Dr. Aleme Eshete - THE ASSOSA (Welega) SHAABIA-OLF MASSACRE: OF PEASANT SETTLERS: 1990

Historical facts assure Jimma-Wellega never belong to Oromia                     Federalism form of government in Ethiopia based on Ethnicity is fake, disproportionately dividing lands with no meaningful manner. The ruling junta Tigray Liberation Front/TPLF annexed lands of Amhara, wekayt tegede,Afar tribes as if itsown Tigray region. Not only these but also most of the places regarded as Oromia region were parts of northern, western and southern Ethiopian nations. As OPDO is the right hand of TPLF at the time of dividing Ethiopia based on Ethnic federalism, a lion share of land of current Ethiopia is given to OPDO-as Oromia region.Hence after that time most of us don’t belong to them are forced to leave “their places” where our ancestors used to live. Many South Omo tribes, Amharas, Anuwaks, etc were killed in Bedeno, Jimma,Gambella etc since 1992, and also recently more than 200 farmers evicted from Wellega town.                 Unless this fascist TPLF weyane is abolished from Ethiopia all the nations will be in chaos of displacement.                This articles summarizes how the Oromos assimilated Kingdom of Kaffa,Ennariya to Jimma and how the Kingdoms of Damot brutally changed to Wellega, Illuaba Bor etc, focusing on Western Ethiopia.                 The historical accounts mentioned here are from non-Amhara writers for Amhara phobic Oromo ‘elites’. The books of Dr. Tesema Ta’a on the Mecca Oromo expansion; the book of Richard Pankhurst on the Ethiopian boarder lines and “Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia” by David Shinn et al are among the evidences approving Oromos never been in what is now categorized as Central-Western Oromia region by TPLF Weyane.These are the realities Oromos are invaders of those western, southern, Central Ethiopia.And Tplf Weyane should revise ethnical form of federal government and should be based on historical back grounds which tribe founded the area and live for longer time before and after the 16th century advent of Oromo in Western Ethiopia.Damot and Enariya KingdomDamot kingdom: “Originally located south of the Abay river and west of the Muger river near Shewa, under the pressure of Oromo attacks the rulers were forced to resettle north of the Abay river in southern Gojjam between 1574 and 1606”.“Its earliest mention is in the Gadla or Hagiography of the 13th century Saint Tekle Haymanot, which mentions Damot under a governor named Motalame, who had his palace at a place called Malbarde, and whose territory extended east beyond the Muger as far as the Jimma.” (1) “Evidently impressed by the province’s importance, an Arab writer Ibn khaldun( 1332- 1406) states that Damot had been governed by a great king ,Motalame,who reputedly had a large empire”.That is why even the Welayta and Sidama kingdoms also claim Motalame was their king. Animist by religion, the area christened by St. Tekle Haymanot latter the king converted and renamed Fesseha Tsion. (2)“Damot throughout the time played an important role in the horn of Africa. Gold trade evidence of this is found in al-Umari, who asserts that rare metal from the province east dispatched as far as Ifat, for export via zeyla port and Aden gulf”. Gaudefroy-Demombynes(1927,p.13).“Damot and nearby Hadiya incorporated to the Christian empire by king Amde Tseyon during his early reign 1316-17, then Amde Tseyon assigned Shabir Ad Din II as the province ruler. The people served as a warrior to extend the empire north of Tsegede,Tselemt and against the Muslims of Adal who had invaded Shewa from the east”.(2)“Sertse Dingil appointed Fasil/Fasilo governor of Damot in the third year of his reign 1566.The Mul’ata of the Oromo tribe afflicted the Christians of Damot; they scattered them and devastated their country. During their time Shoa and Damot became deserts.” (2)Who were the original inhabitants of Damot prior to the Oromo conquest?“Before the Oromo movement into western central Ethiopia, the region was largely inhabited by peoples belonging to two major linguistic groupings: the Omotic and the Nilo-Saharan.” (Tesema Ta’a,2006).Based on the current distribution of languages in western Ethiopia, it appears that Omotic speakers inhabited a large portion of the area. Although the main bulk of Omotic speakers are now found south of the Gojeb river (Keffa Region and Omo valley), isolated Omotic enclaves are still found in south Gojjam and western Wellega. One significant Omotic remnant occurs adjacent to Dembi Dollo (Mao and Mes speakers). (Bender and Fulass 1976. Map – “Distribution of Mother Tongues in Ethiopia” in the book “Language in Ethiopia)Without doubt, a large number of these people were absorbed into the Oromo cultural sphere.Enariya Kingdom : “By the end of the 13th century,Ennariya was referred to as part of the kingdom of Damot. But by the beginning of the 16th century, it was virtually an independent entity with a hereditary kingship system.Almeida reports that the inhabitants were brave and intelligent and their occupation was sedentary farming with limited trade activities in slaves, ivory and gold. He also indicated that the kings of Ennariya used to pay tribute to the Abyssinian emperor.The people of Ennariya had put up a stiff resistance against the Mecca Oromo incursions at first. Between 1550-1570, however, Ennariya was conquered by Limmu clan of the Macca Oromo and was thereafter named limmu –enariya.” (Tesema Ta’a ,2006)Who were the original inhabitants of Enariya prior to the Oromo conquest?Historocal records of Charles Buckingham (page 600) translates the entire people of Ennarya is a scion of Hamitic tribe before the tribe of Yoqtan/Semetic in holybible Genisis 10/ came and usurped the kingdom of the tribe of Cush,destroying the people in war and causing the rest to flee.And “This people lived on the southern borders of Ethiopia, in Welayita, Sidamo, Kullo, Konta, Amoro, and Janjiro. After the war, they submitted to the kings of the tribe of Yoqtan, and showed allegiance to them by paying tribute. Earlier, before the Oromo occupation, Luqma, Jimma, Leqa,Tibbe, Guma, and Kefa were all territories of the people of Ennariya.”“Later, because the Oromo caused it to be evacuated, it became Oromo territory. A king called Ennarya used to be appointed over it, under the king of kings, in accordance with the (tradition) that continued from ancient time to the time of Menelik I, and after that up to the time of Christianity.”Another evidence from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_the_Gibe_state_of_Limu-‘Enarya clearly shows Oromo rulers  named Aba bogibo,Aba Gomoli,Aba bulgo…came after Oromo conquered Enariya around 1800. Prior to 1800, However, the previous kings such as Kaba Tseyon(1450-1530) who founded the kingdom of Ennariya ,Bedancho(1580-1603) who adopted Christianity and kings:- Gaha Nechocho;Kawo Sherocho in the 17th centrury upto king Chechu Nechecho of 1800 were well known rulers of Kaffaa kingdom ruling also Enariya. 

The following is extracted from Dr. Aleme Eshete’s paper)In January 1990 EPLF or Shaabia, then a close military ally of Woyane) had in collaboration with the OLF and the Sudanese army invaded Assosa in Western Ethiopia. On that date Shaabia was all-powerful since its victory of Afabet in 1988 and the destruction of the famous Nadew division. Following its victory of Shire in February 1989, the TPLF had on its part liberated the whole of Tigrai in 1989 without any resistance from Sergeant Legesse Asfaw who took the road to Addis Ababa.. We were in the last days of the Cold War under the Glasnost of Gorbaciov. While the U.S imperialism multiplied its support to theShaabia-Woyane, the collapsing Soviet Union of Gorbaciov had abandoned Menghistu..The EPLF and TPLF were now full of arms and confidence counting the days when they will occupy Asmara and Addis Ababa respectively.continues....

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