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Feedbacks It has been a little more than a week since my commentary entitled “The Danger of a Single Story And What We Ethiopians Can Do About It” was posted on many Ethiopian Diaspora websites. Since then, a couple of friends encouraged me to take some follow up actions like arranging forums, panel discussions, and conducting interviews to continue the conversation. Even though I couldn’t promise to take the lead in implementing these tasks alone, I concurred with the idea and opened a Face … [Read more...] about Responses to Some Criticisms Toward “The Danger of a Single Story…” Commentary

If we make the Ethiopian Student movement as a starting point, the cry for democracy in Ethiopia is fifty years old and counting. Since then, in pursuit of democracy, the Ethiopian students and the organizations that the movement birthed have made tremendous sacrifices. In the process, Ethiopia lost her best and brightest. Countless were persecuted, tens of thousands jailed, still thousands others fled.  Ethiopian also saw three governments during this period. Despite all the sacrifices and … [Read more...] about Creating the Pattern for Democracy: A bottom up approach

ዛሬ ታላላቅ አፍሪካውያን ከተናገሩት መነሳትን መረጥሁ። አንጋፋው ደቡብ አፍሪካዊ ታጋይ ዴዝሞን ቱቱ “When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray’. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land”. ተቀራራቢ ትርጉሙ “ሚሲዮናውያን ወደ አፍሪካ ሲመጡ መጽሃፍ ቅዱስ ይዘው ነው። እኛ ደግሞ መሬት ነበረን። ‘እንጸልይ’ አሉን። ለጸሎት ዐይናችንን ጨፈንን። ጸሎቱን ጨርሰን ዐይናችንን ስንከፍት ግን እኛ መጽሃፍ ቅዱስ ብቻ ታቅፈን ስንቀር እነሱ ግን መሪታችንን ይዘውት አገኘን” የሚል ነው። አዎ! ደቡብ አፍሪካ፣ ኬንያ፣ ኡጋንዳ፣ ዚምባዌ ወዘተ… በቅኝ ግዛትነት ለመውረር የመጡት ነጭ ሚስዮናውያን … [Read more...] about የወንድሞቻችን ቅኝ ተገዥዎች አንሁን

ጉዳዩ፦ መነሻ የመግባቢያ ኃሣብ ስለማቅረብ፦ እስከ አንድነት ለመድረስ የሚያስችል ውጤታማ ትብብር ለማድረግ መከተል ስለሚገባን አካሄድ፤ ማናችንም እንደምንገነዘበው፣ ባለፉት 40 እና 50 ዓመታት ኢትዮጵያውያን ስንደራጅ የኖርነው በልዩነቶቻችን ላይ ባተኮሩ ዓላማዎች ዙሪያ ነው። ልዩነቶቻችን ደግሞ ከርዕዮተ-ዓለም ባሻገር፣ በነገድ፣ በጎጥ እና በኃይማኖት ጭምር ያጠነጠኑ በመሆናቸው፣ አንድነታችንን አሳሳቢ ደረጃ ላይ አድርሶታል። ከሁሉም በላይ፣ የትግሬ-ወያኔ በባዕዳን ድጋፍ ተበረታትቶ፣ ግንቦት 20 ቀን 1983 ዓ.ም. የፖለቲካ ሥልጣን ሲጨብጥ፣ ያስተጋባው የዲሞክራሲ ቀቢፀ-ተስፋ እውነት መስሏቸው የተከተሉት ወገኖች አይጠፉም። ሆኖም ይህ ፀረ-ኢትዮጵያ ቡድን በተግባር ሲያከናውን የሚታየው፥ የቋንቋ ፣ የነገድ ፣ የጎሣ ፣ የዘር ፣ የኃይማኖት ፣ ወዘተርፈ ልዩነቶችን መሠረት አድርጎ ሕዝቡ … [Read more...] about ፀረ-ወያኔ አቋም ለአላቸው የኢትዮጵያውያን የፖለቲካ፣ የሲቪክ እና የሙያ ማኅበራት በሙሉ

In todays’ Ethiopia the word Abay has become a source of worry for a few and brings despair and anger to the many. We have two Abays that are in the news and they are both causing us internal and external problems. Abay the river አባይ ወንዝ is as victim as the rest of Ethiopia. Poor Abay of Egypt and the great pyramids, the longest river in the world and a name that evokes greatness and pride among Ethiopians is reduced to becoming a prop for Woyane ponzi scheme. The Dam that will never be built … [Read more...] about Ethiopia and the two Abays