Solidarity Art
Tigray Solidarity Art: A Journey
Bethany Jackson Canfield shares her journey of standing in solidarity with the Tigrayan community through art.
By: Bethany Jackson Canfield
When I first heard of the genocide being committed against Tigrayans, I was filled with horror. How could this happen? My heart broke. So I did the only tiny thing I knew to do, I started doing art to raise awareness. I never knew if anyone would even see it, but I knew being silent was not an option. If only one person would listen, that would be someone. So I began to paint. Here is the journey, in [the?] order of the posts that I shared on social media trying (to the best of my knowledge) to raise awareness about the atrocities of genocide while painting art that portrayed the dignity and humanity of Tigrayans.
February 2021
The Tigray people need our prayers, and support at this moment. I will not pretend to be able to understand all of the layers of what is happening in Tigray. I also will not be silent while people die. Having lived in Ethiopia as a Ferengi (foreigner) made me very aware of just how long, deep, beautiful, and traumatic Ethiopian history is.
Learn what is happening in Tigray, raise awareness and cry out to God for the Tigrayan people.
For over 100 days now, there has been a crisis in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia. Humanitarian aid and journalists have not been allowed in the region. The government has cut off power, internet, access to banks, and in some areas food and water. People are being brutalized. The situation is dire, and innocent people are dying, women and children are bearing the brunt of the atrocities. Black lives matter! Tigray Black lives matter! Habesha Black lives matter!
March 4th 2021
Immediately after I shared the Tigray awareness painting a brave Oromo woman reached out to me telling me about the situation of the Oromo people. We have since become close, she advocates constantly for her people and also for Tigrayans- regardless of the cost to her or her family. She told me that the Oromo have been oppressed for a long time and that while the situation in Tigray is absolutely critical, there are other regions that have been targets of discrimination in the present as well.
When my new friend/sister asked me if I would consider doing a painting for the Oromo people my heart lept at this incredible opportunity, what an honor. Of course, I said yes. After I finished the painting and asked what she would like me to share or say about the Oromo she said she would like to ask you to pray, the Oromo need our prayers and our solidarity. 🙏🏼♥️
These facts below won’t be easy to read, but I want to ask you to make it more personal and consider these men and women represented as your brothers, sisters as family, consider the loss and heartache not as far away, but bring it close to your heart.
- 3 Million Oromo farmers have been displaced.
- Government has stolen land for decades.
- If people speak up for themselves they are often imprisoned, tortured, and killed.
- 50,000 Oromo political prisoners are being held by the Ethiopian government.
- Oromia has been under military occupation since Dec. 2018
- Over 1300 extrajudicial murders of civilians by Ethiopian government forces have been documented.
March 8th 2021 (International Women’s Day)
I stand with my Tigrayan sisters of Ethiopia in the midst of the ongoing genocide, 126 days into the horrors you are enduring. How do you feed your family with no food? Weaponized rape?! All that has been stolen from you, all that you are forced to endure. I am my sister’s keeper, and she is mine.
I stand with my Oromo sisters of Ethiopia. You weep for your children, and their future. For generations your land has been stolen, your farms sold. If you speak up you will be punished, maybe killed. You weep in silence and fear.
I am my sister’s keeper and she is mine.
June 9 2021
The weight upon the women of Tigray at this time (including the Tigray diaspora) is not light. When rape is weaponized, and sexual violence has been approved by the government and perpetrated by soldiers, the humanity and dignity of women are challenged. When Mellay asked me if I could do this painting, and she chose this quote, it just went together so perfectly. What a defiant challenge in the very face of oppression, a declaration of internal triumph over everything that opposes.
What an honor to get to work on this painting, my prayer is that it encourages you. ❤️🙏🏼
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
Audre Lorde
August 22nd 2021
Tigrayans came from all over the US to celebrate Ashenda together in Seattle, Washington. Ashenda is a celebration of women and girls. Today I was invited to witness celebrating in its purest form, while at the exact time Tigrayans holding space for what all their sisters, mothers, and family have been through back in Tigray. You literally dressed me in your Habesha dresses and made me one of your own.
At the celebration, a young woman who loved telling me about her culture said as tears rolled down her face:
We dance not only for celebrating, but also when grieving, dancing brings us together. We know we cannot do this alone.
A song began to play over the loudspeakers and she listened for a moment and then said: “this song is new, it is telling of the Tigray Genocide, we should dance”.
They know joy to be resistant, persevering through tears, feet moving in unison, the distinct rhythm soothing, each step an act of courage to know that what is present will pass, while fully acknowledging the pain of their people. They know joy to be resistant, persevering through tears, feet moving in unison, the distinct rhythm soothing, each step an act of courage to know that what is present will pass, while fully acknowledging the pain of their people.
Stand with Tigray asked me to paint this Ashenda painting for their mothers day Twitter campaign. When they did I had no idea I would be able to experience my first Ashenda a few months later.
September 25th 2021
Tsadkan means holy. Tsadkan is the name Tigrayans chose for this painting. My hope was to create art that is a modern take on their traditional style of artistic depiction of an angel. While drawing and painting I prayed for protective angels to cover the people of Tigray miraculously, especially the children. May the Lord have mercy.
Today marks day 326 of the #TigrayGenocide and this week very difficult footage was released from blackout areas in Tigray showing videos and images of children in the final stages of starvation. While I will not share these dehumanizing images, their weight rests in my heart all day long. Tigrayans, thank you for sharing the images and videos with me, I helplessly grieve with you, that this is the reality for your families.
Tigrayans, this is your art. It will always be yours.
Fana, a woman from the Tigrayan community sent the PDF of the Tsadkan coloring page to Maedot Charity Organization, a team of medical and non-medical professionals who provide services for internally displaced people (IDPs) based in Mekelle, Tigray.
I asked before sharing here if it was okay, they said yes but asked me to reiterate the devastation that the blockade of humanitarian aid to Tigray is having on IDPs. So while these images are bittersweet, because I wish food and medicine had reached them also, still I will rejoice in seeing these beautiful faces, because their very joy is courageous resistance in the midst of the oppression coming at them. Their joyful resistance inspires me to continue to advocate and pray for their families. I hope it inspires you too.
Please tell people to understand there is nothing we can offer the kids other than this at the moment.
Maedot Charity Organization
Here I transitioned into advocacy protest paintings. I was feeling more hope dwindling and tragedy upon tragedy struck the community, each day that I was able I added a protester with a sign, trying to focus on what Tigrayans were tweeting or saying, and what you felt was most important.
October 17th 2021
Daily there is something new happening and I wanted to document, raise awareness and stand with Tigray in any way possible. Each day I’ve been adding a protester and a sign trying to focus on what Tigrayans felt was most important that day.
Tigrayans, you made this your own.
October 20th 2021
The Ethiopian government has bombed Tigray again today adding to the number of civilian casualties, many are children.
In light of this horrible news Mahdi Lima wrote this, please open your heart and hear her voice:
Don’t use your ignorance about a cause as an excuse to not speak up about it, notably the #TigrayGenocide #TigrayFamine #MekelleUnderAttack
My heart continues to break💔😣 my brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles, and aunts are fighting to survive airstrikes, famine, rape, murder, & kidnapping. The horrific reality for 6 million people across the entire region on #Tigray.
What would you do if you couldn’t reach your family for several months and they were suffering under these conditions? How would you feel if you went months not knowing if your family is alive? ❤️💛 #Tigrayonmymind💔
November 5th 2021
Here is what Taddesse sent me yesterday:
“I have lost my sister, have a jailed brother, and not know exactly where most of my family is.”
Another brother shared, “I have lost so many family members to count 😢. We will never forget.”
After being among the Tigrayan community, I can promise these are not isolated experiences, but a common reality that almost all Tigrayans share. It is one year since the beginning of the genocide, and still so much has been kept in the dark.
Still, my Tigrayans family doesn’t even know the full extent of the grief they should be feeling. It is the unknown that is sometimes the hardest, a whole year passing not knowing how many family members have died.💔🙏🏼
Thank you Tigrayans for letting me put your words on protest signs. May your voice be heard!
Beloved Tigrayans,
Along this process, I have been so humbled that even at this time you have welcomed me as family. You have welcomed me to your homes, your celebrations, your grief, your language, your clothes, your love, and your community. I have been beyond blessed just to be among you. While of course, I do look forward to one day celebrating with you in a free Tigray and long for the day when our prayers are answered. However, it is my pleasure to be among you in the current moment in both weeping and rejoicing. You have taught me more about dignity and courage than anyone else. It is with tears in my eyes that I want to say that I could never, ever thank you enough for allowing me the blessing of knowing you, you have changed my life forever.
Bethany Jackson Canfield grew up in Spain but now lives in Oregon with her husband and two teenage boys. She works as a teacher in a dual-language elementary school. She has previously lived, with her family, in Southern Ethiopia.
Fano and Eritrean troops out of Tigray
December 16, 2021 at 5:56 pm
Dr Rezen asked that Why would a Tigrayan kill a Gruge that he never met. what a silly question is that ?
Soldiers who engaged in a war against one another are presumably don’t have prior acquaintance. What makes the current war extremely poignant is that it is designed and aimed at seeding endless hostility and continued massacre among people who share blood ties , same culture, religion, and national identity. However, regardless of his or her affinity and acquaintance to a certain party or individuals , no one has to die nor should suffer for the sake of political , business , or social elites.
It is not a question of merely meeting or getting to know each other that classifies a war as devilish and inappropriate. We share the same cultural, religious and national identity, which makes it weird for us to engage in such massively repulsive and destructive war.
Apart from this reality, Children of every ethnic group who formed a multi-ethnic country are shamelessly and sadly killing each other.
However, as opposed to your propaganda , Tegaru are not fighting to prolong the days of TPLF or TDF leaders , but for their own freedom and bring war criminals who designed the Tigray genocide and deployed agents of genocide , ENDF , Eritrean forces and amhara fanos , to justice by walking all the way through cities and villages where these genociders hide and built a fortified citadel using civilians as a shield.
There are crooked amhara elites who are pretending to be pro-Tegaru and using insincerely sugar-coated words to attract people, receive approval from the majority and acquire a massive ego unknowingly leading to a sense of self-importance, conceit, and belittling others . Mr Engineer Mersha and most amhara elites are displaying the same manner marked by the above traits , i;e perfect answer and argument is only vested in them.
ኢንጂነር መርሻ የተባለ ግለሰብ ጨምሮ መሰሎቹ የፋኖ ደጋፊዎች ሲናገሯቸው ከተደመጡት ለመጥቀስ ያክል ቲዲኤፍ ኢትዮጵያን ሊያፈርስ የተነሳ የኢትዮጵያ ሀገረ መንግሥት ጠላት በመሆኑ አናቱ ይፈርሳል፥፥አሁን ላይ ያለው ፍኖ ከቀድሞው ፋኖ ተለየና ከሀምሳ ሚሊዮን በላይ የሆነውን መላው የአማራ ሕዝብን የሚወክል ስለሆነ የፍኖን ስም ማጠልሸት የተከለከለ ና ፀረ አማራ አቋም ነው፥በዘመን ከፋፍለው ቀዳማዊ ፋኖ የዘመኑ ዘመናዊው(የአሁኑ) ፋኖ በማለት በዘመንና በአለቆቻቸው ስምና ለነሱ የሚመች የጭካኔ ጥግን በመፈፀም ቢከፋፍሏቸውም ፋኖዎች ሁሉ ንድ ናቸው፥፥ ከአንድ አመት በላይ የዘለቀ ጦርነት ሕዝባችንን ሲጨፈጭፉ የቆዩ አሁንም ከቀኝ ገዢዎቻቸው ሕግደፍ ባለሥልጣናትና ከኤርትራ ሠራዊት ጋር ቆመው ወገናችንን እየረሸኑ የተረፈውንም በረሀብና በተለያዩ የቶርቸር ስልቶች እያሰቃዩት ይገኛሉ፥፥ለረጅም ጊዚያት የታቀደ የኤርትራና የአረብ ሀገራትን የጥፋት አላማን ለማስፈፀም የሚያሳዩት የቅጥረኛነት ስሜትና ሰይጣናዊ ተግባር እስካልተቆጠቡ ድረስ የፋኖ አለቆች ስም መቀያየር ለትግራይ ሕዝብ የሚፈጥረው የተለየ ስሜት አይኖርም፥፥የአሁኑ ፋኖ የተለየ ነው ማለት በማይ ካድራ በትግራይ ሕዝብ ላይ በፋኖ የተፈፀመን ጭፍጨፋ ተጠያቂነት ራስን ከተጠያቂነት ለማዳን ይሆን፥በምዕራቡ ዓለም የሚኖሩ የፖለቲካ ሊሂቃን በአገራቸው ውሥጥ ለሚታየው የተዛባና ኢሰብአዊ ድርጊት ሲመልሱ ከሚጠቅሷቸው ነገሮች ዋናው ሕጉን ያስቀመጥነው ወይም ያወጣነው እኛ አይደለንም በማለት ራሳቸውን ከተወቃሽነት ለማዳን ይጥራሉ፥፥
ቲዲኤፍበተለያዩ የአማራ ከተሞች ለምን ይገባል ለምን በአንድ ከተማ ሆኖ ጠላቴ የሚለውን አያጠቃም ሲሉ ይሞግታሉ፥፥ የአማራ ልሂቃኑ እንደራሴ የሆነው ኢንጂነር መርሻ ለምን በተለያዩ ከተሞች መግባት አሥፈለገ በማለት የትግራይ ሠራዊት ተገቢ በሆነ ሰዓትና ቦታ አሥፈላጊውን እርምጃ በመውሰድ የጠላትን ሓይል እንሰብረዋለን እናጠፋዋለን የሚለው አባባል በበራሱ ተንኮል በውሥጡ አለው ሲል ይናገራል፥፥ይህን ያለበት ምክንያት ግልፅ ነው፥፥የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ ተዋናዮቹና ወኪሎቻቸው ከየተደበቁበት ሥርቻና፥ ጣሪያ ና ጓሮ አድኖ ለመያዝ ፥ይዞም ለህግ ለማቅረብ፥ለትግራይ ሠራዊት የሰላምና የዕጥቅ ፍች (የመሣሪያ መፍታት)ጥሪ ተገቢውን ምላሽ ያልሰጡትንና በጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ የተሰማሩትን ለመደምሰስ ከአንድ ከተማ ወደ ሌላ ከአንድ የጦር አውድማ ወደ ሌላኛይቱ መንቀሳቀስና መግባት ግድ ሰለሚል ነው፥፥ሲጀመር ጦርነቱን እነርሱ ስለጀመሩት ብቻ ሳይሆን ፥የሰላም ማስከበር ወታደራዊ እርምጃ ብለው ራሳቸው ስም ያወጡለት በተግባር ግን ከጦር አውድማ ርቆ በሰላማዊው ከተማና ቦታ የሚኖር በመላው ትግራዋይ ላይ የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ ስለፈፀሙና እየፈፀሙ ስላሉ ከያሉበት ታድነው ፍርድ መቅረብ አለባቸው፥፥የአማራ ልሂቃኑ ሓምሳ ሚሊዮን የሚሆን አማራን የሚወክል የፋኖን ስም ማጠልሸት ተገቢ አይደልም ይሉናል ፥የአንድ ሠራዊት ክብር የሚወሥነው በቁጥር ብዛት ይሆን እንዲያ ከሆነማ በቁጥር አናሳ ነገር ግን ጠላትን በማንበርከክም ሆነ በአደረጃጀት ጥራት ከሌላው ሕዝብ የተሻለ ሠራዊትያላቸው ሀገራትና ሕዝቦች ከታሪክ መፅሐፍ የተሰወሩ ቢመስሉንም ከዘመናችን የወታደራዊ ብቃት ሰነድ፥ና ተንቀሳቃሽ ምስል መዝገብ ራሳቸውን አሥፍራዋል፥፥የፋኖው እንደራሴ ሆይ እነዚህን የዘመኑ መዛግብት ያገላብጡ በጨው የጠቡትን አይንዎን በውሃ ለውሰው ዳግም ይመልከቱ እልዎታለን፥፥
የትግራይ ሠራዊት መሪዎች የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ ወንጀለኞች ፍኖዎችና አለቆቻቸውን በየትኛው ጊዜና ቦታ እንደሚገጥሟቸው መገር አይጠበቅባውም ፥፥ለምንስ ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ ስልታዊና ና ስትራቴጂያዊ ለውጥና እንቅስቃሴ ማድረግ እንዳለባቸው ለጠላት አይደለም ለማንኛውም የሠራዊት አባል ያለበቂ ምክንያት መግለፅ የለባቸውም፥፥ፋኖዎች ሆይ በመሆኑም እኛ ካላወቅን ብላቹ ተንኮል ለበት ወዘተ ጝግምምና ፤እኔ ያልኩት ካልተፈፀመ ትክክል አይደለም በሚል መንፈስ የሚመራ ጠባብ አስተሳሰብ ስሜት የናጠው ብሎም የገዛም ሰብእና መገለጫ ነው፥፥ጭንቀታቹ ግልፅ ነው ፥የቲዲፍን ብቃትና የናንተን የመንፈስ ስብራት አደባባይ እንዳይወጣ እየዋሻችሁት ያለ ሕዝብ እንዳይነቃባቹ፥ካወቀም ዕለት ተለት እናንተን አምኖ የሚማገደው ሠራዊታጭን የሚቀላቀለው ሰው ስለሚቀንስ ነው ፥፥እውነታውና በግልፅ ለመናገር ያልፈቀዳችሁት ነገር ቢኖር የትግራይ ሠራዊት በገባበት ቦታ ሁሉ ያለ የጅምላ ጨፍጫፊዎችና ደጋፊዎቻቸው በቁጥጥር ሥር ይውላሉ ፥ብሎም ከትግራይ ሕዝብ የዘረፉት ሀብት በሕዝባዊ ትግል ይያዛል ፥አማራው ሕዝብ ይፈናቀላል ወዘተ የሚል ምክንያት ከተለያዩ ምክንያቶች ዋነኛቹ ናቸው፥የትግራይ ሠራዊት የሕዝብ ልጆችእንደመሆናቸው መጠን ፥የጅምላ ጨፍጫፊ ወንጀለኞችን በሕግ ፊት ለማቅረብ ክቡር ሕይወታቸውንም መሥዋዕት አድርጎ እስከ መሥጠት ድረስ የቆረጡ የወገናቸውን እንባ ለማበስ ጠላት ከገባበት ድረስ በመዝለቅ ለመያዝ የተሰለፉ በመሆናቸው ይህንን ሳይፈፅሙና ሳያስፈፅሙ እናንተ እንደምትሉት ለዝርፊያ አይደለም፥፥በጅምላ ጭፍጨፋው የተሰዋው ክቡር ህይወት፥የወደመው ቅርስ ና የተዘረፈው ሀብት እናንተ ከምትሉት ዝርፊያ ጋር ሊዛመድ ብቻ ሳይሆን ምክንያት ሆኖ ሊጠቀስ አይችልም፥፥ለትግይ ሕዝብ በቂ የሆነ ከትግራይ የዘረፋችሁት ና ያወደማቹሁት ያንሳቹ በረሀብ ለተጎዱ ሕፃናትና አቅመደካሞች የመጣን እህልና መድሃኒት እየሰረቃቹና እያወደማቹ መሆኑን አለም አውቆታል፥፥ለነገሩ ከጅምላ ጨፍጫፊ አንደበት ሀሰትና ዝርፊያ ፥ሳልቀደም ልቅደም በሚል ስሜት ውንጀላን ሲያፈናጥር መስማትና ማየት አያስገርምም፥፥ የትግራይ ሠራዊት ጠላት በሚገኝበትና በተደበቀበት ቦታ ሁሉ በመዝለቅ አመቺ መሥሎ በሚያሥበት ሰዓት ተመጣጣኝና ተገቢ የሚሆን ምላሽ መሥጠቱ ካልተመቻቹ ይህን ማስቀረት የምትችሉበት መንገድ የጅምላ ጨፍጫፊዎችን ሀገር አፍራሽ ቅጥረኛ የኢሳያስ ተላላኪዎችን በሕግ ፊት ለማቅረብ በሚደረገው እርምጃ መሣተፍ፥ፋኖ ዘር ተኮር የሆነ በተጋሩ ላይ እየፈፀመ ያለውን የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋ፥እሥራት፥ስቃይ(ቶርቸር)ማስቆም፥እንዲያቆም ሑመራንና ራያን ጨምሮ ና ከ ሁሉም የትግራይ ክልል ግዛት እንዲወጣ ድምፅ መሆን፥የኤርትራ ሰራዊት በኢትዮጵያ ጉዳይ ውሥጥ ገብቶ እየፈፀመያለውን እልቂትና የእርስበርስ ጦርነት እንዲያቆም ና ትግራይን ጨምሮ ከመላው የኢትዮጵያ ከተሞችና ግዛቶች እንዲወጣ በአንድ ድምፅ መጠየቅ ፥በመጨረሻም፥የኤርትራን መንግስት ጨምሮ ተላላኪው የአብይ መንግሥት ባለሥልጣናት ለፍርድ እንዲቀርቡ ማድረግ፥፥ናቸው፥፥ይህ ሳይሆን በአንድ ሕዝብ ላይ ጦርነት እየሰበቁ የኔ ሕዝብ ና ቤተሰብ ለምን ይነካል አይነት ስሜት የፈጠረውን ቃላት በመደጋገም ባለፈ የራስ ወዳድነት ስሜት ሀገር ማስቀጠል ይቅርና ትንሽ መንደር በሰላም ማኖር አይቻልም፥፥የጅምላ ጨፍጫፊ ወንጀለኛን ለፍርድ ለማቅረብ ብቻ ሳይሆን ያለማቋረጥ ከአንድ አመት በላይ ወገኑ እህል እንዳያገኝ ፥መብራት ውሃ ተቋርጦበት በረሀብ እንዲያልቅ የፈረዱበትን በመንግሥት ደረጃና መጠን የተደራጁ ማፊያ ጨፍጫፊዎችን ሳያንበረክክና ለወገኑ ተደራሽ የሚሆን የምግብ አቅርቦትና መድሃኒት ሳያስከፍት አይመለስም ትግሉን አያቋርጥም፥፥በዓላማ የተጀመረ ትግልና እንቅስቃሴ ግቡን ሳይመታ አይቋጭም፥፥ኢንጂነር መርሻ ተብየው የፋኖሙዚቃ አቀንቃኝ ምግብ ከሆነ እኛ እንሰጣችሗለን፤፤ከአንድ አካባቢ ታገላቹ ለምንድነው ከቦታ ቦታ የሚሄዱት ከሰሜን ሸዋ ወደ ጎጃም ጦርነቱን የሚስቡት፥፥ለምንስ ከትግራይ ሆነው የኢትዮጵያን ሠራዊት የማይታገሉት ሲል ተንኮል የተመላበት ጥያቄ ያነሳል፥፥የትግራይ ሠራዊት ከገባበት ቦታ ሁሉ ሰላማዊ ሕዝብ እንዳያልቅ ራሱን መሥዋዕት አድርጎእየሰጠ ከከተማ ወጥቶ የጦር አውድማ መርጦ እየታገለ እዚህ የደረሰ እንጂ የሕዝብ ጠላት ሆኖ አያውቅም፥፥ይልቁንም የአማራን ሕዝብ ለመታደግ ሲሉ ያጣናቸው ወገኖቻችን ይበዛሉ፥የአማራ ሕዝብን ለማከም ፥የተሰበረ ድልድይ ለመጠገን ሲሉ በጦርነት የደከመ ጉልበታው ሳይሳሱ የሚገብሩ ታጋዮችን የያዘ ግብረ ገብ የሆነ የሕዝብ ልጆች ስብስብ ነው፥፥ አንድ ጎረቤት ሀብታም ለሰጠ ደሀ ምንጭሩ አበጠ። ሀብታም ለሰጠው ደሀ ይንቀጠቀጣል እንዳሉት ከምዕራቡ አለም የገባን እህል ከተመገቡ ሰባት ቀን ሙሉ ያለ ምግብ ሊታገሉን ይችላሉ ፥የተለየ ኢነርጂ የሚሰጥ ምግብና ኪኒና ሊያገኙ ነው ወዘተ የሚሉ ድህነትና ሗላ ቀርነት ያስከለው አሥተሳሰብ ያመነጨው ምቀኝነትና ተንኮል ሕዝባችን ከውጭ ሀገራት የተቸረለትን እየሰረቃቹ ካልተቻለም እያቃጠላቹና እያወደማቹ እንዳልነበረቹ የአማራ ሕዝብ ቲዲኤፍ ምግብ አሥፈልጎት ከሆነ ይሰጣል ለምን ከትግራይ ሆና በርቀት ይዋጋም ካልሆነሥ ከሰሜን ሸዋ ወደ ጎንደር ብሎም ወደ ጎጃም መሄድ ለምን ያሥልል ወዘት የሚል ሰብኣዊ ክብር የጎደለው ሰብኣዊ የሆነ ምክንያት አድርጎ ሊያነሳው የማይችል ጉዳይ ማንሳት በራሱ፤፤ኢሃይማኖታዊ ሰይጣናዊ ነውውው፥፥ጠላት በተደበቀበትና በሚገኝበት ሁሉ መታደንና ለፍርድ ለማቅረብ መንቀሳቀስ መዝለቅ መግባት ግድ ይላል፥፥በሪሞት ኮንትሮል የሚደረግ ጦርነት እስካሁን እንደታየው ብዙ ንጹሃንን ህይወት ራንደምሊ በጅምላ ሲቀጥፍ ከጣላት ጋር ያለህ ሰሊጥ ተወቀጥ አይነት ስልት በመሆኑ ለእኛ ለተጋሩ አይመቸንም፥፥እንደሰው በላው የ ብልፅግና ሥርዓት አራማጆች የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋን በ የትኛውም ጎሣና ብሔር አባል ይሆኑ ንፁሃን ላይ የጅምላ ጭፍጨፋን አናውጅም ተግባራዊ አናደርግምም፥፥
የጅምላ ጨፍጫፊ ጨፍጫፊ ተዋንያንና ደጋፊዎቻቸው በሚሰነዝሩት የሀሰት ምክንያቶች፥የጥላቻ ንጝሮሮችና ፥ውንጀላዎች አንደናገርም አንበረከክም ምክንያቱም ቅጥረኛ ጅምላ ጨፍጫፊዎች ስለሆኑና የሀሰት ውንጀላና ፕሮፓጋንዳ በቀላሉ ሊያከናውኑት የሚችሉት በአንፃራዊ መልኩ አናሳ ድርጊት ስለሆነ ነውው፥፥ፋኖና የኤርትራ ሠራዊት ከመላው የትግራይ ግዛት ይውጡልን፥፥ኖሞር ኤርትራ ኖሞር ፋኖ ፦፦
genociders in abroad should face justice
November 29, 2021 at 4:41 pm
ህውሃት በክብር የአማራ ልሂቃን እያሉ ይጠሯችሗል እኔ ግን የአሜሪካና የአረብ ሀገራት ብቻ ሳይሆን የእብዱ የኢሳያስ አሽከሮች ልሙጣን አዕምሮ የጎደላቸው የአማራ የርኩሳን መናፍስት መናሃሪያ ስጋ የለበሱ የሰይጣን ተምሳሌቶች የአጋንንት ምድራውያን ልዑኮች እላችሗለሁ፥፥የሁሉም የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ ደጋፊ አይደለሁም፥፥ሁሉም ፓርዎች ና ደጋፊዎቻቸው የራሳቸው የሆነ ጥንካሬ ና ጉድለት ሊኖራቸው ይችላል ይናራልም ብልፅግና ግን ለፖለቲካ ትርፍና ለማታለያ ከሚደርገው ድርጊት በቀር አንዳችም መልካም ነገር ለሀገር የሚጠቅም ነገር አልሰራም፤፤ለሀገርና ለወገን ጠላት የሆኑት የአረብና የአሜሪካ ተላላኪቅጥረኛ ሆን እያገለገለ ቆይቷል አሁንም በተመሳሳይ አፍራሽ በታታኝ ድርጊቱ ቀጥሎበታል፥፥ ደርግ በጦርነት ሳይሆን በፕሮፖጋንዳ ነው የተሸነፈው ብሎ በተናገረ ማግሥት የብልፅግና ደጋፊዎች የሆኑ የጥፋትና የሀሰት ፋብሪካ ሚዲያዎችና የዩቱዩብ ነጋዴዎች ዶሮ ብታልም ጥሬዋን እንዳሉት ያልተያዘውን ከተማ ያዝን ያልሞተው ሞተ እያሉ የገዛ ህዝባቸውን ሲያታልሉ ይውላሉ በሀሰት ትርክታቸው እንቅልፍ ሲነሱት ላም አለኝ በሰማይ አይነት ተምሳሌት ባለው ድርጊት ተጠምደዋል፥፥ለህዝባቹ የምታስቡ ከሆነ በረሀብ ለሚሰቃይ ልጁ የአንድ የህውሃት መሪ ማለፍ ምንድ ነው ጥቅሙ ልጇ በብልፅግና ድሮን ተመትቶ ለሞተባት በግዳጅ ለብልፅግና መሪዎች ዘመን ማራዘሚያ በዱር በገደሉ በከንቱ ለሚሞተውና ለሚሰቃየው ወላጆች የህውሃት መሪዎች መሞት ምድነው ፋይዳው በወሬ የሚፈቱ ሰዎች አይደሉም ፥እኛም አንሰማሁም ፥፥እነርሱ ገቡበት ከተሞች የሚኖሩ የአማራ ተወላጆች ሁሉ ሀሰተኞች መሆናችሁን ዘግይቶ ቢረዳቸውም ሰይጣናዊ ተግባራቹ እንደተገነዘቡ ከንጝራቸውና ከሚያሳዩት መረጋጋት ከዕለት ዕለት እንቅስቃሴያቸው ማየት ተችሏል፥፥ይብኝ ለናንተ ከዳተኞቹ ሆድ አደር የኢያሳስ ቅጥኞች፥፥የአማራ ዲቃሎች በቀር ንጹህ ኤርትራውያን እናንተንም አይፈልጓችሁም፥፥ጤናማ ሰርቶ አዳሪ ሕዝባችሁንም በራሳችሁ ድርጊት እንዲገለል እየሰራችሁ ነው፥፥በየትኛውም ሀገር ተደርጎ የማይታወቅ በደል ፈፅማቹ ስታበቁ ወራሪ ትላላቹ ወንጀለኛ እንደ ሥራው መጠን እንዲቀጣ አግባብ ነው፥፥የዘር ተኮር ፍጅት ግን በየትኛው ብሔር እንዲፈፀም አይፈቀድም አይደገም፥፥እናንተ የአሜሪካውያን ና የአረብ ቅጥረኛ ስለሆናቹ ሃይማኖታቹ ነጭ ማምለክ ስለሆነ እንደነርሱ የነርሱ ድርጊትን ትደግፋላቹ፥፥እኔ በበኩሌ የአሜካ ደጋፊ አይደለሁም ሜካ ለራሷ ጥቅም እንጂ ለጭቁን ሕዝብ አልቆመችም ለሰላዮቿ የነአብይን ጥቅም ለማስጠበቅ እድሜ ለማራዘም በዘር ጭፍጨፋ የተከሰሱትን አቢይና ጀሌዎቹን የትግራይ ህዝብን ከሚወክሉ ትግራይ መሪዎች ጋር ለድርድር እንዲቀመጡ ታደርገው የነበር ድርጊት ሁሉ ለደሃ ሕዝብ ያላትን ንቀትና ከማሳየትፎ የራሷን ጥቅም ለማስጠበቅ የትኛውንም እይ ድርጊት ከመፈፀም እንደማትመለስ ያሳያል ፥፥አስተርጉሙልኝ አማርኛ ተናጋሪ ቅጥረኛ አሜሪካውያን ካላቹ፥፥ሁሉም የአሜሪካ ዜግነት ያለው ሀበሻ ሁሉ ስለ አሜሪካ ጉዳይ እንደማይደራደርና አሾክሻኪ እንደሆነ ሰምተናል፥፥በግብረ ሽበራ ስም ሕዝባችንን እንዳይፈጁብን እንሰጋለን ፥፥በኢምባያቸው ያለን ንብረት ለመጠበቅ የትግራዋይ የኦሮሞ የአማራ ና የመላው ሕብረ ብሔር ደህንነት እንደማይገዳቸው በተግባር አሳይተውናል፥ህውሃት ፊንፊኔ ከተጠጋ በሗላ እርቅ ይደረግ ሲሉ ጫና ይፈጥራሉ፥፥ለምን ሕዝባችንን ምግብ እንዲያገኝ በአየር እህል አታስገቡም ሲባሉ ይሄ ኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት ሥራ ነው ብዙ ወጪ ና ሪስክ ስላለው እኛ ለዚህ ወጪ አናወጣም ፥ስለጦርነቱም ለማስቆም ወታደር አንልክም ብለዋል፥፥አሁን ወታደር ቢልኩም እንኳን ለራሳቸው ነው፥፥ባጭሩ አታለቃቅሱብን አሜሪካ ከአቢይና ከአማራ ከህግደፍ አረመኔዎች ጋር ናት ፥የህዝብ ዕልቂትን ፥በረሀብ የሚሞቱ ህፃናት ለመደግ ያደረገችው ነገር የለም፥በገቡበት ጊዜ ሁሉ የሪሳቸውን ጥናት ለማጥናት ሲሉ ነው፥የአሜሪካ ና የአረብ ኢሜራት ደንገጡሮች የአማራ ልሙጣን ለህዝባቹ ለአማራው ወገናችን አሥቡለት ህፃናትን አትማግዱ፥የህውሃት መሪዎች ምንም አልነካቸውም ትግሉንም ሊያስቆመው አይችልም፥በጦር ሜዳ ያጣችሁትን ድል በሀሰት ትርክት ረጅም ጊዜ ሊያቆያቹ አይችልም፥፥በመጨረሻም አንድ በተደጋጋሚ የሚታይና የሚስተዋል ነገር አለ ይኸውም የፕሮፌሰርነት ማረግ ይዘናል የሚሉ በአሜሪካያ ና በአውሮፓ ብሎም በመላው የውጭ ሀገራት የተደበቁ ልሙጣን ሀሰት ፕሮፓጋንዳቸው በሕዝብና በመላው አንባብያን ተቀባይነት እንዲኖረው ሀሰቱን ኢንግሊዘኛ የአፍ መፍቻው ያልሆነና አዘውትሮ የማይጠቀመው ቃላትን በመዘነቅና በማጎር ከዛም አልፎ የፅሑፋቸው ሲሶ የሚያክለውን ክፍል ስለራሳቸውና ከፅሑፉ ጋር ተያያዥነት የሌለው ነገር በመዘላድ አንባቢውን በማደናገር ስለራሳቸውና ለ መልዕክታቸው ተፅዕኖ ለመፍጠር ይጥራሉ፥፥ሙሉ ፅሑፋቸው ሀሰት ሆኖ እናገኘዋለን፥፥አንድ ጊዜ ሠላሣ ሚሊዮን ሌላ ጊዜ ደግሞ አምሥት ሚሊዮን አማራ ተገደለ ይሉናል፥፥ራሳቸው ከኤርትራ ሠራት ጋር ተባብረው በለኮሱት ጦርነት በአንድነትና ሉዊነት ስም በከንቱ የሞተ ለአቅመ አዳም ያልደረሰ አማራ ሰማንያ ሚሊዮን ደረሰ ይሉን ይሆን ማነው ተጠያቂውስ ጊዜ ይፍታው
Stop mass arrest and killings of Tegaru and Oromos
November 28, 2021 at 12:38 pm
Dear Wang Wei
TDF is superhero and managed to destroy foreign and domestic forces sponsored by the UAE, Turkey, China, Russia and US itself playing a deep concern game to these days from 4Nov 2020.
Amhara’s elites in abroad are causing this bloody chaos along with Eritrean government who made Eritrea inhospitable to its own citizens . However, supporters of Ethiopian and Eritrean government are now principal actors of mass arrest genocide , and robbery in Addis Abeba and else where in Ethiopia.
Soon TDF will control the capital and hope your country China will ask forgiveness like what France did in Ruwanda when they come to sign another China First style commercial agreement
in Tigray and Ethiopia if this country will stay intact without being disintegrated and dissolved like salt in water.
Amhara’s elites are desperately waging war against their own people and the rest of nations and nationalities, fearing that power will no longer be in their closer proximity and will not be permitted to run the country with an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Amhara’s elites are destroying the relics and history of the entire Christianity, regardless of its denomination, and killing Christians and Muslims in the place of worship and their village together with foreign mercenaries. Sadly, these thugs claim that they are doing it in favor of Christianity and serving God which is absolutely an outstanding proof of mockery, and denial of religion and God. No religion justifies mass killing of civilians, regardless of the crime and their ethnic and political view.
China, Turkey, Russia, and UAE should stop exterminating people of Oromo, Tigray, KImant, Gumuz, Agew, and Irob by providing military support to the genocidal regime led by Amhara elites . Chinese and other nations should condemn the atrocities of their political elites and their foreign policy, massive arm sale for a huge profit at the expense of mass exodus, mass killings, mass starvation and robbery of our people .
Stop mass arrest and killings of Tegaru
November 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm
These are exceedingly and utterly gorgeous paintings . The more ways you can tell a story and paint a picture, the better it is. Ninja
Your story and the these stunning paintings of Tegaru tell powerful stories altogether . As a painting is a representation of ideas and living beings, we could see easily our people who are undergoing unspeakable and unfathomable suffering in the hands of merciless dictators through your paintings that tickle our memory . Stop killing and torturing our people!
Wang Wei from China
November 27, 2021 at 3:44 pm
Good morning out there my name is Wang Wei from China . I lived in adis abeba some years ago. I love to follow news about your country . I am quite surprised . How come these people became a national threat to Ethiopia, a land of heroes who defeated Italy ? Were they not reduced to ashes 9 months ago ? How do they manage to reach cities located only 220 KM away from the capital , force the noble prize winner and PM leave his office , and result in forceful massive recruitment to join the war using sticks , machetes and powdered red pepper ? This people have supernatural power ? All those drones coming from UAE, modern military machines from Russia, China(my country sadly speaking ) ,couldn’t avert and porhibit them from dismantling the forces of the current regime. Erdogan ,extreme Islamic leader who like to work with anyone to destroy Christianity and Pro-Egypt countries , states and people, is also backing the nobel prize winner . I am surprised too with military support achieved by Ethiopia from Turkey. Ethiopia is not liked by arab world. Because Ethiopia is dominantly a christian country.
https://ahvalnews.com/recep-tayyip-erdogan/erdogan-has-incited-jihad-against-christianity-opinion
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/01/hagia-sophia-erdogan-erase-turkeys-christian-past/
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/03/12/expert-erdogan-regime-considers-christians-jews-enemies-of-state/
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/erdogan-urges-pope-to-mobilise-christian-world-against-israel-violence
https://www.weeklyblitz.net/oped/fascist-erdogans-genocide-against-turkish-christians/
For your information, I am a christian , and Catholic were greater in number in 1950s, but now protestants are outnumbering them. Latest reports states that 30 million Chinese people are officially registered Christians. We hope you stay safe , stop ethnic based killings and profiling and arrests before it is too late to avert. US is always playing a game for its own interest as usual.