship between the legendry king Salomon and an unnamed queen from the land of SHEBA. It was not indicated in this account where this land of SHEBA is. The Hebrew biblical text contains songs which some people interpret as a romantic relationship between the two.
In Arab and the Holy Quran, the same queen is referred to as Balqis, and she worshiped sun god and later king Solomon converted her to Islam. (1) The country over which she ruled was however not clear.
Historians trace queen Sheba to the Nile valley civilization, i.e, the Nubian civilization, to which Greek writers referred as Ethiopian. Some historians argue that the ancient Egyptian name Hatshepsut translates as "Queen of Sheba".
1). Connection to the Legendary queen of Sheba
Queen Sheba is a mystic figure. The Hebrew biblical account indicates there had been a trade relationship between the legendry king Salomon and an unnamed queen from the land of SHEBA. It was not indicated in this account where this land of SHEBA is. The Hebrew biblical text contains songs which some people interpret as a romantic relationship between the two.
In Arab and the Holy Quran, the same queen is referred to as Balqis, and she worshiped sun god and later king Solomon converted her to Islam. (1) The country over which she ruled was however not clear.
Historians trace queen Sheba to the Nile valley civilization, i.e, the Nubian civilization, to which Greek writers referred as Ethiopian. Some historians argue that the ancient Egyptian name Hatshepsut translates as "Queen of Sheba".
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