On Saturday, 15 September 2018 Addis Ababa was inundated with a flood of people coming from all corners of the country. They were here to welcome the leaders of the famous Oromo Liberation Front OLF leaders back from exile. The rebel party that had been carrying out armed struggle for the last four decades and more has been welcomed by a government on power in open daylight and in grand pomp and fanfare by millions waving its logo and various slogans euphorically!
The OLF is well known for its advocacy of the rights of the Oromo in the Ethiopian political landscape. However, it has never had the chance to present its case to the people and government of Ethiopia in a peaceful and open manner and seek power like it does now.
There are various controversies among historians and other academics regarding the formation and consolidation of the Ethiopian state and in this context the Oromo issue has always been considered central. There definitely have been several waves of migrations of peoples, including the Oromo, and other ethnic peoples throughout the country. Mass waves of movements of peoples were evidently more common in antique days. It would be arduous if not impossible to trace a boundary for such and such people and another boundary for the others.
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