It has been a while since I started contemplating to write a book whose title may run something like “Structure and Performances of Waliso Tela Bets”. One way or another, you all may have heard about oligopolistic market. This is an economics jargon, a complicated way of saying a very Read more…
[originally published by Reporter Amharic, Ethiopian Weekly Newspaper, 23 September 2020] ኢዜማዎች በቅርቡ የአዲስ አበባ መሬት ወረራን በተመለከተ አደረግን ያሉትን ባለ 13 ገጽ የጥናት ጽሑፍ ይፋ ማድረጋቸው ይታወሳል። ከሁሉ በፊት በጥናት ላይ ለተመሠረተው የውሳኔ ሐሳብም ሆነ ትችት ለማቅረብ ጥረት በማድረጋቸው፣ ኢዜማዎች ምሥጋና ይገባቸዋል። ሊበረታታ የሚገባ ባህል ነው። እንኳንስ በተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ ደረጃ መንግሥትም ቢሆን በመረጃ ላይ የተመሠረተ ውሳኔ Read more…
I saw these traditional farming, harvesting, implements and the beauty of Oromo Language suddenly overwhelmed me. As you may know the one Berhanu (left hand side) holds in his left hand is called Fonqolcha, the other held by Jawar (right hand side) is called Darbaa (in Chabo Wancii/Wanchii area, West Read more…
የአዲስ አበባ ከተማን 133ኛ ዓመት የምስረታ መታሰቢያ በዓልን ምክንያት በማድረግ ህዳር 19 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም በተሰናዳው ዝግጅት ላይ ፕሮፌሰር ብርሃኑ ነጋ ንግግር አድርጎ ነበር። የኦሮሞ ወጣቶችን በመወረፍ ነበር የጀመረው! ምስጋና ብጤም አከለበት፣ “ይህንን ትግል ስላገዙ አለ”! ትግሉን እሱ እየመራው፣ ቄሮ/ቀሬ እያገዙት መሆኑ ነው እንግዴህ! በኦሮሞ ወጣቶች መስዋእትነት ነጻ ወጥቶ ሀገሩ Read more…
Magaaloota gugurdoon Ethiopia keesa jiran harkii caaluu Oromia keesa jiru, Finfinee dabalatee. Garuu Oromian haa magaaloftu malee, sabni Oromo amma eegamu magaaloota Oromia keesa qubatee hin jiru. Kuni maaliif akka ta’ee beekamadha, seena Oromo wagga 150n darbaan yoo xinxalee deebii argganna. Kan tau’uu ta’ee amma bakka jiru jira. Maal yoo Read more…
የዛሬ ሶስት አመት ገደማ፣ አንድ አንጋፋ የህወኣት ባለስልጣን፣ “ኢህኣዴግ ስልጣን የሚለቀው ከሃምሳ አመት በኋላ ነው” ብሎ ነበር። ለምን እስከ ሃምሳ አመት ስልጣን ላይ መቆየታቻው የግድ እንደሆነ ስተነትን እንዲህ ነበር ያለው፡ “የኢትዮጵያ ኤኮኖሚ አድጎ የቡርዡዋ መደብ ይፈጠራል። ከዚያ የብሄር ፖሎቲካ ያበቃለታል። ያኔ ብሄር ላይ የተመሰረተ የፓርቲ ጥምረት አስፈላጊ አይሆንም። ኢህኣዴግ ይከስምና Read more…
News regarding yet another tragic event on a university campus sends shiver down my spine. It takes me down the memory lane, a flash back of scenes during my university days. My empathy is related not so much to my own life but I keep imagining the anguish my mother Read more…
A few years ago I travelled to Cape Town to attend an academic conference. I reserved a couple of days for sightseeing at the end of that event. It would be silly to leave the place without climbing Table Mountains or short of traveling to Cape Point, which is located Read more…
I am deeply saddened to hear Legesse Abddii passed away! During those days, never mind a TV set, even a radio used to be a rarity in most parts of Ethiopia, especially in the countryside. My father was among the very early “adopters” of the new “innovation” called radio. That Read more…