Sent From: an OLF member
Re: Clarifying Misconception about OLF
I am a member of the OLF. But I don’t speak for the organization here. However, the following is some of the common knowledges of the membership.
1. We Oromos wish to live in peace with all our neighbors. We cannot afford to antagonize our neighbors or others living in Oromia.
2. Many groups and individuals live in Oromia. These are Oromians just like Oromos. They have equal rights with Oromos in every aspect. One of the OLF cardinal principle is - OLF recognizes and respects the right of national minorities in Oromia to develop their own cultures, administer their own affairs and enjoy equal rights in all aspects like any Oromo.
3. With respect to the so called Ethiopian history - OLF doesn’t believe in mythical history. It is a fact of history that the present Ethiopia came into being only around the beginning of 1900. Before that we all had our own history. Do you know that the name Ethiopia was legalized by putting it in the Ethiopian Constitution in 1931? The present Ethiopia is only known to the rest of the world after the 2nd World War. This is a fact not a tale. We shouldn’t waste time fighting over this fact. Time itself will soon solve it. Because, this aspect of the history of our peoples is intentionally hidden from us by the ruling class.
Yes, there was an area known as Ethiopia in north east Africa. This was the Ethiopia the holy books and other ancient books referred to. This Ethiopia and Abyssinia were never one and the same. That was the Kush land. But after the Arabs conquered and occupied the Kushland and renamed it Sudan at which time the name Ethiopia was dropped out and forgotten until the Abyssinian clergy and rulers want to use it. This was as late as 1800s!
4.Our goal is not to rule Ethiopia. Our goal is to enable the Oromo people and others to be masters of their own affairs. We are working to enable the Oromo people and others to live in peace in this beautiful God given land. I and my fellow Oromo members and sympathizers of the OLF wish to work for peace and harmony for our peoples. I assure you that my colleagues and I will fight any dictator being it an Oromo or otherwise.
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