By Daandii Qajeelaa                        December 4, 2014

I have been closely following and chronicling the struggle of the Oromo students and youth for freedom, democracy, and justice in the English language since November 2009 (see articles from Daandii Qajeelaa on Gadaa.com for details). On my latest post, I have presented “A Chronological Summary of Oromian Students’ Movement Led by Qeerroo Bilisummaa: Nov. 2013 – Nov. 2014” on the eve of the commemoration of the 9^th year anniversary of the 2005 Oromia-wide and bloody Oromo student movement commonly known as “Fincila Diddaa Gabrummaa” (Revolt Against Subjugation). In that latest report I have emphasized that the Oromian students’ struggle has obtained a central leadership from a vibrant group of Oromo youth organized under the name of Qeerroo Bilisummaa or simply Qeerroo.

In this brief follow up report, I will begin by introducing one of the most remarkable accomplishments of Qeerroo Bilisummaa, namely, the establishment of a young revolutionary Oromo artist group known as “Hawwisoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa”, roughly translated “Qeerroo Bilisumma Artists’ Group” (translation mine) and its profound contributions in inspiring and energizing the young Oromo generation in the ongoing struggle of the Oromo nation for freedom, democracy, and justice. In particular, I will briefly present the list of songs produced and released on YouTube by this young group of singers since January, 2014. Then I will examine whether the April/May, 2014 Oromo students protests were planned, guided and executed by Qeerroo Bilisummaa or were “spontaneous” and “didn’t have a central leadership” as some have claimed. I will end this note by offering some pieces of advice to Qeerroo Bilisummaa and its supporters.

Hawwisoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa: A Living Proof that “Qeerroo” is for Real

While all speakers of Afan Oromo, especially those of us in the Diaspora, have encountered the works of the Qeerroo Artists’ Group on social media, especially YouTube, to my knowledge, this report would be the first piece to introduce the existence and contributions of this group of artists in writing, in the English language. As a result, I am aware that some might question the very existence of “Hawwisoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa” and as a result might think that it is all made-up. In fact many have said in the past that even the so called “Qeerroo Bilisummaa” is just made-up “by people sitting behind their computers” in the Diaspora. Therefore, for the sake of clarity, before I present some of the works of “Qeerroo Bilisummaa Singers’ Group”, I would like to address the issue of its very existence as follows.

To those who might think that there is no such a thing “Hawwisoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa” and that all this is made-up, I would tell them to just type “Wallee Hawwisoo Qeerroo Bilisummaa” on their YouTube search engine and they will see dozens of songs of this group including the most recent song released on November 26, 2014, entitled “Ka’i Ka’i” meaning “stand up, stand up”. Oh yeah, again these people may now say, all that could be made-up too. They might say it could be cooked behind a computer screen, by making a clip of Oromo singers using the audio they released at home. Could all this be cooked behind a computer screen? Well, if we take that claim at its face value, how about the term “Qeerroo” and the abundant phrases containing this term that the singers use repeatedly in their songs? Those of us who listened to these songs know very well that almost all of these songs contain phrases such as “Qeerroo ka’i”, “Qeerroo falmadhu”, “Qeerroon faarsa”, “Qeerroon sitti marse”, “Qeerroon leenca goota”, and so on. For example: 1) a song released by the name of this group on January 7, 2014 says “Kaayyoo isaa qabatee, Qeerroon Bilisummaa”, 2) another song again released by the name of this group on May 14, 2014 has the title “Oromiyaa keessa Qeerroon sitti marse”, 3) yet another song released on July 19, 2014 says “Qeerroon faarsaa”,  4) another song released on July 8, 2014 has the title “Oh lolaa Qeerroo korri yoomi”, 5) another song released on August 6, 2014 has the title “Nuti Qeerroon Leenca Goota”, just to mention a few. Could those repeated words also be made up behind a computer screen? Could people sitting in the Diaspora tell that group of singers from Oromia to praise “Qeerroo” in the absence of an organized body by this name? Impossible! This line of argument doesn’t hold any water.  Read More… Qeerroo Bilisummaa Singers Group

የዓፄዎቹን ጋኔን ያናወጣ  ታላቅ ስም

እዉነትም ይህ ስም ታላቅ ነዉ። የዓፄዎቹ ጋኔኖችም ይህንን ያዉቁታል፥ ይፈሩታልም። መንፈሱ ባለበት ኣካባቢ ይህ ስም ከተጠራ ጋኔኖቹ ይንቀጠቀጣሉ፤ ይንጫጫሉ፤ ይቆጣሉ፤ ተስፋ ሲቆርጡ ደግሞ እየተራገሙም ቢሆን ከነጭፍራዎቻቸዉ ጓዛቸዉን ነቅለዉ ወደ ጥልቁ ይገባሉ። ስሙ ከስም በላይ ይሆንባቸዋልና ሊቋቋሙት አይችሉም። ለሙከራ በየካፌዉ፣ በየሬስቶራንቱ አልያም ታክሲ ዉስጥ ስትገቡ ይህንን ስም ከፍ ባለ ድምጽ ብትጠሩ የጋኔን መዓት ሲደናበር ታዩታላችሁ። አልያም ደግሞ በእረፍት ቀናችሁ በኦሮሞ ባሕላዊ ልብስ ሽክ ብላችሁ በሰፈራችሁ ወይም በመዝናኛ ቦታዎች አካባቢ ጎርደድ-ጎርደድ በሉ። የሆነ ሰዉ ባልጠበቃችሁት መልኩ ጭር ጭር ብሎ በጥላቻ ዓይን ከተከተላችሁ ያ ጋኔን እየተቃጠለ ነዉና ዘና በሉ።

ከዓጼ ኃይለስላሤ ዘመነ-ንግሥና ጀምሮ መንፈሱ ከነገሠባቸዉ ሥፍራዎች የፊንፊኔ ዩኒቨርሲቲ  ዋነኛ ሆኖ ነበር። እዚያዉ ቦታ ላይ ለመንፈሱ ሥርዓተ-ዓምልኮ ይፈጸማል። መስዋዕት ይቀርባል። ዉዳሤና ቅዳሤ ይቸራል። ጭፍራዎችና ደቀ-መዛሙርት ሰልጥነዉ፣ ተቀብተዉና ተጠምቀዉ ለመንፈሱ ሀዋርያነት ከበቁ በኋላ በየቦታዉ ይበተናሉ። አንድ ሀገር፣ አንድ ሀይማኖት፣ አንድ ቋንቋና አንድ ባሕል የመንፈሱ መሪ ቀኖናዎች ናቸው። ከዚህ ዉጪ ያሉ እዉነታዎችን አይቀበልም። በተለይ ደግሞ ኦሮሞ እና ኦሮሚያ የሚባሉ ስሞችን መስማት እንደእሳት ይለበልበዋል። ለእኔና ለወገኖቼ ደግሞ ይህ ስም ከማር ይበልጥ ለኣንደበታችን ይጣፍጠልና በሄድንበት ቦታ ሁሉ ስለታላቅነቱ እንመሰክራለን። እዉነታዉንም እናስተምራልን። እዉነትን ይዞ ዝምታ አናዉቅበትምና  “ዝም በሉ!” በተባልን ቁጥር ደግሞ ይብስብናል። የዓፄዎቹን ጋኔን ያናወጣ ታላቅ ስም

Mudde 2,2014 Godina Jimmaa Magaalaa Jimmaa fi Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa irratti Humna poolisii Federaalaa fi naannoo bobbaasuun sakkatta’insii guddaan Magaalaa Jimmaa irratti gaggeeffama jira.
Sochiin Warraaqsa Qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo haalan jabaachaa dhufuun deeggarsaa guddaa fi dhageettii guddaa uummata Oromoo biratti argachaa dhufuu fi uummatni cina dhaabbachuun mirga isaaf falmachaa jiraachuun mootummaa wayyaanee afaan qawween uummata bitaa jiruuf yaaddoo guddaa ta’uun caasaan mootummichaa waan qabee gadhiisuu dhabuun hubatama jira. Haaluma kana irraa ka’uun magaalaa Jimmaa
keessatti Mudde 2/2014 irraa eegaluun galgala galgala magaalaa Jimmaa keessatti bakkoota garaa garaatti poolisootni federaalaa fi naannoo uummata nagaan daandii irra adeemuu dhaabanii sakkata’uun daran jabaate jira.

Kana malees kutaa magaalaa Jimmaa ganda Mantinaa jedhamutti uummataa fi dargaggoota walitti qabuun olola afaan fajjeessa itti ololuuf yaaliin godhame diddaa guddaan uummatni mootummaan kun nu ajjeessa jira, ajjeechaa seeraan alaa nurratti rawwatamuuf itti nuuf gaafatamuu qaba, mirgi namummaa fi dimookiraasii nurraa sarbamee jiru nuuf kabajamuu qaba jechuun diddaa isaa jabeessuun sagaalee dheekamsaan walga’ii abbaa irree fashaleessuun qaanii guddaa itti uffisee jira.

Dargaggootnis walitti qabamuun mootummaan Waayyaanee dhukaasee nu ajjeesaa jira namootni nama ajjeesaan seeratti dhiyaachuu qabu, nuti biyya mootummaan keessa hin jirree, biyyaa seerrii keessa hin jirre keessa jirra, mirgi uummaataa kabaamuu qaba jechuun sagalee mormii guddaa utuu dhageesisanii gara mana galma isaniitti deebi’un ibsame. Ummaatni Oromoo fi jiraattootni sabaa fi sablamootni magaalaa Jimmaa keessa jiran Sochiin Qeerroon Bilisummaa Oromoo biyyatti keessatti gaggeessa jiru, socchii sirna qabeessaa fi kan bilisummaa Uummata Oromoo mirkaneessuu fi nagaa fi tasgabbii biyyattiif fidu waan ta’eef waan dandeenyu maraan deeggarasa keenya qeerroof ni gumaachina jechuun uummatni Qeerroo cina dhaabbatee mirga isaaf falmachuuf qophii ta’uu hubachiisa jira. sirna wayyaaneef bitaamaa akka hin jirrees sagalee mormii dhageesisuun mirkaneessa jira.

(ቄሮ:የኦሮሞ ወጣቶች  ነፃነት ንቅናቄ :) የኦሮምያ የጸጥታ ዘርፍ ሃላፊ  የዋቄፈታ እምነት ለማዳከም እንቅስቃሴ መጀመራቸውን ተናገረ።

ባለስልጣኑ ፣ ኦነግ በዋቄፈታዎች መጠቀም ይፈልጋል፤ የዋቄፈታ ድርጅት ተወካዮችን ስትራቴጂ ለመፈተሽ በስውርም በግልጽም ሰዎችን አሰማርተናል፤ እነሱ በሚያቀርቡት ሪፖርት ላይ ተነስተን እርምጃ እንወስዳለን ብለዋል።

Gabaasa Qeerroo Muddee 03,2014

Akkuma beekamu waraana Wayyaanee keessattis wal dhabdeen erga muldhachuu eegalee oolee bubbulee jira, haala kanaan ilmaan Oromoo humna waraanaa keessatti argaman ilaalcha sabboonummaa sadarkaa oliitti keessatti dhalachaa waan deemeef jecha Oromoota kanneen ta’an irratti xiyyeefannaan addaa fi jibiinsi irratti hammaachaa waan dhufeef jedha wal dhabdee fi wal shakkiin guddaa uumamee jira. Haala kanaan kallattii kana irraan gabaasni nu gahe, ilmaan Oromoo waraana mootummaa Wayyaanee keessa jiran uummata keenya irratti harka hin kaasnu, miidhaan uummata Oromoo waraana mootummaa Oromoo ta’an illee waan gaga’uuf jedhcha nutis akka ilmaan sabaa tokkotti obbolaa keenya, abbootii keenya ilaallee ilaalcha diinummaa saba keenya irraa kaasuu qabna sababaa jedhuun kutaalee waraanaa jiran keessatti gaaffii kaasaa jiru.

Mootummaan Wayyaanee haala kana irratti rifaatuu qabu Oromoota garii ramaddii daangaa eegsisuu sababa jedhuun gara gammoojjii biyyattiitti ergaa jiraachuun beekamee jira. Haata’u malee kaayyoon kun , diddaa uummanni Oromoo kaasan keessatti miidhama uumata Oromoo teeny hin ilaallu,hamma ilmaan sabaa taanetti callisuun nu hin baasu isa jedhu irraa madda.

Muddee 1,2014 Goototni Barattootni Oromoo Yuunibarsiitii Dirree Dhawaa Guyyaa Ayyaana Sabaa fi Sablammootaan dhoksaan mootummaan Wayyaanee mooraa Yuunibarsiitii Dirree Dawwaa keessatti gaggeessa jiru irratti dammaquun sirna mootummichaa fi gochaa Wayyaanee irratti diddaa kaasuu Qeerroon gabaase.

Halkan edaa sa’aa 12:30 wb irraa eegaluun hanga halkan keessa sa’a 5:00tti Mooraa Yuunibarsiitii Dirree Dhawaa dhuunfachuun walleewwaan warraaqsaa ABO fi uumata Oromoo faarsuu fi qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo leellisuun diddaa jabaa kaasan.

Mootummaan Wayyaanees Qeerroon barattootni Oromoo FDG ni kaasu  sababaa jedhuun  guyyaa ayyaana sabaa fi sablamoota sobee itti fakkeessu kana kabajadha jechuun muddamaa utuu jiruu waan godhu dhabee utuu barattootni hin beekiin mooraalee Yuunibarsiitii human waraanaan eegsiisaa ayyaanaa sabaa fi sablamoota jedhu dhoksaatti mooraa Yuunibarsiitii Dirree Dawwaa keessatti kabajaa jiraachuu Goototni Qeerroon barattootni Orpomoo irratti dammaquun gamtaan gaaffii mirgaa kaasuu fi walleelee warraaqsaan mirga saba Oromoof falmaa bulan.

Wallee ABO’n kallacha uummata Oromooti, ABO Abdii Uummata Oromoo fi gaachana Uummata Oromooti, ABO’n dimookiraasiif qabsa’a, ABO’n mirga ilma namaa kabachiisuuf qabsaa’a , ABO’n mirga sabaa fi sablamootaa har’a Wayyaaneen ugguraa jirtu kabachiisuuf qabsa’a jechuun sagaalee warraaqsaa guddaa wallee warraaqsaa ABO fi qabsoo bilisummaa Oromoo leellisuu dhageessisuun mootummaa wayyaanee dura dhaabbatan.

Mootummaan Wayyaanee human waraanaa heddumina qabu bobbaasee sochii dargaggoota kana dhaabsisuuf yaalii guddaa godhus dargaggootni Qeerroon barattootni Oromoo soda tokko malee sagalee warraaqsaa wal irraa hin citne itti fufuun dhageesisan. Haala rakkisaa keessatti sagalee warraqsaa Qeerroon barattootni Oromoo Yuunibarsiitii Dirree Dhawaa dhageesisaan