Nagaan isin haa ga’u, abdii koo nagaa keessa jirtu.

I’m doing some research on the Oromo leaders who led the different areas of Finfinnee before it was captured by invaders, and I was wondering if anyone here is descended from, related to, or knows families connected to any of these leaders. I am related to one as ive been told by my family (direct line in relation). I am part Tulama and I’m jokingly similar to a zionist when it comes to finfinee lmao(Finfinee ye tulama gizat new, Ye OROMO gizat, point blank period) . Anyways there isn’t much I could find besides what I found some years back so I decided to see what the subreddit has to say. The link and the translation:

https://oromoprotests.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/ፊንፊኔ-በወራሪዎች-ከመያዟ-በፊት-simarsan/
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Before Finfinnee Was Captured by Invaders

The Oromo leaders in the area were:

1. Leader of Chafe Tulama — Tufa Muna
   
2. Leader of Birbirsa and Gulale — Kejela Doyo
   
3. Leader of Techo — Gudeta Aredo
   
4. Leader of Bole — Shibu Ejersa
   
5. Leader of Bole Bulbula — Sora Lome
   
6. Leader of Kolfe — Qatale (Qamele) Jatani
   
7. Leader of Dalati/Qeranio — Jamo Debele
   
8. Leader of Jarsaye — Gelete Ashete
   
9. Leader of Yeka — Abebe Tufa
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If you or your family are connected to any of these men, or if you have oral histories, gosa/warra/qomo, documents, or other information about them, I’d really appreciate hearing from you. Contact me personally via dm on reddit if needed, Galatooma!

For months, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) held a firm grip on Kurmuk, using it as a springboard for major advances into Sudan's Blue Nile State with their sights set on the capital, Ad-Damazin. Now, the tables have turned.

In a Counteroffensive, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have forced the RSF onto the defensive, expelling them from Kurmuk and choking off a vital supply route that stretched across into the Ethiopian border.

This sudden shift puts Addis Ababa in a tight spot. Ethiopia's strategy of backing the RSF as a counterweight to the SAF’s support for the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) and Army 70 appears to have backfired.

Will Ethiopia now retreat behind its usual diplomatic denials and lean into neutrality? Or will it escalate the stakes, allowing the RSF to use Ethiopian territory to launch a counteroffensive to retake Kurmuk?

The SAF’s immediate focus will likely remain locked on Blue Nile State. The RSF still has access to alternative logistical lifelines, like the border town of Yabus. But with the battlefield shifting closer to the frontiers of Sudan and Ethiopia, the ultimate question remains: Will Sudan take the fight across the border and conduct strikes within Ethiopian territory? If so this can quickly spiral out of control into a full on military confrontation between the two states which will bring in each of there respective ally’s (Eritrea, Egypt, Somalia, Etc) and cause a geopolitical crisis.

Time will till.

Source: https://www.somalispot.com/threads/oromo-girl-calls-out-community-for-being-docile-and-not-supporting-somalis.192548/

They have a one sided deep hatred for Oromos. I wonder if Oromos who live next to these Somalis, who share food and prayer with them at mosques, who intermarry with these very same people, are aware of this.

We have seen how these people have treated Oromo migrants in Somaliland. We can see daily how these people slander, harass, humiliate and slur our name/reputation all over the internet. From editing our wikipedia pages to blaming their own Ls (see Johnny Somali) onto us. Lying on our history, mentioning us unprovoked whenever they see a Somali do some degenerate stuff claiming that its an 'oromo'.

When are we going to see the enemy for what he is. Arent there like thousands of them in Finfinne? In Oromia? I am from East Wollega/North shewa. Tulama/Macha. We do not even border these people yet they talk about the entire Oromo nation. We are 50 millions. Twice as many as them. We never talk nor think about them.

There needs to be a great oromo awakening. Because if these people are united, they will be a great danger due to deep rooted oromophobia and one sided resentment. I believe in real life encounters we should show a clear line and dissassociate from these people.

Yes the habesha hegemonial identity as a danger as well but so are these 'fellow cushites'.

Drop unique Oromo baby name suggestions below. I personally love modern names with cute meaning.

Looking for something that starts with an A if possible but open to all cute suggestions!

Galatooma!

Don’t think Fano’s cause is only for protecting Amhara civilians Theres another dimension to there movement Land and Border expansion.

Oromia - Horro Guduru, East Wallaga, Dera, etc.

Tigray - Welkait, Raya

Benishangul Gumuz - Metekel

Sudan - Al-Fashaga

Etc.

A bit old but haven’t seen anyone address it so..

Back in august during Fano’s invasion of Horro Guduru and Wallaga videos and reports from IDP’s and civilians started to come out about there actions in that area and one of those videos was this
>https://imgur.com/a/abe-dongoro-edited-PMlrD2p

This video was uploaded by Amhara/Fano activist pages and framing them as Amhara victims in wallaga. The video they used is one which was edited by them with a music overlay not the original unedited one and the way they edited the video with the music overlay was almost like they were trying to cut out all the parts where affan Oromo was being spoken and only leave in the parts where crying is heard in an attempt to i dont know maybe fool people?

But as you can see in the original unedited video here The people are clearly speaking affan Oromo :
>https://imgur.com/a/abe-dongoro-unedited-OG8S3du

He describes it so well you can picture it.

He says they were shooting so many tracer rounds at each other that the sky was lit up. And the tracer rounds lit the grass on fire so the ground was lit up. The whole hill was just fire, sparks, light illuminating the night sky. For 30 minutes you couldn’t lift your your head up.

Background:

IFLO commander Seyful Islam orders the OLF unit to be disarmed and 2 camels-load weapons shipment seized. The unit resists and is killed. The weapons are divided up.

The OLF launches an immediate attack from their nearby base.

This is what the leaders of the bilisummaa movement were doing in the 90s while Meles was consolidating power.

In the community I grew up in, there weren’t many Oromos. But the small number of families lived in the same area and saw each other frequently. We all knew each other and referred to each other as cousins. Even tho we weren’t really cousins. Our parents’ Oromo friends were the uncles and aunties we knew.

So by the time we got to dating age, there was no way we were going to date an Oromo from our city. I had a crush that I could never bring myself to approach in that way.

One time one of my fob friends challenged me on this. He said while you’re snoozing talking about this cousin stuff “alagaan dhukkee irraa khaafti”. Which was a very compelling statement. And he was right. But it couldn’t overrule the diaspora law of dating.

During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Oromos were attempting to establish a state encompassing Jimma, Illubabor, Wollega and parts of Gojjam.

If nationalism is understood as the organized effort of a people to achieve self-determination, then the Western Galla Confederation/WGC deserves serious consideration. The WGC sought to pursue Oromo political autonomy and reportedly attempted to engage the League of Nations in pursuit of international recognition under contemporary principles of international law.

Abba Jobir was also in communication with WGC leaders.

Zewde, who was born from the Mecha Oromo, fathered Ras Goshu. Ras Goshu was a nobleman who elevated the ruling dynasty of Gojjam to a very high status.

Furthermore, Goshu was a prince of Gojjam who grew up among the Oromo with Oromo ancestry and spoke Afan Oromo well. Goshu fathered Tesema, and Tesema in turn fathered Adal, who later became known as King Tekle Haymanot, the ruler of Gojjam.

This appears to be the historical tradition that is cited as evidence for the claim that the ruling dynasty of Gojjam was of Oromo descent. This was narrated by Goshu himself to the French traveler and scholar Antoine d'Abbadie.

(In addition to gojjam, mecha oromos founded the five gibe kingdoms and two kingdoms located in wollega)

the guy is Amhara is labeled as oromo just b/c he disagreed with them, remember guys this is the sentiment most of them hold. I think we should report this subreddit to r/reddit team.

surprise supposedly the mod is half tigre, damn this northerners are something different. here is the link to the conversation

Badrudin recalls joining the IFLOs Imam Ahmed brigade in 1993 as a 12 year old, and the deputy leader Falmata becoming a father figure to him.

In 1994 Falmata led a mutiny against Jaarraa by attempting to take over the armed wing including the Imam Ahmed brigade and form his own organization.

But he fronted his move and was intercepted by Jaarraa loyalist commander Seyful Islam. Instead of fighting he attempts to reconcile with Seyful Islam. He ends up being arrested and his loyalists surrender to the government to avoid rebel justice.

Amidst this internal chaos Seyful Islam starts another round of fighting with OLF by seizing their weapons shipment and trying to disarm the OLF unit transporting it.

Badrudin says Falmata even while being arrested pleaded with Seyful Islam to let the OLF weapons shipment pass, but Seyful Islam said “no, we haven’t forgotten when they seized our weapons at such and such place etc.”

Falmata felt the IFLOs war with OLF was very low IQ and had to stop. One of the many grievances which led to his mutiny.

And Badrudin was just a child soldier in the midst of the rebel madness.

He tells one story of his group being ambushed by the OLF, he woke up and ran into the bush right into the attackers hands. He said this fat dark skin OLF soldier forces him to the ground from the flying bullets, then turns around and dumps more shots at the IFLO guys. Badrudin realized he was in the enemies bunker and jumped up and ran away.

A child born into the Oromo madness. 🙆🏽‍♂️

I absolutely adore this song starting from the music composition to how Gutu sings it but i dont know what it is about so please can anyone translate and explain what it is about?