"Dr". Megersa here speaks of 10 million Oromos who were killed in the 19th century while the population of Ethiopia at that time itself was not more than 10 million.
This is the type of false fabrications we are dealing with. History based on modern myths and fairy tales designed to incite foolish tribal conflict for selfish political gain of the few and their external benefactors who innitially designed this barbarism in their expedition to over take the country and continent at large.
He also throws words like "colonization" around. The dictionary defines this word as "to send settlers to a place and establish political control." "To come to settle among and establish political control over". So who exactly are the new comers and settlers despite not gaining the political control through the violence they brought to a land already weakened by prior unrelated invasion??
Before the 16th century the Oromo were limited to thesouth around Bale and the borders of Kenya. Bale was it's self a territory of the kings as far back as king Amde Tsion with its original name being Bali. It can be found as part of the king's title prior to the migration.
16th century portugese writers detail:
" The Gallas live near the country of Magadoxo, they are fierce and cruel people, who make war on their neighbors, and on all, on to destroy and depopulate their countries. In the places they conquer they slay all the men, cut off the privy parts of boys, kill the old women, and keep the young for their own use and service."
It seems cutting off private parts was a culture that they brought with them when they migrated.
Funny how he attempts to relate the strength of the abyssinians to guns and not inherent. But Guns were imported in the 16th century. On the other hand battles have been fought since the 13 th century even on to Aksum before the destruction and move.
If we are to speak the harsh truth, no group has commited the vile barbaric attrocities as the Oromos have in their histotical migration and as we have all observed even this year. But i refrain from calling it oppression because it was war and conflict and unlike some i dont have a bs victim complex.
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