r/Oromia

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My dad is from tepi (Oromo) and my mom is from gonder (Amarah) but my grandpa on my moms side is tigranya (my mom is mixed half Amarah half tigranya)

I’m pretty sure down the line I have afar family and I also have relatives who told me they at woylitan. lol I think I have the most mixed family ever.

Anyway most people told me you just go by what your dad is but I’m not sure about that because that totally discards half of my heritage. What do you guys think?

For me, it’s Gursha. How is feeding me food that is right in front of me a gesture of love? If I was hurt and can’t physically feed myself, please, by all means, feed me. 😂 But if I have two perfectly functioning hands and there’s a full plate of food sitting directly in front of me… why?

I’ve also heard a claim that the whole tradition originated in the Ethiopian royal courts, where the courtiers would feed each other to make sure that no one was being poisoned. If we are feeding each other the food we brought and no one was left behind, either we all die or we live. 😂 This eventually condensed into the societal level and was taken up by the whole country, the story goes. But, like I said, it’s just a claim, and I’m not sure how accurate it is.

What are your thoughts on this?

Crazy how fast oromos went from being secessionists to the biggest ethiopian nationalists tbh. almost most of the old liberation movements are losing the momentum they had a few years ago. Now we’re the main ones pushing for a united country, and you even hear it in all the new music. I don't think even Amharas are this nationalistic right now.

even people who were super stubborn and against it at first are slowly starting to accept it as the new normal. We’re definitely shaping this new Ethiopia entirely our way, but ngl, my biggest worry is that if oromos push too far, it’s going to backfire and cause a revolt. It already feels like non Oromos get basically zero opportunities right now. Am I the only one feeling this way?

Alright, I’ve been noticing a pattern lately, and I’ve also noticed that some Oromos either choose to ignore it or may simply be oblivious to it. I’ve been noticing some tension between Arsi and Wallaga Oromos, and personally, I feel like it’s pretty one sided. I’m bringing this up because I recently came across a TikTok of a girl dancing to a Wallaga song. I’m assuming she’s Arsi based on the comments, and I noticed several Arsi people being very passive-aggressive toward her, with some even outright insulting Wallaga. I’ve genuinely never seen Wallaga people show this same kind of subtle hostility toward Arsi people, whereas I’ve noticed it coming from Arsi people more often. So, can someone explain the lore? Why is there beef between some Arsi and Wallaga people? I’m genuinely asking because I want to understand where this comes from, not to start unnecessary division. I know this subreddit is known for deleting posts like this, but if we can’t openly discuss these kinds of issues within our community, then what’s the point? Especially when the goal is to address and tackle gadummaa within our own community

I see sooo many oromos on YouTube, TikTok, facebook and old threads on here call for independence this is right now as well ive always seen same rhetoric since the early 10s and probably longer many say Ethiopia = Amhara so that is another reason plus supposed grievances towards Ethiopia many say we are oromo not Ethiopian. Lots of people say oromos run the country but it doesn’t seem that way it’s more of opdo running the country. Even say many oromos say ola fight is for independence and it now makes sense to me why abiy keeps trying or ethiopinize oromia it’s because people in oromia dont like that. Me personally I aceept their wishes if they genuinely want it majority wise and if leads to less bloodshed. But to me oromo ethiopian nationalists need to battle these groups within their communities if not most oromos in the future when opdo out of power will want independence mark my words. Opdo is the only thing keeping oromo ethiopiawinet alive.

With all the internal fighting between groups and regions the constant rebellions and constant racism and threads like this https://www.reddit.com/r/Oromia/s/82O3UP8RZT and other threads on that sub showing that most oromos want independence while having most of the power how do you not lose hope on Ethiopia? I even see oromos on TikTok from back home that only use the rebel flag and hate Ethiopia and support rebels! I see this same message by them “I am oromo not Ethiopian”. I love Addis and Abiy but man the internal disputes the amount of crimes on all sides is quite disturbing let alone crimes of corruption or like innocent Amharas being killed in oromia and innocent oromos in oromia being attacked by Fano as retaliation? Then you have many in diaspora who are pro their own group (Oromo rebel) (Tigray rebels) ( Amhara rebels) and even some who “support the govt” have sympathy towards groups like OLA and just in the past 5 years there has been numerous times people have been called out for calling for genocides while living in the diaspora comfortably! Festivals like Osfna who use the rebel flag and are divisive and pro separation which used to fund OLF and there is even rumors now that the money they make goes to OLA/OLF groups! There is also OLF people who like to push a narrative that Amharas are their sworn enemies as if Oromo weren’t enslaving Southerners and cutting off penises and doing slave raids and much more I could go into detail about. The shewa elite which was Oromo dominated crimes on oromo populations is blamed on northerners due to them using the Amharic language simply. Two shewan most known elites selassie and menelik were both half Oromo. Then you have extreme hate speech. You would think the diaspora would be more educated and have more morals. Menge regime gets called Amhara even though he was a southener! I could damn near debunk every last oromo narrative the tplf produced and used to divide the peoples. Check out x/twitter and write Oromo, Amhara or Tigrayan hate speech and go and suprise yourself how crazy some Ethiopian are It’s sad when just couple years back we were celebrating Oromara which lots of people on both sides very very much dislike. Check this out right here one example.

https://x.com/allthingsamhara/status/1375286032552189956?s=46

Tegaru and Oromo diaspora pro rebels during 2021-22 were all calling for Extermination of Amharas to be honest they could even be pro PP and hate Amhara still it’s that deep the hate for Amhara during 2019-23 was unbelievable. Every Fano supporter I meet specifically Fano supporter usually will call every oromo the g word and every oromo I meet always has some deep amhara hate I always notice. How do we keep hope for our Ethiopia knowing things like this? I have been reading mereja forums on topics like this and have seen many say it’s forever going to be like this due to us being Africans which saddens me. Long Live Ethiopia is how I feel but I don’t know if most Ethiopians specially (Oromo rebels/sympathizers) feel I wish we could get a good understanding for everyones views and have a good discussion to understand the deep grievances between our people but I don’t think both sides want that. r/Amhara and r/Amharanationalism and r/Oromia and other spaces are just sad anti Ethiopian spaces no one in any of those subs wants Ethiopia to prosper even my post on r/oromia that was against Ola obviously got no traction which makes me understand they definitely have support still in 2026 which is mind blowing but I guess they want a country. Europeans were so much better than us on things like this it’s genuinely disgusting we can’t make peace even in the diaspora and online spaces where everyone is supposedly “more educated“.

i've applied to SIT but I don't know wether I should get in there or choose Adama Science and Tech Uni. Is the institute's "international" degree worth it?

My thoughts are that they are seriously hurting oromia and our country in general I just don’t understand why they are still fighting to this day and are working with people like fano and other rebel factions to destabilize Ethiopia at any cost.😢