Intellectualism

When Intellectualism Becomes Complicit:
How Ethiopia’s intellectual legacy must confront its role in cultural erasure and ideological domination.

ByTaliila Liiban Posted on

Excerpt: When intellectualism aligns with power instead of truth, it risks becoming a refined tool of domination. This reflection challenges the legacy of Ethiopian academia and calls for a return to ethical, justice-driven scholarship. Introduction Throughout history, intellectuals have often served as society’s conscience—interpreters of truth, critics of power, and illuminators of the human condition….

A Chilling Assimilation Blueprint of 1933 for the Oromo
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Haile Selassie’s Chilling Assimilation Blueprint of 1933 for the Oromo: When ‘Unity’ Meant Erasure

ByOT Editorial Posted on

Excerpt This article unveils the Chilling Assimilation Blueprint of 1933 for the Oromo people, a calculatedly policy framework of Haile Selassie’s regime. Drawing from historical documents and translated accounts, it exposes how forced identity erasure was justified in the name of “national unity”. Far from being a relic of the past, the blueprint reveals patterns…

"Systematic Dispossession of Oromia"
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We Shall Stand for Oromo and Oromia

ByIntala Oromo fi Ilma Oromo Posted on

A Cyber Essay on Honoring a Civilization Rooted in Equality, Rising in Unity, and Ready for the Future. #CyberEssay #StandForOromoAndOromia #GadaaDemocracy #Egalitarianism  #LifelongCivicDuty #IndigenousWisdom We shall stand for Oromo and Oromia—unapologetically, unashamedly, and unbreakably. Just as Americans revere their Flag, the French guard their Revolution, and the British preserve their Legacy, so too shall we…

Legal Path to Further Oromo Dispossession
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Legal Path to Further Oromo Dispossession? The Oromo People Must Reject the Draft Property Ownership Proclamation

ByOT Editorial Posted on

Legal Path to Further Oromo Dispossession? A draft law may hand ancestral lands to foreign tycoons. More than property is at stake—identity, culture, and future hang in the balance. #StopTheDraft #OromoLand #IndigenousRights #LegalPathToOromoDispossession The Oromo People Must Reject the Draft Property Ownership Proclamation A draft proclamation allowing foreign nationals to own immovable property in Ethiopia…

Kadir Martu
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To the Health Professionals Supporting Kadir Martu

ByKadir Martu's Friends & Admirers Posted on

We write this letter as professionals and human beings—across diverse fields, including psychiatry, psychology, arts, human rights, history, law, medicine, sciences, conflict resolution, and public health. Though we write from a distance, our concern is intimate, our commitment sincere. We speak not just as observers of trauma but as witnesses to a national soul in…

Jawar Mohammed
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Jawar Mohammed: From Oromo Icon to PP Sympathizer?

ByAbbaa Gaatoo Posted on

Preview: A Revolutionary Spirit in Question Once the fearless voice of Oromo freedom, now sounding like a Prosperity Party (PP) loyalist? Jawar Mohammed’s latest interview on Kush Media Network (KMN) left many shocked — and some wondering: Has the revolutionary spirit faded, or is there a bigger game at play? Read below the full reflection…

A Prerequisite for the Abbuu Seeraa Airport Project
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The Oromo People Demand a Prerequisite for the Abbuu Seeraa Airport Project

ByOT Editorial Posted on

Prefer listening? Play the audio of full article. The Tranquil Indigenous People Before colonization and forced annexation, indigenous peoples thrived across the globe — civilizations, cultures, and ways of life intricately woven with their environments over thousands of years. They were not waiting to be “discovered”; they were living fully, imagining, governing, trading, and sustaining…

The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal
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Development Draped in Dispossession: The Tragedy Behind the Abuu Seeraa Airport Deal

ByOT Editorial Posted on

“That is what prosperity looks like,” boasts a Prosperity Party (PP) regime loyalist in his Facebook repost, proudly sharing a photo announcing a $7.8 billion agreement between Ethiopian Airlines and the African Development Bank to build Africa’s largest airport in Abuu Seeraa, near Bishoftu town in Oromia. A gleaming model aircraft in the hands of…

"Systematic Dispossession of Oromia"
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ETHIOPIA’S 6 BIG LIES FUELING ITS IMPENDING COLLAPSE

ByElemoo Qilxuu Posted on

INTRODUCTION The foundation of any structure—be it physical, societal, or personal—determines its strength and durability. When that foundation is built on lies, collapse becomes inevitable. Lies erode trust, which is the glue that binds relationships and communities. When trust is based on falsehoods, it begins to crack, undermining communication and cooperation. Lies also distort reality….

Propaganda Dressed as Pity
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The Politics of Easter Charity: Propaganda Dressed as Pity

ByOT Editorial Posted on

The sickening propaganda machine of the Prosperity Party (PP) regime has reached a new low—one that defeats description, but not scrutiny. This Easter weekend, one of the holiest in the Ethiopian calendar, the Mayor of Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) and the Prime Minister himself embarked on a public relations roadshow. The show? Distributing cooking oil—and yes,…

When Even Death Is Denied Dignity
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When Even Death Commands No Dignity: Ethiopia’s Moral Decay

ByOT Editorial Posted on

There are moments that sear themselves into the soul—not because of their scale, but because of the depth of their inhumanity. Ethiopia never ceases to amaze—but with inhumanity. We’ve witnessed people burned alive, skinned while breathing, severed heads paraded on spikes.   And now, as if in a grim sequel to past shock treatments, we…

Dr Sisay Mengiste
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When Lawmakers Fan Dangerous Flames: The Case of Dr Sisay Mengiste

ByOlii Boran Posted on

Questions for Troubling Rhetoric Where does freedom of speech end, and the incitement of dangerous, ethnically charged propaganda begin? At what point does public discourse shift from a right to speak one’s mind into a reckless abuse of influence—especially when the speaker holds public office in a fragile, multi-ethnic society? These are not abstract questions….

When Falsehoods Wear Fancy Fonts
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When Falsehoods Wear Fancy Fonts: The Absurdity of Manufactured Maps

ByElemoo Qilxuu Posted on

There’s something truly ironic about attempts to rewrite history—how they often stumble on the very tools they try to wield. A case in point: a laughable “13th-century map of Abyssinia” now making the rounds. A single glance at its slick, pixel-perfect typography and digitally crisp outlines is enough to raise eyebrows. We are expected to…

Oromo Martyrs Day
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Oromo Martyrs Day 2025 and the Legacy of Oromo Exceptionalism

ByOT Editorial Posted on

April the 15th This day stands etched in the Oromo conscience as a day of solemn remembrance and unwavering pride. It is a day when time slows down for Oromo communities across the globe to honor the lives of our fallen heroes — courageous men and women who gave everything in the struggle for Oromia’s…

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When Language Colonizes: The Amharic Illusion of Progress

ByKumaa Daadhii Posted on

When Language Colonizes In the landscape of African colonization, one recurring justification for conquest and domination has been the civilizing mission—carried out not just through force, but through language. From the French mission civilisatrice to the British insistence on “English education,” colonizers offered language as a “gift”—while using it as a tool of control. In…

One Year Without Jaal Battee Urgeessaa: Your Nation Still Grieves, Your People Still Resist
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One Year Without Jaal Battee Urgeessaa: Your Nation Still Grieves, Your People Still Resist

ByOT Editorial Posted on

A year has passed since we lost one of Oromia’s brightest sons, Jaal Battee Urgeessaa—an icon of peaceful resistance, a visionary political leader, and a man whose gentle strength made him both beloved and formidable. His assassination on this day, on the Ramadan festive day last year, was not only a devastating loss to his…

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How a False Unity of Mythical Ethiopia Was Manufactured Through Annexation and Assimilation

ByOlii Boran Posted on

Introduction Emperor Haile Selassie ascended to the throne on April 2, 1930. Just over a year later, on July 16, 1931, he promulgated the country’s first modern Constitution. In that founding document, the name “Ethiopia” was formally constitutionalized for the first time—replacing the historical name “Abyssinia.” This name change, however, did not gain international recognition…